Alternatives to ExifEraser

A permissionless Android app that removes EXIF and other metadata from images before sharing. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

  • ExifEraser

    A permissionless Android app that removes EXIF and other metadata from images before sharing.

    FreeProprietaryAndroid

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as ExifEraser.

  • Scrambled Exif

    Android app that strips EXIF data from photos as you share them.

    FreeOpen sourceAndroid

    Scrambled Exif strips EXIF data through the normal Android share sheet, is GPL-3.0 licensed, and sees occasional development rather than maintenance mode.

  • ImagePipe

    An Android app that removes EXIF metadata and reduces image size before you share a picture.

    FreeProprietaryAndroid

    ImagePipe removes EXIF tags from the Android share menu and also shrinks images to save data, and it is actively maintained and available on F-Droid.

  • ExifCleaner

    Drag-and-drop batch metadata removal for images, videos and PDFs.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    ExifCleaner moves the job to Windows, macOS and Linux desktops with drag-and-drop batch cleaning of images, videos and PDFs under the MIT license.

  • MAT2

    Strips metadata from images, documents, audio and video.

    FreeOpen sourcemacOSLinuxCommand line

    MAT2 runs on macOS and Linux from the command line and cleans documents, audio and video as well as images, though some formats need lossy re-encoding.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.

  • App Manager

    A full-featured Android package manager and viewer for inspecting, freezing and controlling installed apps.

    FreeProprietaryAndroid

  • Island

    An Android sandbox that clones apps into a separate work profile and isolates them from your data.

    FreeProprietaryAndroid