privacy-guides/how-to-remove-exif-metadata-from-images-on-macos

How to remove EXIF metadata from images on macOS

Requirements

• Computer running macOS Catalina or Big Sur

Setup guide

Step 1: install Homebrew

$ /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"

$ uname -m | grep arm64 && echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/opt/homebrew/bin' >> ~/.zshrc && source ~/.zshrc

Step 2: disable analytics

brew analytics off

Step 3: install ExifTool

brew install exiftool

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Usage guide

View EXIF metadata

exiftool -n /path/to/image.jpg

Remove EXIF metadata

exiftool -all= /path/to/image.jpg