How to use Image Metadata Manager
- Choose one JPEG in the JPEG image field.
- Pick an action: inspect the fields, remove the listed metadata, write new fields, change the stored fields, drop GPS location, or correct capture dates.
- Type the values the action needs. Change mode keeps anything you leave empty, and the date offset is written as a signed hours and minutes pair such as -05:30.
- Add more images when the action should run over a batch, then select Run the operation.
- Open the exported JPEG or ZIP and check it in your viewer before sharing it.
Example: Image Metadata Manager
Correct the clock on a batch of photos that came off a camera set three hours fast.
Options
- What to do
- Inspect fields reports what the file carries. Remove listed metadata writes a copy without the EXIF, XMP, Photoshop/IPTC and comment segments. Replace writes the values you typed after that removal. Change rewrites the EXIF directories and keeps every field you did not name. Remove GPS location drops only the location directory. Correct capture dates applies a fixed offset to the stored dates and changes nothing else.
- Artist or creator and Copyright text
- Read by the replace and change actions, ASCII, up to 100 characters. Do not claim rights you do not hold.
- Capture date and time
- YYYY:MM:DD HH:MM:SS with no time zone. Replace writes it as the only date; change updates DateTimeOriginal and the two other date fields when the file carries them. A date that does not exist on the calendar is refused.
- Date offset
- A signed hours and minutes pair such as -05:30 or +02:00, applied to every stored capture date in the batch. The offset is a fixed clock correction, so it does not move a date to another time zone in any meaningful sense and it does not touch GPS timestamps or dates held in XMP.
Supported inputs and limits
Where your input is processed
This tool processes your input in this browser. Your text and files are not uploaded to UseFreeTools. Check this tool's limits for anything it may save on your device.
Location data and camera data are separate concerns
EXIF holds camera, date, orientation and sometimes GPS fields. XMP and Photoshop/IPTC are separate containers with their own records, and comments can hold anything the software wrote. Because one setting cannot cover data spread across several containers, read the inspector's row for each one, then decide what to remove. A file stripped of location fields can still name the device and the minute.
What the export keeps, rewrites and leaves alone
In this run the image data and the ICC color-profile chunk stayed. The EXIF container, the Photoshop/IPTC container and the JPEG comment were removed. A minimal EXIF block kept orientation 6, so the upright display survives. The result names uninspected application segments and says whether each type was removed or retained.
How the change and date actions differ
The change action parses the whole EXIF directory tree, copies every field it finds, applies the values you typed, and writes the tree out again with fresh offsets. Unknown tags and the embedded thumbnail travel through, which is why the report can say the rest of the block is unchanged. It refuses a file whose layout it cannot carry safely, such as one that stores extra image directories or points at image data with an offset. The date action does something stricter still: it writes the corrected date over the stored characters and leaves the rest of the file untouched, so there is no rebuilt block to compare at all.
Questions about Image Metadata Manager
Does removing metadata make the photo anonymous?
No. The result names uninspected segments that remain, and the picture still shows the scene and the people in it. Check the export before sharing it.
Why is the photo still the right way up after removal?
Many cameras store the picture sideways and rely on an EXIF orientation tag to show it upright. The export keeps that tag and removes the rest of the EXIF block.
Does the export lose image quality?
No. The picture data is copied rather than re-encoded, so the pixels are the ones you started with.
Does removing GPS also clear location out of XMP?
No. The GPS directory lives in EXIF, and that is what this action removes. An XMP packet or a Photoshop/IPTC block can hold its own coordinates, and those are not inspected here. Use the remove action when every container has to go, and check the result before sharing.
Can I clean a PNG or HEIC photo?
Not here. This tool reads JPEG only, so convert the file first.