A photo can say more than its pixels show. Exif can record when and where a camera made it, plus the camera and exposure details. XMP and IPTC can add creator names, contact information, rights, captions, locations, identifiers, and edit history.
That information is often useful. It can also travel somewhere you did not intend. A launch photo, support screenshot, marketplace image, or press asset may reveal a home coordinate, a device serial number, or the time a photo was taken.
IndieEXIF puts the whole inspection in your browser. Choose one JPEG, PNG, WebP, HEIC, or HEIF file. The page gives it to a local worker, which reads every metadata field it understands. Each value links to the standard that defines it. The page security policy blocks network connections, so the photo has no upload route.
The clean-copy action removes readable Exif, XMP, and IPTC data while preserving orientation and the color profile where the format supports them. JPEG, PNG, and WebP copies keep the same encoded image payload. HEIC copies clear known metadata item data without decoding the HEVC image stream.
Clean metadata does not make a picture anonymous. A face, street sign, reflection, badge, or visible address remains in the pixels. IndieEXIF says that plainly because a useful privacy tool must name its boundary.
The core stays free. There is no account, card, premium plan, analytics script, cookie, or public record of the photos anyone checks.