Capture metadata
Supported EXIF structures can indicate camera data, orientation, software and GPS presence.
Local metadata inspector
View image metadata without uploading the image.
Read supported EXIF, GPS, XMP, C2PA, PNG text, software, rights and DNG tags in browser memory. Understand what a file carries before choosing whether to keep it, clean it or preserve the original for your archive.
Last reviewed July 2026
Private by design
Open Inspector & batch and let the file stay local.
Select an image, review supported blocks and warnings, then clean JPEG, PNG or WebP only when you decide it is appropriate. DNG and Apple ProRAW remain inspection-only.
Supported signals
One file can contain several kinds of hidden context.
Creator and provenance
XMP, rights fields and supported C2PA blocks may document authorship or editing history.
Generator notes
PNG text chunks can contain prompt-like text, seeds, sampler names or workflow notes.
Format support
Inspection and cleaning are intentionally different.
- JPEG Inspect and clean supported EXIF, XMP, ICC, C2PA-related application segments and comments.
- PNG Inspect and clean supported text, EXIF, XMP, C2PA and other ancillary metadata chunks.
- WebP Inspect and clean supported EXIF, XMP and ICC chunks while preserving image payload data.
- DNG / Apple ProRAW Inspect supported TIFF, EXIF, GPS and DNG tags. Rewriting is disabled to protect RAW structures.
Use the result
Decide field by field, not from a generic “clean” promise.
Privacy review
Look for location, timestamp, device and personal creator information before public sharing.
Publishing review
Identify supported software, prompt-like and provenance metadata attached by creative tools.
Archive review
Keep the untouched original when authorship, capture settings or edit history may be useful later.
A browser viewer is not a universal forensic scanner.
Image formats allow proprietary and uncommon structures. The inspector reports what its current parsers recognize and warns about some malformed data, but it cannot prove that no other hidden or pixel-level signal exists. For legal, evidentiary or security-critical work, preserve the original and use an appropriate specialist workflow.
Viewer FAQ
Know the scope before reading the report.
Does viewing metadata change the image file?
No. Inspection reads supported structures in browser memory and does not rewrite the selected file. A new file is created only if you choose a cleaning action for a supported format and download the result.
Which image formats can the metadata viewer inspect?
It inspects supported metadata in JPEG, PNG and WebP files. Classic TIFF-based DNG and Apple ProRAW files can also be inspected, but RAW cleaning is disabled.
Does the viewer find every metadata field in every image?
No. It reports the blocks and fields supported by the current parsers. Proprietary, malformed, encrypted or unrecognized metadata may not appear, so the result is not a universal forensic guarantee.