Video Metadata Remover
- Free
- No upload
- No watermark
Quick answer
To remove metadata from a video, rebuild its container without the tags: GPS location, recording date and time, phone or camera model, software, C2PA Content Credentials and telemetry tracks. This tool does it in your browser with a stream copy — the video and audio are not re-encoded, so quality is unchanged, rotation and subtitle tracks are kept, and it is fast. Nothing is uploaded; a ~10 MB engine downloads once.
Step by step
How to video metadata remover
- 01
Drop the video
Drop an MP4, MOV, M4V, WebM, MKV or AVI file, or several. The ~10 MB engine downloads the first time and is cached after that.
- 02
See what it gives away
The inspector lists location, recording date, device, software, chapters, data tracks such as GoPro GPS telemetry, and any C2PA manifest. Everything mode is preselected.
- 03
Remove and download
Start the removal. The file is remuxed without its metadata, inspected again and offered for download — singly, or as a ZIP for a batch.
In depth
What does a phone video reveal about you?
Every phone video carries a short description of itself, stored in the container rather than the picture. It says where — an ISO 6709 location string precise enough to pick out a building; when, to the second and often with your time zone; and what — the make, model and software version of the phone. A GoPro with GPS switched on adds a whole data track of position, speed and motion readings, and AI video generators such as OpenAI’s Sora and Adobe Firefly attach C2PA Content Credentials.
| What | Example | Where it lives |
|---|---|---|
| Location | +51.5007-000.1246+012.345/ | iPhone: com.apple.quicktime.location.ISO6709; Android: the ©xyz atom |
| Recording date | 2025-06-01 14:03:22 +01:00 | The creation_time field, plus Apple’s creationdate key |
| Device | Apple iPhone 15 Pro | Make and model keys in the metadata box |
| Software | The iOS version, or an editing app’s name | Software and encoder tags |
| Telemetry | GoPro GPS, accelerometer and gyro readings | A separate data track beside the video and audio |
| Provenance | Content Credentials from Sora or Firefly | A C2PA uuid box |
| Edit history | An XMP packet listing the project’s source clips | Added by some editing apps on export |
| Chapters and timecode | Chapter titles, a timecode track | Chapter lists and data tracks |
Why is there no quality loss?
Because nothing is decoded. A stream copy writes the compressed video and audio packets into a new container unchanged; only the wrapper is rebuilt, this time without the tags. Same codec, bitrate, resolution and frames — and because the engine copies data instead of encoding it, the job finishes far sooner than an export would. Portrait videos keep their rotation, so they do not turn sideways, and subtitle tracks stay in place.
What does it leave alone?
- Anything in the picture. Dashcams and drones often print the date, speed or coordinates onto the frame. That is pixels, not metadata — cover it with the blur or pixelate box in remove logo from video.
- Subtitle tracks. They are kept on purpose, so if a camera wrote location readouts into a caption track, that track stays.
- The scene itself. Street signs, house numbers and landmarks can place a video as surely as GPS.
Is my video uploaded?
No. The file is read into your browser tab and remuxed there by ffmpeg compiled to WebAssembly. Watch DevTools → Network while you clean a clip — no request carries your video. That matters for footage of your home, your children or your workplace.
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After cleaning, compress the video for email or chat, or trim it to the part worth sharing. Clean recordings from the same day with the audio metadata remover and photos with the EXIF remover. For an AI clip where only the Content Credentials should go, the C2PA remover starts in AI & provenance only mode.
Your files never leave your device
Processed locally in your browser — nothing is uploaded. You can verify it yourself: open your browser’s developer tools, watch the Network tab, and use the tool — no upload request is ever made.
- No file is ever uploaded to a server
- Works offline after the first visit
- No account, no watermark, no limits
A little more clarity
Frequently asked questions
01How do I remove the location from an iPhone video?
Drop the MOV or MP4 here; the Location group shows the coordinates the iPhone stored. Remove them in Everything mode and download the cleaned copy. If you share straight from the Photos app, the share sheet’s Options menu also has a Location switch — handy, but it covers only that one way of sharing.
02Does removing metadata reduce video quality?
No. The video and audio streams are copied packet for packet into a new container — no decoding, no re-encoding, no change to resolution, bitrate or frame rate. The output plays exactly like the original; only the metadata around the streams is gone, so the file is usually slightly smaller.
03Will my portrait video turn sideways?
No. Phones usually record portrait video as landscape frames plus a rotation instruction, and that instruction is carried into the cleaned file on purpose, so the video opens upright in the same players as before. Subtitle tracks are kept too, so embedded captions still switch on and off.
04Can it remove GoPro GPS data?
Yes. GoPro cameras record GPS position, speed and motion sensors in a separate telemetry track, alongside a timecode track. Both are data tracks, and the cleaned file is rebuilt without them while the video and audio are copied untouched. Apps that draw speed or map overlays from that telemetry will no longer be able to.
05Is there a file size limit?
There is no fixed limit, but the video is processed in your browser’s memory, so very large files — several gigabytes — can exceed what a tab can hold, especially on phones. Everyday phone and camera clips are fine. If a huge file fails, try a desktop browser on a machine with more memory.
06Does it remove C2PA from AI-generated videos?
Yes. In MP4 and MOV files the manifest sits in a box that is not carried into the rebuilt container, so a Sora or Firefly clip comes out without its Content Credentials. That is metadata only: an invisible watermark in the frames is untouched, and platform rules on disclosing AI content still apply.
Guides
Further reading
- Guide5 min readHow to remove location and other metadata from a phone videoA clip filmed on your phone can tell anyone who opens the file where you stood, when, and with which phone. Here is how to see that data, which ways of removing it actually work, and how to strip it without touching the picture.Read the guide
- Guide6 min readDoes removing metadata reduce quality?Metadata sits beside the picture, the sound or the pages, so removing it can be perfectly lossless. Whether it is depends on the method, and on a few small fields that a careless strip should never touch.Read the guide
- Guide6 min readWhat is C2PA? Content Credentials explained, read and removedContent Credentials are turning up in photos, AI images, videos and PDFs. Here is what the C2PA standard is, how to read each part of a manifest, what the signature does and does not prove, and how to remove one when you need to.Read the guide
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