Metadata Remover for AI Assistants

Ask Claude, Cursor or VS Code to remove the location, device details, dates and AI labels from your videos, PDFs, RAW files and photos. Your originals stay as they are, and a clean copy is saved next to each one.

"Remove the location from the videos in my Downloads folder"

"Strip the author and dates from report.pdf before I send it"

"Clean all the RAW files in ~/Photos/shoot and tell me what was in them"

How it works

You add our MCP server to your AI app once. When you ask, your assistant hands the file names to it. Each file goes from your computer to our server, where it's cleaned and checked, then the clean copy is saved back on your computer as name-clean.ext.

It's the same cleaning as our video, PDF and RAW tools: video and sound aren't re-encoded, and a file is only called clean when we can prove nothing identifying is left.

1. Get an API key

MCP is part of the Business plan ($49 a month, or $449 a year). Subscribe and create a key on the API keys page. Keys start with amc_live_ and are shown once.

You also need Node.js 18 or newer on your computer. Most developers already have it.

2. Add it to your app

Open Settings → Developer → Edit Config. Add this to the file, put your key in, save, and restart Claude Desktop.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aimetadatacleaner": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "aimetadatacleaner-mcp"],
      "env": { "AMC_API_KEY": "amc_live_..." }
    }
  }
}

On Windows, if Claude can't start it, change the command lines to:

"command": "cmd",
"args": ["/c", "npx", "-y", "aimetadatacleaner-mcp"],

Open Cursor Settings → MCP → Add new MCP server, or edit ~/.cursor/mcp.json directly, and add:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aimetadatacleaner": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "aimetadatacleaner-mcp"],
      "env": { "AMC_API_KEY": "amc_live_..." }
    }
  }
}

Create .vscode/mcp.json in your project (or run MCP: Open User Configuration for all projects). VS Code asks for the key the first time and stores it safely.

{
  "inputs": [
    { "type": "promptString", "id": "amc-key", "description": "AI Metadata Cleaner API key", "password": true }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "aimetadatacleaner": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "aimetadatacleaner-mcp"],
      "env": { "AMC_API_KEY": "${input:amc-key}" }
    }
  }
}

No key needed here: you sign in with your AI Metadata Cleaner account instead.

claude.ai: open Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, name it AI Metadata Cleaner, and paste this URL:

https://api.aimetadatacleaner.com/mcp

Click Connect, sign in, and choose Allow.

ChatGPT: turn on developer mode in Settings → Apps → Advanced settings, then create an app with the same URL and OAuth sign-in.

These apps can't hand a file you drop into the chat to a connector, so here it cleans files that are online at a link (a direct download link, for example from Dropbox). For files on your computer, use one of the other tabs.

Most apps that support MCP take the same block as Claude Desktop, including Windsurf and Cline. Apps that can't run a command on your computer can connect to our server directly instead:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aimetadatacleaner": {
      "url": "https://api.aimetadatacleaner.com/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer amc_live_..." }
    }
  }
}

In Claude Code:

claude mcp add --transport http aimetadatacleaner https://api.aimetadatacleaner.com/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer amc_live_..."

Connected this way, the server can't read your disk. Your assistant either gives it a link to the file, or gets a one-time upload link and uploads the file itself (assistants that can run commands, like Claude Code, do this on their own).

3. Ask

Name the files or the folder in your own words. A folder means the supported files directly inside it. Your assistant tells you what was removed from each file and where the clean copy was saved. You can also ask how much of this month's allowance is left.

What it cleans

Kind	Formats	What's removed
Video	MP4, MOV, M4V, 3GP, MKV, WebM	GPS location and GPS tracks, phone or camera model, serial numbers, dates, author, hidden data tracks. Not re-encoded.
PDF	PDF	Author, software, dates, hidden document data, metadata inside embedded photos, digital signatures (optional)
RAW	CR2, CR3, NEF, ARW, RAF, RW2, DNG	GPS, serial numbers, owner, dates, shutter count. The photo data is untouched.
Photos	JPEG, PNG, WebP	Location, device, dates, Content Credentials, AI generation data (prompts, settings)

Tools

Tool	What it does
`clean_files`	Cleans files or folders on your computer and saves the clean copies. Options: a folder to save to, photo mode (rebuild or strip only), keep PDF signatures.
`check_usage`	Files and data used this month.
`clean_file_from_url`	Remote server only. Cleans a file from a public link.
`get_upload_link`	Remote server only. A one-time link to upload a file to.

Limits

	Business
Files per month	10,000
Data per month	1 TB uploaded
Largest file	2 GB

These are shared with the API. Limits reset on the 1st (UTC). Files that fail or aren't supported don't count.

Your files

Files are cleaned on our server in Germany and never kept. The upload is deleted as soon as cleaning finishes, and the clean copy is deleted once it's saved to your computer, or after 15 minutes. We record the file type, size and result for billing and support, never the file name or contents.

Frequently asked questions

What is an MCP server?

MCP (Model Context Protocol) is the standard way AI assistants like Claude and Cursor use outside tools. Once this one is added, you can ask your assistant to remove metadata from files in plain words, and it does the work for you.

Do I need to know how to code?

No. You paste one block of settings into your AI app once, with your API key in it. After that you just ask in normal words.

Does the AI see my files?

No. The add-on sends each file straight from your computer to our server and saves the clean copy on your computer. Your assistant only sees the file names and the report of what was removed.

Are my original files changed?

Never. Clean copies are saved next to the originals with "-clean" added to the name, for example trip-clean.mp4.

Which plan do I need?

Business ($49 a month or $449 a year). It includes the API and MCP, 10,000 files a month and files up to 2 GB.

Can I use it in ChatGPT or on claude.ai?

Yes. Add it as a connector and sign in with your AI Metadata Cleaner account, no key needed. One limit: those apps can't pass a file you drop into the chat on to a connector, so there it cleans files that are online at a link. To clean files on your computer, use Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code.

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