Remove Metadata from Video
Strip the location, phone details, recording date and AI labels from MP4, MOV, MKV and WebM videos. Nothing is re-encoded, so the picture and sound stay exactly as they were.
Drop a video
MP4 · MOV · M4V · 3GP · MKV · WebM · or click to choose
What is video metadata?
Every video file carries information you never see when you press play. Phones and cameras write it automatically: where the video was recorded, when, and on which device. Editing apps add their own name and version, and AI video tools add labels that say how the video was made.
On a phone video, the most sensitive part is the GPS location. iPhones and most Android phones save the exact spot where you pressed record, precise enough to show a house. The same file also names the phone model and the system version, and iPhones add a hidden track that records where faces appear in each frame.
Some apps and websites remove part of this when you upload. Many do not, and anything you send as a file, by email, cloud link, or a messaging app's "send as document" option, arrives with all of it intact.
This tool removes it all and keeps the picture and sound exactly as they were. It copies the video and audio across without re-encoding, then checks every packet against the original, so there is no quality loss and nothing is re-compressed.
What gets removed
Location and device
GPS coordinates, the phone or camera make and model, and the software or phone system version that recorded it.
Dates and names
Recording date and time, author, title and comments, and the hidden face-detection data iPhones store alongside the video.
AI labels and edit history
AI content labels (C2PA Content Credentials) and editing-app metadata (XMP) left by generators and video editors.
Why people remove it
Selling something online
A video of an item filmed at home can carry your home's location. Clean it before posting it to a marketplace or sending it to a buyer.
Sharing with people you don't know
Forums, dating profiles, group chats and file-sharing links often pass the original file along, location included.
Posting AI-made videos
Videos from AI generators and editors carry labels describing how they were made. Remove them before you publish.
Sending work to clients
Drafts and deliverables can reveal the phone or camera you used, when you shot it, and which apps you edited it in.
How it works
- Drop your file. Signed out, we show you what it carries, read in your browser without uploading it.
- Clean it. With a free account it is sent over an encrypted connection to our server in Germany and cleaned there. The original is deleted as soon as it is done.
- We check it. The clean file is read again to confirm nothing identifying is left and that the file is intact.
- Download it. The download works once. The clean file is then deleted, or after 15 minutes if you never download it.
Other ways to remove video metadata
You can do part of this with tools you may already have. Here is what each one does, and what it leaves behind.
On iPhone
When sharing from Photos, tap Options at the top of the share sheet and turn off Location. This removes the location for that share only. The phone model and recording date stay, and it does not apply when you send the file some other way.
On Android
Turn off location tags in your camera app's settings so new videos don't record it. Google Photos can also hide location when you share by link. Videos you have already recorded keep their location.
On a Mac
Photos lets you untick location information when you export a video. The device and date details stay in the file.
On Windows
File Properties has a "Remove Properties and Personal Information" option, but it supports few video formats and often leaves the metadata inside MP4 and MOV files.
With ffmpeg
A common command is the one below. On its own it misses per-track tags (such as the phone model on each track) and can carry extra data tracks across, so check the result.
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -map_metadata -1 -c copy output.mp4Questions
How do I remove metadata from a video?
Drop the video above, then create a free account (or sign in) and click Clean file. When it is done, download the clean copy. Free accounts can clean 3 videos, PDFs or RAW photos a month.
Does it remove the location from iPhone and Android videos?
Yes. iPhones and Android phones save the GPS position where a video was recorded, along with the phone model. Both are removed, along with the recording date.
Will cleaning reduce the video quality?
No. The picture and sound are copied across without re-encoding, and every video and audio packet is checked to be identical to the original. Subtitle tracks and cover art are left out, since only the picture and sound are kept.
Can it remove AI metadata from videos made with Sora, Veo or other AI tools?
It removes the metadata labels those tools attach, such as C2PA Content Credentials. It cannot remove a visible watermark or anything that is part of the picture itself.
Do Instagram and TikTok remove video metadata anyway?
Big platforms usually remove some of it when you upload, but not always all of it, and never when the file itself is shared: by email, cloud link or as a document in a messaging app. Cleaning first means you don't have to rely on each app.
What happens to my video after I upload it?
It travels over an encrypted connection to our server in Germany. The original is deleted as soon as it is cleaned, and the clean copy is deleted after you download it, or after 15 minutes. Nobody looks at it.
Which formats and sizes work?
MP4, MOV, M4V, 3GP, MKV and WebM. Free accounts clean files up to 100MB, Pro up to 250MB, and Business up to 2GB.
Can I clean several videos at once?
Yes, with Pro or Business: up to 10 files at a time, downloaded one by one or together as a zip.
Also clean PDFs and RAW photos. Photos (JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC) never leave your device: clean them in your browser. Developers can do all of this through our API.