exiftool -all= -overwrite_original photo.jpg

Category: Media & Conversion

exiftool -all= -overwrite_original photo.jpg

Remove all metadata from a photo

Deletes every metadata tag, leaving only the image pixels. -all= wipes all groups and -overwrite_original skips the backup copy exiftool normally writes. Great before sharing photos publicly. Related: magick -strip does the same for batches.
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