See what a photo is hiding, and remove it before you share.

What is hidden

Finds location, device and lens, serial numbers, software and editing history (XMP), people and face regions, captions and keywords, IPTC, author and copyright, date, the embedded thumbnail, colour profile, orientation and maker notes. A short explanation for each finding, a "What does this photo reveal?" summary and a list of all fields.

Pixels untouched

In JPEG, PNG and WebP files only the metadata sections are rewritten; the pixel data stays identical byte for byte, with no loss of quality. HEIC and AVIF are cleaned in place; when that is not possible, they are saved as high-quality JPEG and this is stated clearly.

Presets

"For sharing" removes what identifies you and your location; date, colour profile and orientation stay. "Everything" removes all but what the photo needs to look right, and "Location only" removes just the location. Each category can also be switched on or off.

Embedded thumbnail

Some photos carry a small copy of how they looked before cropping. Scrubio shows this copy; cleaning removes it.

Same place

Locations less than 150 metres apart are grouped, so you can see which photos give away the same place. The "All" view gathers what was found in every photo into one summary.

Batch cleaning

Add photos by choosing them, from a folder (including subfolders), by drag and drop or by pasting. Clean copies are saved with a suffix ("-clean") to a chosen folder or into a single ZIP file; no file with the same name is overwritten.

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