How to strip camera and device metadata from mp4 / mov
- Step 1Drop your video file — Drop your video
- Step 2Confirm metadata removal — JAD removes every metadata tag while stream-copying the media
- Step 3Download the clean file — Download the cleaned file
Frequently asked questions
What types of metadata does the scrubber remove?+
The scrubber removes all metadata atoms — including GPS location (latitude/longitude from phone recordings), creation date and modification date, device make and model, encoder software version, copyright strings, author name, comment fields, and any custom XMP, EXIF, or QuickTime metadata atoms. The output video and audio data is unchanged.
Does metadata scrubbing change the video file quality?+
No — metadata scrubbing is performed using FFmpeg's stream-copy mode with -map_metadata -1. The video and audio streams are copied byte-for-byte without re-encoding. File size may decrease slightly as metadata atoms are removed, but codec quality, resolution, and audio are unchanged.
Are there types of metadata that cannot be removed?+
Standard metadata atoms (QuickTime, EXIF, XMP) are all removed. However, some identification data can be embedded in non-standard ways — for example, some professional cameras write data into the SEI (Supplemental Enhancement Information) NAL units of H.264 streams. This type of codec-level embedding is not removed by -map_metadata -1 and would require a full re-encode with custom filtering to strip. For standard consumer devices, -map_metadata -1 removes all practically accessible metadata.
Privacy first
All video processing runs locally in your browser using WebAssembly and FFmpeg. No file is ever uploaded — only metadata counters are saved for signed-in dashboard stats.