Free Online Metadata Viewer — Read, Extract & Remove Hidden File Data

What Is Metadata?

Metadata is information about a file — data that describes the file rather than being the file's actual content. Every digital file you create, receive, or share carries metadata: a JPEG photo embeds camera settings and GPS coordinates; a Word document records the author's name and revision history; a PDF stores the software that created it; a video file records the codec, frame rate and recording device.

Most metadata is completely invisible during normal use — you won't see it when you open a photo or read a document. But it is always there, and can be read by anyone who knows how to look. That is why understanding, viewing and removing metadata is an important part of digital privacy.

How to Read Metadata — 3 Easy Steps

1. Choose a tool above — pick the tool that matches your file type: EXIF Viewer for photos, Video Metadata Checker for videos, PDF Metadata Viewer for PDFs, or Word Metadata Remover for Word documents.
2. Upload your file — drag and drop or click to select. Only the first few kilobytes of your file are transmitted; your actual content never leaves your device.
3. View and optionally remove — all embedded metadata fields are displayed instantly. If you want a clean copy, click Remove Metadata to download a stripped version of your file.

Supported File Types

Why Should You Remove Metadata?

• Location privacy: Photos taken on smartphones embed precise GPS coordinates. Sharing them on social media or via email can reveal your home address, workplace, or travel patterns without you realising.
• Personal information: Word documents and PDFs often carry the author's full name, company, and username from the operating system that created them — even after renaming the file.
• Revision history: Office documents may contain edit history, tracked changes, and comments that reveal internal drafts or confidential feedback.
• GDPR & compliance: Organisations sharing documents externally may be legally required to strip personally identifiable information before distribution.

Your Privacy Comes First

GetMetadatas is designed with a privacy-first architecture. For images and documents, only the first few hundred kilobytes of your file are ever sent to the server — just enough to read the metadata header. For videos, a maximum of 4 MB total is transferred across two passes. No file content, no pixel data, and no audio is ever uploaded.

All temporary server files are automatically deleted within 1 hour. No account or login is required. No tracking, no advertising.