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08-26-2022, 11:23 AM
Today I'm going to show you how to remove metadata on a lot of document types.
But what is metadata? And why it’s important to remove it?
Metadata can be helpful for people who want to extract information from large data stores. However, it can also be misused to know about a person's location or their identity without their knowledge or consent. Therefore, removing metadata is essential to ensuring your privacy and anonymity online.
You can go directly to the file format of your choice or read everything. Let's go !
For pictures and videos :
On Windows, macOS, and Linux I would recommend :
EXIFCLEANER:
that allows viewing and/or removing those properties.
Just install it from
EXIFTOOL:
It is actually simple, just install exiftool and run:
To display metadata:
exiftool filename.jpg
To remove all metadata:
exiftool -All= filename.jpg
PDF files:
For PDF I would recommend
PDFPARANOIA
(LINUX/WINDOWS/MACOS/QUBESOS):
Get it here :
which will remove metadata and watermarks on any PDF.
You can do it also with exifcleaner and exiftool . But for exiftool there is how to proceed
It is actually simple, just install exiftool and run:
To display metadata:
exiftool filename.pdf
To remove all metadata:
exiftool -All= filename.pdf
Microsoft Office Documents:
First, here is a tutorial to remove metadata from Office documents:
Make sure however that you do use the latest version of Office with the latest security updates.
Once again you can do it also with exifcleaner and exiftool . But for exiftool there is how to proceed
EXIFTOOL:
It is actually simple, just install exiftool and run:
To display metadata: exiftool filename.docx
To remove all metadata: exiftool -All= filename.docx
And for finish an all in one tool
Another option good tool to remove metadata from various documents is the open-source mat2
Get it here :
which you can use on Linux quite easily. I never managed to make it work properly within Windows due to various dependencies issues despite the provided instructions. It is however very straightforward to install and use on Linux.
So, if you want to use it on windows, I would suggest creating a small Debian or other Linux os VM within Virtualbox which you can then use from your analyze various files from a convenient web interface.
Hoping to have been clear!
But what is metadata? And why it’s important to remove it?
Metadata can be helpful for people who want to extract information from large data stores. However, it can also be misused to know about a person's location or their identity without their knowledge or consent. Therefore, removing metadata is essential to ensuring your privacy and anonymity online.
You can go directly to the file format of your choice or read everything. Let's go !
For pictures and videos :
On Windows, macOS, and Linux I would recommend :
EXIFCLEANER:
that allows viewing and/or removing those properties.
Just install it from
[To see links please register here]
run and drag and drop the files into the GUI. allows viewing and/or removing those properties.EXIFTOOL:
It is actually simple, just install exiftool and run:
To display metadata:
exiftool filename.jpg
To remove all metadata:
exiftool -All= filename.jpg
PDF files:
For PDF I would recommend
PDFPARANOIA
(LINUX/WINDOWS/MACOS/QUBESOS):
Get it here :
[To see links please register here]
which will remove metadata and watermarks on any PDF.
You can do it also with exifcleaner and exiftool . But for exiftool there is how to proceed
It is actually simple, just install exiftool and run:
To display metadata:
exiftool filename.pdf
To remove all metadata:
exiftool -All= filename.pdf
Microsoft Office Documents:
First, here is a tutorial to remove metadata from Office documents:
[To see links please register here]
Make sure however that you do use the latest version of Office with the latest security updates.
Once again you can do it also with exifcleaner and exiftool . But for exiftool there is how to proceed
EXIFTOOL:
It is actually simple, just install exiftool and run:
To display metadata: exiftool filename.docx
To remove all metadata: exiftool -All= filename.docx
And for finish an all in one tool
Another option good tool to remove metadata from various documents is the open-source mat2
Get it here :
[To see links please register here]
which you can use on Linux quite easily. I never managed to make it work properly within Windows due to various dependencies issues despite the provided instructions. It is however very straightforward to install and use on Linux.
So, if you want to use it on windows, I would suggest creating a small Debian or other Linux os VM within Virtualbox which you can then use from your analyze various files from a convenient web interface.
Hoping to have been clear!
