Wednesday, December 10, 2025

STOP POSTING PICTURES WITH YOUR METADATA IN FULL VIEW 

remove meta data from jpg on macOS using Terminal

you will need Brew install on your mac

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

install ExifTool

brew install exiftool

open terminal and change directory to the location of files you wish to remove meta data

Terminal commands

this will display the metadata in your file

exiftool your_file.jpeg

removed all metadata from your file

exiftool -all= -overwrite_original your_file.jpeg 

Extra Paranoid removal

exiftool -all= --icc_profile:all -m -overwrite_original *.jpeg

validate your metadata has been removed

exiftool "your_file.jpg" | grep -i "gps\|location\|date\|camera\|iphone"

Pro-Tip, remove all metadata in files in a directory

exiftool -all= -overwrite_original -r *.jpeg *.jpeg *.png *.heic 2>/dev/null && echo "All metadata stripped ✅"


STOP POSTING PICTURES WITH YOUR METADATA IN FULL VIEW

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