Terms of Service

Acceptance

By using Metadata Remover, you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, do not use the service.

Service description

Metadata Remover is a browser-based utility for inspecting supported metadata, creating a cleaned copy, re-scanning that copy, and producing a result report. The image tools support JPEG, PNG, and static WebP. The PDF tools support only the standard Info dictionary and catalog-level XMP within the limits shown in each workbench.

Processing is designed to happen locally in your browser. The original file is not overwritten. Browser image re-encoding may change compression, file size, color handling, or other technical characteristics even when the visible image appears similar. PDF removal rewrites the document structure and invalidates any existing digital signature.

Your responsibilities

You must have the right to process and modify any file you use with the service. You are responsible for reviewing the cleaned output before publishing, sharing, archiving, or relying on it.

You must not use the service to:

• Violate applicable law or another person's rights.
• Misrepresent authorship, ownership, authenticity, or provenance.
• Remove Content Credentials, C2PA data, copyright notices, or rights information to deceive others or conceal infringement.
• Test, distribute, or process unlawful, harmful, or malicious files.
• Interfere with the service or attempt unauthorized access to its systems.

Verification limits

The report describes what the current scanner detects in supported categories. It is not a universal guarantee that every possible metadata byte, proprietary structure, future format, or forensic trace has been removed. Possible C2PA or Content Credentials markers and PDF digital-signature structures are detected conservatively and are not cryptographically validated.

PDF metadata removal is not PDF sanitization or hardening. The tool does not claim to remove scripts, actions, attachments, forms, annotations, hidden text, redactions, layers, or metadata inside embedded files. Encrypted and password-protected PDFs are not supported.

Availability and changes

The service may change, add limits, remove formats, or be unavailable. We may reject files that are animated, too large, malformed, unsupported, or unsafe to process in the browser.

No warranty

The service and its outputs are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis to the extent permitted by law. You should keep the original file and independently verify any output used for a sensitive, legal, compliance, evidentiary, or archival purpose.

Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from use of the service or reliance on its output.

Open-source software

The browser client includes third-party open-source software. Its source availability, copyright, license, and attribution information is preserved in THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.txt. Those components remain governed by their own licenses.

Changes and contact

We may update these terms as the product changes. The date above identifies the latest version. A legal contact address and launch-specific jurisdiction terms will be added before public launch.