Just saying, consider archiving and preserving your original image files if you might ever need to go back to them. Several photo editors have options for leaving or removing Exif data. Photoshop Bridge has menus to select which few items of the Exif to retain in the JPG file, but its choices do not include leaving the Manufacturers data (this section is also called Makers Data, or MakerNotes, same thing, Manufacturers section). Image editors like Adobe will leave out most of the Exif when they rewrite the image file, and you'll never see most of it after that. To remove all Exif from all JPG files in the current directory, the ExifTool command line option is:įor i in *.jpg do echo 'Processing $i' exiftool -all= '$i' done Preserving the Exif data in your own image fileĪn important factor is that to see all of the Exif (unless it is a Raw image file), any JPG image file likely must be the straight out of the camera original. Some other editors offer a similar option.Įxiftool.exe (discussed below) has an option to remove Exif data from image files. That may be an optimum choice for any image copies going online.

The Adobe (Photoshop or Elements) menu File - Save For Web option saves as JPG, but it specifically omits all Exif data.

Some photo-sharing web sites that post your pictures for viewing will remove most of the Exif data before showing, but those sites will still have a copy of it. Likewise, GPS location and Copyright info might be included.

For more information, refer to the lists of metadata by file type below.Be aware that if you upload or email image files, any comments you many have added to the camera Exif, like your name and address or phone number, might be visible in the Exif data. Some types of files display specific metadata in addition to the basic metadata listed above. Not using Dropbox yet? See how Dropbox helps you effortlessly share files and folders. When the file was last modified ( Modified).All files display the following metadata: In the details pane, you’ll see different types of information depending on the type of file you’re previewing. If the metadata does not appear, click the arrow or Info button in the right sidebar. The file information will be located in the details pane of the right sidebar.

Hover over the file and click the checkbox.

It includes information like the date your file was created and the size of the file. Metadata is information you can see about a file.

Metadata viewer