HEIC metadata remover for iPhone photos

iPhones save photos as HEIC, and each one records where and when it was taken. Drop HEIC or HEIF files below to see that metadata and remove it — the photo stays a HEIC, with no conversion and no loss in quality.

  • Files stay on this device
  • Pixels are never re-encoded
  • Up to 50 files at a time
  • No account, no cost
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Drag and drop your images here

JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF, HEIC, AVIF · each file up to 25.00 MB and 40 MP · 50 files per session

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What an iPhone HEIC photo records

A typical iPhone photo carries more than most people expect:

  • Precise GPS coordinates, altitude and direction the camera was facing.
  • Capture date, time and time zone, plus modification dates.
  • Device model, lens and camera settings, and the iOS version.
  • Apple-specific data such as the Live Photo pairing identifier.
  • XMP data written by editing apps, sometimes including C2PA records.

Remove metadata without converting to JPEG

The usual advice is to convert HEIC to JPEG and hope the metadata does not survive. That re-encodes the image, loses quality and often throws away the wide-gamut color profile. AI Label Remover instead edits the HEIC container itself: it removes the Exif and XMP items, C2PA uuid boxes and timestamp boxes, and keeps the HEVC image data, rotation (irot/imir) and color profile (colr) intact.

The same engine handles AVIF, which uses the same ISOBMFF container format, so AVIF exports from modern apps can be washed the same way.

iPhone settings vs. washing the file

iOS lets you switch off location for a single share via the “Options” button on the share sheet, and the Photos app can adjust or remove location per photo. These work well for one-off shares but are easy to forget, and they do not remove the other fields. Viewing and removing metadata on iPhone and Android compares the built-in options.

For a batch of photos — a folder of holiday pictures, product shots or images for a listing — dropping them into AI Label Remover and saving one ZIP is faster, and the before-and-after report shows exactly what was removed.

What is removed and what stays

HEIC / HEIFISOBMFF boxes

Washed out

  • uuid (C2PA
  • XMP)
  • Exif / XMP items
  • moov udta + timestamps

Left in place

  • ftyp
  • mdat (HEVC)
  • ispe
  • irot/imir
  • colr

AVIFISOBMFF boxes

Washed out

  • uuid (C2PA
  • XMP)
  • Exif / XMP items
  • moov udta + timestamps

Left in place

  • ftyp
  • mdat (AV1)
  • ispe
  • irot/imir
  • colr

From tagged to clean in four moves

There is nothing to install and no account to create. The page itself does the work.

  1. Drop the files in

    Add as many as 50 JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF, HEIC or AVIF images. The browser opens them locally; no copy goes anywhere.

  2. Read the report

    Each file is walked block by block — EXIF, XMP, IPTC, C2PA, text chunks — and you see what it says about place, people, time and AI.

  3. Press “Wash all images”

    The metadata blocks are cut out of the byte stream. Image data is left alone, and the result is read again to prove the fields are gone.

  4. Save the clean copies

    Save files one at a time, or grab every washed image in one ZIP archive.

HEIC questions

Does it work on Windows, where HEIC sometimes cannot be opened?

Yes. AI Label Remover reads the HEIC structure itself, so it does not need a HEIC codec installed. HEIC files show a format label instead of a preview thumbnail, but reading and washing work normally.

Will the washed file still open in Photos?

Yes. The output is a standard HEIC file with the same image data; only the metadata items are removed.

Are Live Photos supported?

AI Label Remover processes the still HEIC image. The paired video file of a Live Photo is a separate file and is not changed.

Is there a file size limit?

Each file can be up to 25 MB and 40 megapixels, which covers photos from every current iPhone, and you can wash 50 at a time.

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