Remove C2PA Content Credentials

Content Credentials are a signed history attached to an image: which app made it, which edits followed and whether generative AI was involved. Drop a file below to read its C2PA manifest, then remove the whole manifest store losslessly.

  • 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

Edit MetadataRemove EXIFClean AI Data

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Reads C2PA · EXIF · XMP · IPTC · prompts

What a C2PA manifest contains

C2PA (the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity) defines a way to embed a cryptographically signed record in a file. C2PA explained goes deeper; in practice a manifest usually holds:

  • The claim generator — the app or service that signed it, such as Photoshop, Firefly, ChatGPT or a camera.
  • A list of actions: created, opened, edited, cropped, and markers for generative AI steps.
  • Ingredients — earlier versions or source images the file was built from.
  • A digital source type stating whether the content was captured, composited or generated by AI.
  • A signature and certificate tying the record to the exact image data.

Where C2PA lives in each file type

In JPEG the manifest store sits in APP11 segments as JUMBF boxes; in PNG it is a caBX chunk; in HEIC and AVIF it is a uuid box; in WebP a dedicated RIFF chunk. AI Label Remover finds each of these, shows the claims inside, and removes the full store while copying the image data unchanged.

Because the signature binds the manifest to the exact bytes, any re-save by another app usually breaks or drops it anyway. Removing it cleanly avoids leaving a broken, half-valid record behind.

Reasons to keep it, reasons to remove it

Content Credentials can be valuable: they help news organisations and creators prove where an image came from. If that is your goal, keep them — and keep the original file either way, because removed metadata cannot be restored.

Removing them makes sense when the record reveals more than you want (names, edit history, source images), or when an editor attached an AI marker to a genuine photo after a minor fix. You can also turn off Content Credentials in Photoshop and Lightroom so they are not written in the first place.

What is removed and what stays

JPEG / JPGMarker segments

Washed out

  • APP1 (EXIF
  • XMP)
  • APP11 (C2PA/JUMBF)
  • APP13 (IPTC)
  • COM
  • MPF
  • JFIF/JFXX thumbnail

Left in place

  • SOF
  • DQT/DHT
  • SOS → EOI
  • APP0
  • APP2 ICC
  • APP14
  • Orientation

PNGChunks

Washed out

  • tEXt
  • zTXt
  • iTXt (prompt
  • workflow
  • XMP)
  • eXIf
  • caBX (C2PA)
  • tIME
  • dSIG

Left in place

  • IHDR
  • PLTE
  • IDAT
  • tRNS
  • gAMA
  • cHRM
  • sRGB
  • iCCP
  • acTL/fcTL/fdAT
  • Orientation

HEIC / HEIFISOBMFF boxes

Washed out

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

Left in place

  • ftyp
  • mdat (HEVC)
  • 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.

C2PA questions

Does AI Label Remover verify C2PA signatures?

No. It reads and displays the manifest contents but does not validate the certificate chain. Use the official Content Credentials verify tool if you need signature validation.

Is removing Content Credentials legal?

Removing metadata from files you own or are allowed to modify is generally fine, but do not use it to misrepresent who made an image or how. This is general information, not legal advice.

Why does my photo say “Worth a second look”?

The file has a C2PA manifest that does not explicitly mention AI. Some platforms read any manifest as a hint, so check the actions listed before deciding.

Will a platform still know the image was edited?

Not from the removed manifest. Platforms may still use other signals, and invisible watermarks are not affected by metadata removal.

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