---
title: Remove Image Metadata API
slug: remove-image-metadata
url: https://apyhub.com/apyhub/service/remove-image-metadata
provider: ApyHub
categories: [File Security, "Security & Privacy"]
tags: [image-metadata, metadata-removal, exif, gps-scrubbing, image-sanitisation]
auth: api_key
---

# Remove Image Metadata API

Remove metadata from uploaded images or image URLs. Return a cleaned binary file or a signed URI, with optional EXIF key and GPS cleanup.

## Endpoints

| Method | Path | Description | Atoms |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| POST | `/processor/image/remove-metadata/file` | What it does Uploads an image as multipart form data, strips the specified metadata keys from it, a… | 30 |
| POST | `/processor/image/remove-metadata/file/url` | What it does Strips metadata from an image submitted to this endpoint and returns a URI in the data… | 30 |
| POST | `/processor/image/remove-metadata/url/file` | What it does Strips metadata from an image fetched from a URL and returns the processed file as bin… | 30 |
| POST | `/processor/image/remove-metadata/file-urls` | What it does Removes metadata from an image fetched from a URL and returns the resulting file locat… | 30 |

## About

## What it does
Image Metadata Remover strips metadata from images and returns the cleaned file or a signed download link, depending on the endpoint you use. Send a binary image upload or a public image URL, and choose whether you want the result downloaded directly or returned as a URI.

Use the multipart endpoints when you already have the image file, or the URL endpoints when the image is hosted elsewhere. You can pass `keys` to target specific writable tags, or leave `keys` empty to clear all writable tags present. The optional `group` field supports `gps` only, which clears GPS-related metadata.

The service is a fit for privacy-focused workflows where you need to remove embedded image data before sharing or storing files. Common uses include sanitising user-uploaded photos, preparing images for public distribution, and removing location data from media assets.

The responses stay simple: download mode returns the cleaned image as binary data, while signed URL mode returns a JSON object with a `data` URI.

## Usage

Authenticate with an ApyHub API key in the `apy-token` header.
Full docs and a live playground: https://apyhub.com/apyhub/service/remove-image-metadata