Metadata viewer for PDF, photos and video
Drop a file and see the layer most readers hide: EXIF and GPS in photos, author and XMP in PDFs, QuickTime tags in video. Inspect it here before it goes to a client, a marketplace or a public drive — nothing is uploaded.
- PDF · photo · video
- Read-only, until you choose
- No account
- No upload
Inspect a file
Up to 12 files · 100 MB each · PDF, JPG, PNG, WebP, MP4, MOV
Paste an image with ⌘V / Ctrl+V · inspected locally · nothing uploaded
One viewer, three formats
Most metadata viewers handle one format. This one reads the containers behind a PDF, a photo and a phone video, and shows only the fields that actually carry a value.
| File type | What you will see | Where to clean it |
|---|---|---|
| Author, title, subject, keywords, creator, producer, dates, XMP and attachments | PDF metadata remover | |
| Photo (JPG, PNG, WebP) | GPS coordinates, camera and lens, serial numbers, capture time, software, PNG text chunks | Photo metadata remover |
| Video (MP4, MOV) | QuickTime location tag, camera make and model, software, capture date, title and comments | Video metadata remover |
What a file can reveal
Identity
Author names, account emails, artist fields and serial numbers — written by the app, not typed by you.
Location
GPS in photos and the QuickTime location tag in videos, often accurate to a few metres.
Routine
Capture and edit timestamps that, together with a place, can reconstruct where you were and when.
Provenance
C2PA / Content Credentials and AI-generation tags that say how a file was made and edited.
C2PA, Content Credentials and AI labels
2026 is the year provenance moved from an industry idea to a default: C2PA / Content Credentials ship on new phones and cameras, and AI-generated files increasingly carry machine-readable labels. That is useful — until you need to know what a specific file carries.
This viewer flags when a C2PA manifest appears to be embedded, and when common AI-generation tags such as trainedAlgorithmicMedia or digitalSourceType are present. It does not verify signatures yet, so treat the badge as a pointer rather than proof. Full manifest verification is planned; the honest framing matters more than a green checkmark. For the longer version, read what a Content Credentials manifest records and what it cannot prove.
If you find provenance data you did not mean to share, you can remove the file's metadata with the matching cleaner. For images, the AI metadata remover strips C2PA, XMP AI tags and EXIF losslessly. Do not use it to pass AI work off as human-made — that is a different problem, and a worse one.
Inspect, then decide
Drop the file
The browser reads the bytes locally. No upload request is made — check DevTools → Network if you want proof.
Read every field
Sensitive fields are highlighted. Missing fields are left out on purpose: nothing there, nothing to leak.
Clean only if you choose
Each card links to the matching remover. The viewer itself never changes the file.
Questions people ask
Does the metadata viewer upload my files?
No. Files are read with the browser File API and never transmitted. Open DevTools → Network and confirm there are no upload requests; closing the tab discards everything.
Which file types can I inspect?
PDF, JPG, PNG and WebP images, and MP4 or MOV video. HEIC and AVIF cannot be read in most browsers yet — export to JPG or PNG first.
What metadata does it show?
For PDFs: title, author, subject, keywords, creator, producer, dates, XMP and attachments. For photos: EXIF and GPS fields such as camera, lens, timestamps and coordinates. For video: QuickTime and MP4 tags including location, camera, software and capture date.
Can it detect AI metadata or C2PA Content Credentials?
The viewer flags when a C2PA / Content Credentials manifest appears to be embedded and when common AI-generation tags are present. It does not verify signatures yet, so treat the badge as a pointer, not a proof.
Does the viewer remove metadata?
No — it is read-only by design. Each file card links to the matching cleaner: PDF, photo or video. Nothing is changed until you use one of those tools.
Why are some fields missing?
The viewer lists only fields that actually carry a value. A missing field is good news: there is nothing there to leak. Some apps and platforms strip metadata before a file reaches the browser.
Is this the same as the PDF metadata viewer?
The PDF metadata viewer stays focused on PDFs. This page is the cross-format hub for PDFs, photos and video; both use the same local-reading approach.
Other Docfy tools
Look before you share.
Inspect the metadata in your files, then remove what you do not want to send — all in the browser.