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Strip metadata
from a PNG

PNG files carry text chunks that editors and screenshot tools write without asking. This removes them.

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JPEG · PNG · HEIC · WEBP · PDF · DOCX · XLSX · PPTX

PNG stores metadata as chunks

A PNG is a sequence of labelled chunks. Some are essential to displaying the image. Others hold free text: an author, a description, a comment, the software that saved it, sometimes a full EXIF block copied in from a camera.

What is kept

Only the chunks that affect how the image renders: the header, palette, transparency, colour profile, gamma and the image data itself, plus animation chunks for APNG files. Everything else is dropped.

A common source of surprises

Diagram and design tools often write the project name, the file path or the licensed user into a text chunk on export. Screenshots edited in a desktop app pick up the same thing. It never appears anywhere in the picture, so it is never noticed.

Common questions

Do PNG files have EXIF data?

They can. The format has a dedicated chunk for it, and some tools copy EXIF across when converting from JPEG.

Will stripping chunks change how the PNG looks?

No. Colour and rendering chunks are preserved. Only descriptive text and timestamps are removed.

Do PNG screenshots contain my location?

No. Screenshots have no access to GPS data.

What a screenshot gives awayScreenshots do not carry GPS.Strip EXIF from a JPEGRemoves the metadata segments and leaves every pixel exactly as it was.Check it before you send itA thirty-second habit that catches almost everything: look, then clean, then send.