MetaClean 1.0.0
Batch metadata remover and editor for Windows. Runs only on this computer.

HOW TO USE
1. Open MetaClean (Start menu or desktop shortcut).
2. Input folder: the folder with your files. Output folder: where the cleaned
   copies go. Your originals are never changed.
3. Pick what to do:
   - Remove everything: camera, GPS, names, software, dates, comments,
     editing history, content credentials.
   - Remove location only: GPS, place names and photo thumbnails.
     Camera details stay.
   - Remove everything, then add my details: cleans, then writes your title,
     author, copyright, website, description and keywords.
4. Click Run. Each file is checked afterwards. Green = clean. Orange = something
   personal is still there. Red = location is still there or the file failed.
   A report spreadsheet is saved in the output folder.

FILE TYPES
  Images: JPG PNG WebP GIF TIFF HEIC AVIF DNG
  Audio and video: MP3 WAV M4A FLAC OGG MP4 MOV MKV WebM and more
  PDF
  Word, Excel, PowerPoint (docx xlsx pptx). Old .doc .xls .ppt: save as the
  new format first.

EVERYTHING IS INCLUDED
ExifTool (images) and FFmpeg (audio and video) come with MetaClean.
Nothing else to install.

NO WINDOW (for scripts)
  MetaClean.exe --batch "<input folder>" "<output folder>" [all|location|all_add]
uses the details saved in the window and writes the report to the output folder.

PORTABLE COPY
Extract the whole zip and run MetaClean.exe from the extracted folder.
Settings are kept in your Windows profile (%APPDATA%\MetaClean).

PRIVACY
MetaClean never connects to the internet. Nothing is uploaded.
Your settings are kept in %APPDATA%\MetaClean\settings.json.

https://jeffapierson.com/journal_tools/metaclean/
