C2PA / JUMBF
Content credentials stored in JPEG APP11 segments, PNG caBX chunks, HEIF uuid boxes, and similar containers. This is the record most often described as remove C2PA.
What AI info is
AI info is not a visible sticker on the picture. It is metadata stored beside the pixels: a C2PA content credential, an XMP packet, an EXIF software tag, an IPTC credit line, or a PNG text chunk that names the generator and the prompt. Phones write a different set of fields, including GPS, camera model, and the time the shutter fired.
An AI label, AI info badge, or “made with AI” note is the platform’s own wording after it reads some of those records. A photo you took can pick up the same records later, when an editor runs generative fill, an AI denoise, or a background removal that signs the file. The badge is a claim about the file’s history, not a measurement of every pixel.
This page is an AI label remover and an AI metadata remover in the practical sense: it deletes those file records before you post. It is also a metadata cleaner and a metadata remover for ordinary privacy fields. It is not a way to change what the picture shows.
Why platforms attach a label
Instagram, Facebook, Threads, TikTok, and several stock and shop tools look for provenance metadata on upload. C2PA and XMP are the usual triggers for an automatic AI info or AI content label. Some apps also keep their own record after the first upload, so cleaning a file that was already posted does not rewrite the copy already on their servers.
Labels exist because advertisers, newsrooms, and regulators asked for disclosure when synthetic media is published. The file-level signal is attractive to platforms because it is cheap to read and, when a credential is intact, specific. It is also brittle: export a screenshot, send the image through a chat app that recompresses it, or strip the metadata, and that particular signal is gone. Other signals can remain. See the limits below, and the Instagram guide and TikTok guide for how each app tends to behave.
How to remove AI info from a photo
Use files you have the right to edit. Keep an untouched master if you still need the camera record or a signed credential.
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Save the full file
Download the original from the camera roll, the editor, or the drive. Tiny cloud placeholders often have no metadata left to inspect, and they are not the file the platform will read if you later upload the full version.
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Drop it in the tool
Add up to 30 images, 15 MB each. JPG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, and HEIC are accepted. The metadata checker is the same reader in a read-only mode if you only want a report first.
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Read what was removed
Each file lists the EXIF, GPS, XMP, IPTC, C2PA, PNG text, and comments that were present. Color profiles are kept so a print file does not silently shift.
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Download and post that copy
Save the cleaned file, or a ZIP if you cleaned a batch. Upload that copy. Posting the original again puts the old records back in front of the platform.
What the remover takes out
One pass. These groups are removed together. There is no switch to keep camera EXIF while dropping only the AI credential.
XMP
Adobe’s extensible packet, including creator tool, digital source type, and generator hints such as trained algorithmic media.
EXIF, including GPS
Camera make and model, software, timestamps, artist, serial numbers when present, and location. This is the usual remove EXIF and remove GPS job.
IPTC
Caption, credit, by-line, and copyright fields stored in the Photoshop image-resource block.
PNG text chunks
tEXt, zTXt, and iTXt, which is where Stable Diffusion and ComfyUI write prompts and workflows.
Comments
JPEG comment segments and other ancillary notes that are not required to display the picture.
Where the markers live
| Marker | Typical home | What this tool does |
|---|---|---|
| EXIF | JPEG APP1, PNG eXIf, WebP EXIF, HEIF Exif item | Removed, including GPS |
| XMP | JPEG APP1, PNG iTXt, WebP XMP, HEIF XML item | Removed |
| IPTC | JPEG APP13 | Removed |
| C2PA | JPEG APP11 JUMBF, PNG caBX, ISOBMFF uuid | Removed when the container stores it as metadata |
| PNG text | tEXt, zTXt, iTXt | Removed |
| ICC / color | JPEG APP2, PNG iCCP, WebP ICCP, HEIF colr | Kept |
| SynthID and similar watermarks | Woven into pixel values | Not removed. Metadata tools cannot reach them |
Which tools write AI metadata
Exports differ by version and by whether you downloaded the original or a preview. Treat this as a field guide, not a guarantee about a specific file.
ChatGPT and OpenAI images
Often ship with a C2PA content credential. A screenshot of the chat usually does not.
Adobe Firefly and generative Photoshop
Commonly sign edits with C2PA and may set an IPTC or XMP digital source type, even when most of the frame is a camera photo.
Midjourney
Many downloads carry XMP with the tool name and generation parameters. A re-save from another app can drop that packet.
Stable Diffusion UIs
Automatic1111 and Forge write a PNG parameters chunk with the prompt, seed, sampler, and model.
ComfyUI
Writes prompt and workflow JSON into PNG text chunks. Those chunks can be larger than the picture looks.
Gemini, Meta AI, and phone editors
Some exports include C2PA. Google’s SynthID, when present, is a pixel watermark and is outside the reach of this remover.
Metadata remover, EXIF cleaner, AI tag remover
People land here with different names for the same job. Remove AI metadata from a photo, remove made with AI, AI tag remover, metadata cleaner, and metadata remover all point at file records rather than at a retouch. Remove EXIF is the older privacy version of the task: location, device, and timestamps come out in the same pass as the AI credential.
If a marketplace or a client still needs a caption, write it in the upload form. Do not expect this tool to preserve IPTC while deleting XMP. The clean copy is a picture plus the color profile and the pixels, not a lightly edited sidecar.
Multi-picture JPEGs, such as some HDR gain maps stored in extra APP segments, can lose the secondary frame. The primary image data is copied through unchanged. Animated PNG frame data is kept. GIF is not accepted.
Limits you should count on
Removing metadata does not guarantee a platform will skip its label. Classifiers can look at the picture, and a previous upload may already be tagged on their side. SynthID and other pixel watermarks survive, because JPG, PNG, and WebP are not recompressed here. Remove synthid is a different problem, and this site does not claim to solve it.
You are responsible for the files you process and for the law that applies when you publish. Platform rules and disclosure duties, including the EU AI Act where it applies to you, are not switched off by a cleaner metadata file. Read the disclaimer before you rely on a cleaned export.
Questions
How do I remove AI info from a photo?
Drop the JPG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, or HEIC into the tool on this page, wait for the per-file report, and download the cleaned copy. Upload that copy. The file is read in the browser and is not sent to a server.
What is an AI label or AI info?
It is a platform notice, often worded as AI Info or Made with AI, usually after the app finds C2PA or XMP that says the image was generated or edited with an AI tool. It does not always mean every pixel was synthesized.
Will this remove a Made with AI label?
If the label is coming from metadata still inside the file you are about to upload, stripping that metadata removes the usual trigger. If the label is coming from a pixel watermark, a visual classifier, or a file that was already published, this tool does not change that outcome.
Can this remove SynthID?
No. SynthID is embedded in pixel values. A metadata remover, including this one, does not rewrite JPG, PNG, or WebP pixels. Searches for remove synthid need a different kind of tool, and none of them are offered here.
Is this an AI image detector?
No. The metadata checker reads file records and reports them. It does not score pixels, and a clean report does not prove a picture is a photograph.
Do you upload my image?
No. Cleaning and inspection run in your browser. The static site does not receive your images and there is no account. Page views and anonymous usage events are described on the privacy page.
Will the photo look different?
For JPG, PNG, and WebP the compressed image data is copied, not re-encoded, so the pixels stay the same and the file often gets slightly smaller. AVIF and HEIC are edited inside the container when possible. If a container cannot be edited safely, the browser may redraw it as a PNG, and the page says so on that file.
Is it legal to remove AI metadata?
Editing metadata on a file you have the right to modify is generally allowed. Publishing the result can still be limited by platform rules, contract, copyright, and disclosure laws such as the EU AI Act. This site does not give legal advice. See the disclaimer.
Should I use the checker or the remover first?
Use the checker when you want a read-only list of C2PA, XMP, EXIF, GPS, IPTC, and PNG chunks. Use the remover on this page when you want the cleaned download. Both stay on the device.
What are the limits?
Thirty files at a time, 15 MB each, in JPG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, or HEIC. GIF is refused. There is no quota and no sign-in.
What about HEIC from an iPhone?
HEIC and AVIF metadata is removed inside the ISOBMFF container when the Exif, XMP, or C2PA boxes can be located without shifting the image. A preview depends on whether your browser can decode HEIC. The download is still a HEIC or AVIF file when the container edit succeeds.
Can I drop only the AI credential and keep camera EXIF?
No. This version always removes EXIF, GPS, XMP, IPTC, C2PA, PNG text, and comments together. Keep a private master if you still need the camera record. ICC color profiles are left in place.
Guides by tool and by app
The remover at the top of this page is the same one on every guide. Open the directory for the program that exported the file, or for the app you are about to upload to.