I’m looking for an Android app that strips EXIF from photos before I upload them somewhere. I really care mostly about removing geolocation. I searched on F-Droid, I didn’t find much. Has anybody used Scrambled Exif ?


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I have not used that part of this tool, but here is one. https://f-droid.org/packages/ru.tech.imageresizershrinker/
You can turn off geotagging in the camera settings.
That’s fair, but I want it, just not for the public. I want to remove Exif rarely, by default I like to have that metadata.
I am using scrambled exif, its great and easy to use
I use ExifEraser
“Photo Metadata Remover” by Syrupy on the Play Store was the tool recommended by the security team at a previous workplace. I rarely need it, but I see it’s added ads, so I’d be more tempted to check for a FOSS alternative.
There’s always ImageMagick on PC, if you don’t mind dealing with them there. It strips EXIF and Adobe metadata from images very well. Or the old “screenshot of a digital photo” trick is still peerless.
I use scrambled exif. Works well but only when sharing photos, it can’t erase metadata from your library.
That is fine to me. I want to remove the geolocation data when sharing photos on public websites like the Fediverse. Thanks.
You can share it to some file browsing apps and save it to your device that way.
That’s how I do it with material files
https://f-droid.org/packages/ru.tech.imageresizershrinker
Image Toolbox if you’re looking for more features.
I’ve not used it for this purpose, but the (excellent) Photo Editor has a batch edit function and removing metadata appears to be an option:
I use ImagePipe, which has worked well for me
You could open the photo and take a screenshot?
I can tell you’re a photographer!
Screenshots have metadata also 🙂