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This metadata can include:\n\n* the location the photo was taken\n* the time the photo was taken\n* detailed information about your camera / phone\n\nFacebook (and most other online advertisers) make money by tracking and selling your personal information. But *you* should be in control of what information you share with the world.\n\nEnter the `exif_delete` tool.\n\nThis is a simple Python script that I use to strip all of the metadata from my photos before I share them online.  It is lightweight and easy-to-use.  If you are like me, you take a lot of photos, and this tool will help protect your privacy.\n\n\n## Installation\n\nThis script will work with Python v3.9 to v3.13 and only requires one third-party library: `PIL`.\n\nYou can install this tool using PyPI to grab the code and install it online by doing:\n\n    pip install exif_delete\n\nOr you can install from this repo locally:\n\n    pip install -e .\n\n\n## Usage\n\nThis is a simple commandline tool.  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