https://github.com/john-science/exif_delete

Secure your photographs by stripping them of all the EXIF data.
https://github.com/john-science/exif_delete

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Secure your photographs by stripping them of all the EXIF data.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/john-science/exif_delete
• Owner: john-science
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2017-06-15T16:43:31.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2022-10-09T14:36:40.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-14T08:46:37.697Z (2 months ago)
• Topics: exif, exif-deletion, image-processing, images, photos, privacy, python, security, security-tools
• Language: Python
• Homepage:
• Size: 81.1 KB
• Stars: 24
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 5
• Open Issues: 2
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# exif_delete

All the photos you share online contain metadata. This metadata can include:

* the location the photo was taken

* the time the photo was taken

* detailed information about your camera / phone

Facebook (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.

Enter the `exif_delete` tool.

This 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.

## Installation

This script will work with Python v3.4 to v3.7 and only requires one third-party library: `PIL`.

You can install this tool using PyPI to grab the code and install it online by doing:

    pip install exif_delete

Or you can install from this repo locally:

    python setup.py install

## Usage

This is a simple commandline tool.  Just pass the name of the image file(s) you want to strip to the script, and it will do the rest:

    python exif_delete.py /path/to/my/image.jpg

    python exif_delete.py image1.jpg image2.png image3.gif

    python exif_delete.py /path/to/*/my/images/*.jpg

By default, the script will create a new image file with `"_safe"` appended to the file name.  For instance, this:

    /full/path/to/image1234.jpg

will become:

    /full/path/to/image1234_safe.jpg

However, if you want to just over-write the original image file by stripping all the EXIF data from it, you can add the `--replace` flag:

    python exif_delete.py --replace /path/to/my/image.jpg