Privacy
Take back what your files and links give away
Files say more than they show. A photo records where you were standing. A PDF carries the name of whoever made it and the software they used. A link you copied carries a code that identifies you. None of it is visible when you look at the thing itself, which is exactly why it survives being shared. These tools show you what is hidden, then take it out — and every one of them runs inside your own browser. Nothing is uploaded, because a privacy tool that first takes a copy of your file is not a privacy tool.
9 tools
Remove EXIF Data from Photos
Strip location and camera data out of your photos
Redact PDF
Remove text from a PDF, not just cover it
Remove PDF Metadata
Strip the author, software and timestamps out of a PDF
Remove Tracking from Links
Take the tracking tags out of a link before you share it
Password Generator
Make a password, and see exactly how strong it is
Hide Personal Details in Text
Hide account numbers, emails and phone numbers before you paste
Flatten PDF Form
Lock what you typed into the page so nobody can change it
Blur Faces and Number Plates
Hide a face or a number plate so it cannot be recovered
See Hidden Data in a File
Read what a photo or PDF is carrying, without changing it
What people use these for
- Remove the location and camera details from a photo before you post it
- Delete text from a PDF properly, instead of covering it with a black box
- Blur a face or a number plate out of a picture
- Take the tracking codes off a link before you share it
- Hide account numbers and emails in text you are about to paste somewhere
- Make a password strong enough to be worth having
Frequently asked questions
- Are my files uploaded to your servers?
- No. Every tool in this section runs in your browser, on your own device. Your file never travels anywhere. You can check this: load the page, turn off your internet, and the tools still work. This matters more here than anywhere else on the site. A page that offered to protect your privacy by first taking a copy of your document would be handing over the exact thing you came to protect.
- Do I need an account?
- No, and you never will for these. Asking someone to register before they can remove their home address from a photo would be absurd. There is no sign-up, no email, and nothing to log in to.
- Which tool do I actually need?
- It depends on what is giving you away. For a photo, use the EXIF remover — that is where location and camera details hide. For a PDF, there are two jobs and you may need both: redaction removes words from the page, and the metadata remover clears the author name and dates that never appear on any page. For something you are about to paste into a chat or a ticket, use the text masker. For a link, use the tracking remover.
- Why do you not offer a data breach checker or a file shredder?
- Because neither can be done honestly here. A breach checker means sending your email address to somebody else's service, from a site whose whole promise is that nothing leaves your device. A file shredder cannot do what its name says: a browser has no way to overwrite the parts of your disk where a deleted file used to be, and on modern drives even a proper desktop program largely cannot. We would rather not ship a tool than ship one whose name is a lie.
- Is pixelation enough to hide a face or a number plate?
- Often not, which is why our blur tool does not offer it. Pixelation and mosaic filters can frequently be undone, especially on number plates, where there are only so many possible characters and the shape of the plate is known. A real blur throws the information away and cannot be reversed. A solid block is safer still.