Strip most EXIF and IPTC headers from image:

exiftool -all= -photoshop:all= myphoto.jpg

A copy of the image _original is kept. The image is not recompressed so image quality is not affected.

Strip all files in directory:

exiftool -all= -photoshop:all= *

Compare the metadata present on old and cleaned images using ImageMagick:

magick identify -verbose myphoto.jpg

magick identify -verbose myphoto.jpg_original

Not all headers can be removed, but it usually works.

Install Exiftool:

• Linux: apt install libimage-exiftool-perl
• macOS: brew install exiftool
• Windows installer