Remove Metadata from Video
Strip the location, phone details, recording date and AI labels from MP4, MOV, MKV and WebM videos. Nothing is re-encoded, so the picture and sound stay exactly as they were.
Video Sanitized Successfully
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Excised user-data container atom (
udta) and GPS coordinates
What is Video Metadata?
Every video file carries information you never see when you press play. Phones and cameras write it automatically: where the video was recorded, when, and on which device. Editing apps add their own name and version, and AI video tools add labels that say how the video was made.
On a smartphone video, the most sensitive element is the GPS location. iPhones and Android phones save the exact coordinates where you pressed record, precise enough to reveal a home address. The same file also names the phone model and operating system version, and iPhones add a hidden track that records face detection boundaries.
MetaRinse AI removes it all while keeping the picture and sound bit-for-bit identical. It copies the raw elementary streams without re-encoding, so there is zero quality loss and no video recompression.
What Gets Removed
Location & Device Details
GPS coordinates, phone or camera make and model, and operating system build version that recorded the video.
Dates, Names & Tracks
Recording date, author, title comments, and hidden face-detection tracking channels embedded alongside the video.
AI Labels & Edit History
C2PA Content Credentials and editing application metadata (XMP) left by generative tools (Sora, Kling, Runway) and video editors.
Why People Remove Video Metadata
Selling Something Online
A video of a car or home item filmed at your house can broadcast your residential address. Clean it before posting to marketplaces.
Sharing Publicly on Forums
Online forums, Discord, messaging apps, and file-sharing links pass the original raw file along, location data included.
Publishing AI-Generated Videos
Generative video platforms stamp C2PA manifests into video atoms. Remove them before publishing your creations.
Sending Client Deliverables
Drafts and final cuts can reveal which software version and exact camera hardware you used.
Other Ways to Clean Video Metadata
If you have ffmpeg installed on your computer, you can strip global metadata from the command line using:
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -map_metadata -1 -c copy output.mp4
However, this command only strips global container tags and often misses track-level hardware markers. MetaRinse AI performs direct atom-level inspection and excision right in your browser without needing any terminal tools installed.