# Metadata

| Name                                | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | Cost                                              | Tool Review and Guide                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| ----------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ExifPurge                           | EXIF Purge is a small portable application to remove EXIF metadata from multiple images at once. With the click of a button you can remove the camera, location and other technical information from a batch of photos which is embedded by the camera or the photo editing software. | <mark style="background-color:green;">Free</mark> | <p><sub><em>Guide not available</em></sub></p><p><a href="http://www.exifpurge.com/"><mark style="background-color:blue;"><http://www.exifpurge.com/></mark></a></p>                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Forensically                        | A collection of web-based image forensics tools. Can identify fake or doctored images.                                                                                                                                                                                                | <mark style="background-color:green;">Free</mark> | [https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more/all-tools/forensically](/toolkit/more/all-tools/forensically.md)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| FotoForensics                       | Image forensics tool.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | <mark style="background-color:green;">Free</mark> | <p><sub><em>Guide not available</em></sub></p><p><a href="http://fotoforensics.com/"><mark style="background-color:blue;"><http://fotoforensics.com/></mark></a></p>                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| InVID Verification Plugin           | A toolkit that supports the verification of videos and images.                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | <mark style="background-color:green;">Free</mark> | [https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more/all-tools/invid](/toolkit/more/all-tools/invid.md)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Irfanview                           | Windows-based software to extract metadata.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | <mark style="background-color:green;">Free</mark> | <p><sub><em>Guide not available</em></sub></p><p><a href="http://irfanview.com/"><mark style="background-color:blue;"><http://irfanview.com/></mark></a></p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| jhead                               | Remove EXIF/metadata.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | <mark style="background-color:green;">Free</mark> | <p><sub><em>Guide not available</em></sub></p><p><a href="https://www.sentex.ca/~mwandel/jhead/"><mark style="background-color:blue;"><https://www.sentex.ca/~mwandel/jhead/></mark></a></p>                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| Jimpl                               | Online EXIF data viewer                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | <mark style="background-color:green;">Free</mark> | <p><sub><em>Guide not available</em></sub></p><p><a href="https://jimpl.com/"><mark style="background-color:blue;"><https://jimpl.com/></mark></a></p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| metadata2go                         | Check metadata for both photos and videos online.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | <mark style="background-color:green;">Free</mark> | <p><sub><em>Guide not available</em></sub></p><p><a href="https://www.metadata2go.com/"><mark style="background-color:blue;"><https://www.metadata2go.com/></mark></a></p>                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| Reveal Image Verification Assistant | Forensic providing eight filters to detect still images alterations. "Web-based image tool. Also available within InVID verification plugin."                                                                                                                                         | <mark style="background-color:green;">Free</mark> | <p><sub><em>Guide not available</em></sub></p><p><a href="https://www.rand.org/research/projects/truth-decay/fighting-disinformation/search/items/reveal-image-verification-assistant.html"><mark style="background-color:blue;"><https://www.rand.org/research/projects/truth-decay/fighting-disinformation/search/items/reveal-image-verification-assistant.html></mark></a></p> |
| xIFr                                | A Firefox add-on for extracting EXIF metadata by right-clicking an image.                                                                                                                                                                                                             | <mark style="background-color:green;">Free</mark> | [https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more/all-tools/xifr](/toolkit/more/all-tools/xifr.md)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |


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