exifremove

name	exifremove
version	1.0.1
description	Remove EXIF metadata from JPEG images. Use when working with JPEG files that contain metadata to be stripped, processing images for privacy, or automating EXIF removal in Node.js scripts or pipelines. Triggers include "exifremove", "remove exif", "strip exif", "strip metadata", "jpeg metadata", "image metadata removal".
metadata	{"short-description":"Strip EXIF metadata from JPEG images","compatibility":"claude-code"}

exifremove

exifremove strips EXIF metadata from JPEG images by operating directly on the raw bytes of the file. It locates and removes APP1 segments (the standard carrier for EXIF data) without re-encoding the image, so there is no quality loss.

Two usage modes are available:

Mode	Package	When to use
CLI	exifremove-cli	One-off file processing, shell scripts
Node module	exifremove	Programmatic use inside a Node.js application

Installation

CLI (global):

npm install -g exifremove-cli

Node module:

npm install exifremove

Quick Examples

CLI — strip a single file:

exifremove photo.jpg
# writes photo.modified.jpg

Node module — strip from a buffer:

const { remove } = require('exifremove');
const fs = require('fs');

const input = fs.readFileSync('photo.jpg');
const output = remove(input);
fs.writeFileSync('photo.modified.jpg', output);

References

• cli — CLI flags, output naming, and examples
• node — Node module API, options, and TypeScript types