Image Metadata Stripper

An Obsidian plugin that automatically strips privacy-sensitive metadata from images and PDFs when they are added to your vault.

Features

• Automatically strips metadata from files as they enter the vault
• Manual stripping via right-click context menu
• Bulk strip all existing vault files at once
• Per-format toggles for fine-grained control
• Option to preserve ICC color profiles

What gets removed

Format	Metadata removed
JPEG	EXIF, IPTC, XMP, comment data
PNG	Text chunks, EXIF data
WebP	EXIF, XMP data
PDF	Info dictionary, XMP metadata packets

Installation

Community plugins (recommended)

1. Open Settings > Community plugins
2. Click Browse and search for "Image Metadata Stripper"
3. Click Install, then Enable

Manual installation

1. Download main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css (if present) from the latest release
2. Create a folder image-metadata-stripper in your vault's .obsidian/plugins/ directory
3. Copy the downloaded files into that folder
4. Enable the plugin in Settings > Community plugins

Settings

Setting	Default	Description
Enable metadata stripping	On	Automatically strip metadata from supported files added to the vault
Strip JPEG metadata	On	Remove EXIF, IPTC, XMP, and comment data from JPEG images
Strip PNG metadata	On	Remove text chunks and EXIF data from PNG images
Strip WebP metadata	On	Remove EXIF and XMP data from WebP images
Strip PDF metadata	On	Remove Info dictionary and XMP metadata from PDF files
Keep color profiles	On	Preserve ICC color profile data to maintain color accuracy
Show notifications	On	Display a notice when metadata is stripped

Privacy

This plugin processes all files locally within your vault. No data is sent to any external service. Metadata is permanently removed from the file — this cannot be undone.