About
Scrub removes the hidden metadata your phone bakes into every photo: GPS location, camera make and serial, capture timestamp, editing software, and device identifiers. The free tier strips everything from a JPEG or PNG in one tap, shows the metadata before and after, and saves a clean copy without ever modifying the original. A one-time $2.99 Pro unlock adds per-field selective control, metadata editing, batch processing up to 50 files, a share-target so any app can route photos through Scrub, HEIC / WebP / TIFF support, and MP4 / MOV video scrubbing. All processing happens on the device; photo and video data never leave your phone.
What it does
- One-tap Strip All for JPEG and PNG, free forever
- Before-and-after metadata viewer shows exactly what is removed
- Selective keep, metadata editing, and batch up to 50 files (Pro)
- HEIC, WebP, TIFF, and MP4 / MOV video support (Pro)
- Local processing only; the sole network use is verifying your purchase
What you get free, and what the $2.99 unlock adds
Free
- Strip All metadata from a JPEG or PNG in one tap
- Full before-and-after metadata viewer (GPS, camera, timestamp, software, and more)
- Save a clean copy or share it; the original is never modified
- Light / Dark / System theme
Pro · $2.99 one-time
- Selective strip: per-field toggles to keep date, orientation, GPS, or any combination
- Edit metadata: replace GPS, timestamp, or camera info with values you choose
- Batch strip up to 50 photos at once
- Share-target: send a photo into Scrub from any other app
- Extended image formats: HEIC, WebP, and TIFF
- Video scrub: remove identifying fields from MP4 and MOV
- Deep scrub (XMP, IPTC, JFIF comments, color profile, PNG text chunks) with an exportable privacy report
Accuracy and limitations
Scrub removes hidden file metadata; it does not alter the visible content of a photo or video, so anything identifying that is actually pictured (a street sign, a face, a screen) remains. For images, Strip All removes the entire metadata block. For MP4 and MOV video, Scrub zeroes the identifying fields in place (location, camera make and model, software, serial number, and the capture and modification timestamps) while preserving playback byte offsets, so the file stays playable; per-field selective keep and metadata editing are available for images only in this version.
Privacy at a glance
- No personal data is collected by Scrub.
- All app data is stored on your device.
- No analytics, no telemetry, no crash reporting.
- No account is required to use the app.
Read the full Scrub privacy policy or learn about account and data deletion.
Permissions Scrub requests
- Photos and media
- On Android 13 and newer, used only as a fallback when the system Photo Picker is unavailable, to load the photo you select. Scrub reads only the file you pick and never scans or indexes your library.
- Storage (legacy read, Android 12 and below)
- On Android 12 and below (capped at API 32), used in place of the Photo Picker to load the photo or video you select.
- Storage (legacy write, Android 9 and below)
- On Android 9 and below (capped at API 28), used to save the cleaned copy back to your gallery. Android 10 and newer use scoped storage and require no write permission.
- Internet
- Used only to verify and restore your Pro purchase with Google Play. Photo and video data, and all metadata, are processed on the device and never sent anywhere. You can confirm this by unzipping the APK and inspecting the network calls; only the purchase library reaches the network.