Simple Exif

Simple Exif is a Windows 11 image metadata editor for EXIF, ICC, and XMP data. It is built for viewing, changing, and removing metadata stored in photos and other images, with the site describing it as free, fast, and private.

Its feature set centers on three tasks. It can show metadata in a clean, searchable grid, with options to group tags by standard and filter by tag name. It supports inline editing of editable fields, including titles, copyright, dates, camera information, and keywords, and it highlights changes before saving. It can also strip all metadata from a single image or an entire folder, using a full pixel re-encode, and it can embed custom data into images through a dedicated XMP namespace for signing, watermarking, or encrypted message storage. For EXIF specifically, it reads and writes common tags; for ICC, it allows direct inspection of color profile metadata; and for XMP, it provides full read, edit, and namespace support.

The page names several intended use cases: photographers who want to verify camera data, enforce copyright, or strip GPS information before publication; designers who inspect ICC profiles and clean inherited metadata; content creators and marketers who batch-clean product images or standardize metadata; privacy-conscious users who want to remove identifying information; and technical users who need full tag inspection, inline editing, or hidden data embedding. It is delivered as a free Windows 11 desktop app, runs entirely on the user’s machine, and is described as having no cloud, no account, no tracking, no ads, and no telemetry. The page also notes that it is built on .NET 8 and that there are no file locks. The site includes a donation link, and the product is presented as free for Windows 11.