1. Inspect
Confirm whether GPS, C2PA, XMP, or a PNG prompt is actually in this file.
What the checker reports
Drop a photo and the page lists the records it can parse. EXIF can show camera make, model, software, artist, and a body serial. GPS is shown as coordinates when the latitude and longitude tags are present. XMP is scanned for a creator tool and for hints such as trained algorithmic media, C2PA, or a named generator. IPTC captions and credits are listed when a Photoshop block is there. PNG tEXt, zTXt, and iTXt keywords are shown with a short excerpt, which is how Stable Diffusion prompts usually appear.
C2PA is reported when a JPEG APP11 JUMBF segment, a PNG caBX chunk, a WebP JUMBF chunk, or a matching HEIF uuid box is present. The checker does not validate the cryptographic signature and does not display a full manifest tree. It tells you the container is carrying that record.
What a clean report does not mean
A file with no metadata can still be synthetic. Chat previews, screenshots, and messengers often throw the records away before you ever see the file. A file full of EXIF can still contain an AI edit that never wrote a credential. Pixel watermarks are invisible to this checker.
Use the report as a pre-upload inventory. When you want those records gone, stay on this page and clean a copy, or open the remover. For Instagram’s wording around AI Info, use the Instagram guide.
A practical order
2. Decide
If you need the camera record, keep the master. Clean a copy for the upload.
3. Clean
The clean button uses the same remover as the homepage and names what it removed.
4. Re-check the download
Drop the cleaned file back here if you want to see an empty report before you post it.
Not a detector
Search results mix “AI image detector” with “metadata checker”. This page only does the second job. It will not give you a percentage, a heatmap, or a verdict.
Questions
Does the checker upload my photo?
No. The file is read in memory in your browser. Closing the tab discards it. See the privacy page.
Why does a file I know was generated show nothing?
The metadata was probably stripped by an earlier export, a screenshot, or a messenger. The checker cannot recover records that are no longer in the file, and it cannot see pixel watermarks.
Can I clean the file from this page?
Yes. After the report, use Clean and download. JPG, PNG, and WebP pixels are not recompressed. The same limits apply: 30 files, 15 MB each.
Does it verify a C2PA signature?
No. It reports that a C2PA or JUMBF container is present. It does not check whether the signature is valid or who issued it.