mat2 Alternatives

mat2 is described as 'Metadata removal tool, supporting a wide range of commonly used file formats, written in python3: at its core, it's a library, used by an eponymous command-line interface, as well as several file manager extensions' and is a Metadata Editor in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to mat2 for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and SaaS apps. The best mat2 alternative is ExifCleaner, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like mat2 are Exif Eraser, ExifEase, BatchPurifier and Exif Tag Remover.

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  1. ExifCleaner icon
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    ExifCleaner is a free app written in Electron framework, opensource desktop GUI app to remove exif metadata from images and video files with simple drag and drop. It's built on top of the proven ExifTool library and supports fast multi-core batch processing of files.

    48 ExifCleaner alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  2. Exif Eraser icon
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    ExifEraser is a modern, permissionless image metadata erasing application for Android 6.0+.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Android
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  3. ExifEase icon
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    ExifEase is the ultimate solution for managing EXIF data in your digital images, offering a seamless experience for both casual users and professional photographers alike.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Android
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  4. BatchPurifier icon
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    BatchPurifier can remove metadata from JPEG files in batch, thoroughly removing metadata such as EXIF (including thumbnail), Photoshop image resources (including IPTC), XMP, comments, ICC Profile, and other hidden data types while keeping the JPEG image intact and without...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  5. Did you know that digital photos contain hidden information - metadata tags - about the image, camera, photographer and location? These tags are created by digital cameras and photo editing software. There are many different tags, for example Exif, GPS, IPTC & XMP, just to...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. Utility for Windows to view and modify file or folder date-time stamps, attributes, change file/folder name and extension.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. Doc Scrubber icon
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    Analyze and scrub hidden and potentially embarrassing data in Word documents.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  8. GroupDocs.Metadata for .NET provides public classes and interfaces to create, manipulate, clean, search and compare metadata associated with Microsoft Office Document, Email, PDF and Image formats.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • MonoDevelop
    • Mono
    • Microsoft Visual Studio
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  9. MetaRemove icon
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    Inspects files before removing GPS, device details, dates, software, author, EXIF and other embedded metadata from videos, images, PDFs and DOCX documents. Files are processed on-device in the browser, with batch cleaning and advanced video-container inspection.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  10. Workshare Protect is a leading document protection tool. Our document protection software also allows you to remove hidden metadata from excel, PowerPoint and PDFs.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. FVIE - File version info editor is a portable app that allows you to modify the version resource information for EXE, DLL and SYS files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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