How it works
Three steps, no account required to try it.
Load your file
Drop an image or video into the browser. It is read into memory locally — there is no upload request, which you can confirm in your network tab.
Review what was found
The engine walks the actual byte structure and lists every metadata segment it finds: C2PA manifests, EXIF blocks, XMP packets and text chunks.
Export a clean copy
Metadata segments are dropped and the remaining bytes are rewritten. Pixels are untouched, so there is no re-encode and no quality loss.
What this tool handles
Video frame masking
Preset mask regions matched to where Runway places its watermark, with a draggable and resizable region for non-standard crops.
C2PA manifest removal
Content Credentials manifests are parsed out of the container rather than blindly overwritten, so the file stays valid.
Instant local processing
Typical images finish in well under a second because there is no round trip to a server.
Three reconstruction modes
Texture patch clone, smart border trim, or content gradient infill — pick whichever suits the footage.
Batch mode
Queue a whole folder of exports in the Batch Scrubber and strip metadata from all of them at once.
API access
Automate the same scrub from your render pipeline with the REST API on the Agency plan.
What gets removed
| Format | Removed | Preserved |
|---|---|---|
| PNG | tEXt, iTXt, zTXt, eXIf, caBX (C2PA/JUMBF), tIME | IHDR, IDAT, IEND, iCCP colour profile |
| JPEG | APP1–APP15 (EXIF, XMP, IPTC, C2PA) | SOI, APP0/JFIF, ICC profile, scan data |
| MP4 / WebM | Visible watermark across every frame, container metadata | Audio track, full clip length (real re-encode) |
Frequently asked
Does this remove the Runway watermark from the whole video?
Yes. The Studio re-encodes every frame with the mask applied and writes a real MP4 or WebM with audio preserved, so the mark is gone for the full clip — not just one frame. Because the re-encode runs in real time it takes roughly as long as the clip itself, and it does recompress the video, unlike lossless metadata scrubbing.
Will this reduce my image quality?
No. Metadata scrubbing rewrites the container around your image data — it drops the metadata segments and copies the pixel data through byte for byte. There is no decode and re-encode step, so the output is pixel-identical to the input. ICC colour profiles are deliberately preserved so colours do not shift.
Do my files get uploaded anywhere?
No. The scrubbing engine is JavaScript running in your own browser tab. There is no upload endpoint and no server-side processing queue, so your media never leaves your device. You can verify this by opening your browser network tab while you scan a file.
What is a C2PA manifest?
C2PA (Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity) is an industry standard for embedding a signed record of how a file was made. Generators like Runway, Sora and DALL-E attach one so downstream tools can tell the media was AI-generated. It lives in a dedicated segment of the file, which is what this tool removes.
Is it legal to remove watermarks and content credentials?
It depends entirely on the media and your intent. Removing marks from work you own or are licensed to edit is normally fine. Stripping provenance data to pass AI-generated media off as authentic in journalism, elections, legal evidence or identity documents is prohibited by our terms and may be unlawful where you are. You are responsible for how you use the output.
Is there a free tier?
Yes. You can scan and inspect files without an account at all. A free account adds a daily cleaning quota, and paid plans raise that quota and unlock batch processing and API access.
Other tools
Generator-agnostic
Inspect any image byte by byte and remove its embedded provenance data — C2PA Content Credentials, EXIF records, XMP packets and PNG text chunks — whichever tool produced it.
Open toolGoogle Veo & Flow
Veo powers both the Gemini app and Flow, Google’s AI filmmaking tool — and everything they render carries a corner watermark plus SynthID provenance.
Open toolGoogle Gemini · Nano Banana
Gemini image generation attaches provenance metadata and a SynthID mark to everything it produces.
Open toolOpenAI Sora · discontinued
Sora has been discontinued, but the clips people generated with it have not gone anywhere — and they still carry C2PA Content Credentials and a visible watermark.
Open toolMidjourney V7
Midjourney PNGs carry text chunks that can include your prompt, job identifiers and generator attribution.
Open toolGPT Image & DALL-E 3
Images generated by DALL-E 3 through ChatGPT carry C2PA Content Credentials identifying them as AI-generated.
Open toolYour files never leave your device
Every scrub runs in your browser tab. There is no upload endpoint, no queue, and no copy of your media on our side — by architecture, not policy.