Strip Video Metadata
Upload a video and remux it locally to remove embedded tags while preserving the original audio/video quality.
About this tool
Use this tool to remove privacy-sensitive video metadata before sharing a clip. It remuxes the file with ffmpeg stream copy, so the video and audio streams are not re-encoded and visual quality is preserved. The default removes global tags, per-stream tags, chapter markers, location/device/timestamp-style metadata, and the muxer's encoder tag.
Example: upload holiday.mov, leave container=keep and chapters=remove, and
download holiday-metadata-stripped.mov. Choose container=mp4 when you want a
standard .mp4 output and the input streams are already MP4-compatible.
Limits: this removes container metadata; it does not blur visible text, remove
burned-in date stamps, anonymize audio, or inspect every proprietary sidecar
format. Forcing MP4 is a remux, not a transcode, so incompatible codecs may fail;
use keep for the safest lossless path.
FAQ
Does stripping metadata change video quality?
No. The ffmpeg command uses stream copy (-c copy), so the encoded video and
audio packets are copied into a clean container instead of being re-encoded.
What metadata is removed?
The tool removes global container tags, per-stream tags, and chapter metadata by default. That covers common GPS/location, camera/device, creation timestamp, title, comment, author, software, and encoder-style tags stored in the container.
When should I choose MP4 output?
Choose mp4 when you specifically need a .mp4 file and your streams are
already compatible with MP4. If the input uses codecs that MP4 cannot contain,
keep the original container instead.
Developer & Automation Access
Run it from the terminal
Same engine as this page, headless — via the gizza CLI:
gizza tool video-strip-metadata 'url=https://example.com/input' 'container=keep' 'chapters=remove'New to the CLI? Get gizza →
Open it by URL
Pre-fill and auto-run this tool with query parameters — the names match the API/CLI:
https://gizza.ai/tools/video-strip-metadata/?url=https://example.com/input&container=keep&chapters=removeMachine-readable descriptor: tool.json — title + parameters JSON Schema for agents.