MetaPurge

Locally strip sensitive EXIF/metadata from your photos.

AppID:	com.metapurge.app
Author:	potatameister
License:	GPL-3.0-only
Donation:
InRepoSince:	2026-03-03
LastRepoUpdate:	2026-03-03
LastAppUpdate:	2026-03-03
LastVersion:	1.0
Categories:	Graphics
APK source:	Github
Google Play:	Check if it's there

MetaPurge is a privacy-first utility for locally stripping sensitive EXIF and metadata from your photos.

Unlike other apps that just 'hide' tags, MetaPurge uses a 'nuclear' approach—it physically cuts the metadata segments out of the file bytes.

Key Features: * 100% Offline: Your photos never leave your device. * Zero Permissions: No storage or internet permissions required on modern Android. * Format Support: JPEG, PNG, and WebP. * Smart Tools: Automatic orientation correction and high-res photo handling. * Transparent: Full technical metadata view for expert users.

Keep your pixels, lose the tracking.

WhatsNew:

• Initial Release
• Nuclear metadata stripping for JPEG, PNG, WebP
• 100% Offline & Zero Permissions

Download Metadata Source Issues

While you can download the APKs here directly, you should preferably use an F-Droid client so the app stays up-to-date on your device. Some clients have this repo enabled by default, e.g. Neo Store, Droid-ify, or, of course, the IzzyOnDroid client by Sunil. With others (like the official client) you'll have to add this repo manually (see the hint on top of the package list for how to do that).

Packages

Version 1.0 (2026-03-03)

Android Versions:

Target: 15.0
MinVer: 7.0
ABIs: arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64

Permissions:

Malware-Check:Passed

13 Libraries detected:

Libraries:

Android Support v4 (Development Framework)
The Android Support Library is not actually a single library, but rather a collection of libraries that can roughly be divided into two groups: compatibility and component libraries. For details, please see Understanding the Android Support Library.
Jetpack Compose (Development Framework)
a framework to define UIs programmatically with composable functions that describe its shape and data dependencies.
Androidx Core (Utility)
a static library that you can add to your Android application in order to use APIs that are either not available for older platform versions or utility APIs that aren't a part of the framework APIs.
DataStore (Development Aid)
stores data asynchronously, consistently, and transactionally, overcoming some of the drawbacks of SharedPreferences.
Android Emoji2 Compat (UI Component)
core library to enable emoji compatibility in Kitkat and newer devices to avoid the empty emoji characters.
Exifinterface (Utility)
a library to read and write image file EXIF tags.
Androidx Graphics (Utility)
leverages graphics facilities across multiple Android platform releases.
Lifecycle (Utility)
perform actions in response to a change in the lifecycle status of another component, such as activities and fragments.
ProfileInstaller (Utility)
AndroidX library that enables libraries to prepopulate ahead of time compilation traces to be read by ART.
Startup (Utility)
AndroidX library to implement a straightforward, performant way to initialize components at app startup.
Android Jetpack VersionedParcelable (Utility)
Provides a stable but relatively compact binary serialization format that can be passed across processes or persisted safely.
Coil (Utility)
an image loading library for Android backed by Kotlin Coroutines.
OkHttp (Utility)
OkHttp is an HTTP+HTTP/2 client for Android and Java applications.

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