Clean a Photo Before Posting

What it does

Every photo straight from the Camera app carries more than the picture — GPS coordinates precise enough to show a street address, the exact device and software version, sometimes the original timestamp down to the second. None of that is visible in the photo itself, which is exactly the problem when it is headed to a marketplace listing, a dating profile, or a public forum post. This shortcut runs Filemorph's Strip Image Metadata action on the selected photo, deletes the EXIF and GPS blocks, and hands the cleaned file straight to the share sheet. The stripping happens on-device with ImageIO, so the photo and its location data never leave the phone to get cleaned. It is part of the free tier — no subscription needed for this one.

Build it in 2 minutes

There's no one-tap install for this one yet — add each action below in the Shortcuts app and you'll have it running in about two minutes.

The recipe

1. New shortcut → add action: Select Photos — Select Multiple: Off (when run from the share sheet, delete this action so the shared photo flows in directly)
2. Add action: Strip Image Metadata (Filemorph) — Shortcuts offers 'Repeat with Each' if you feed in more than one photo; accept it to clean a whole selection
3. Add action: Share
4. Name it 'Clean a Photo Before Posting' → add to Share Sheet (accepts: Images)

Requirements

• Filemorph, free on the App Store, installed on your iPhone or iPad.
• Runs on Filemorph's free tier — no subscription needed.

FAQ

Does stripping metadata mean the photo gets uploaded somewhere first?

No. Strip Image Metadata processes the photo locally with ImageIO; the shortcut works with the network off, which is the point of using it before a photo goes public.

Is metadata stripping really free?

Yes. Single-photo metadata stripping is in Filemorph's free tier; batch stripping of many photos in one run and the full metadata report are Pro features.