How to remove EXIF data from Images in Linux

Ubuntu Linux

Install jhead:

sudo apt-get install jhead

To see all the extra data that is stored in the JPG, run this:

jhead -v FILE.jpg

To remove the extra data such as "geo-tagging(location data)", your name and the type of phone or camera that look the picture, run this command on the image:

jhead -purejpg FILE.jpg

Mac OS X

Install exiftool:

http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/install.html

To see all the extra data that is stored in the JPG, run this:

exiftool -v FILE.jpg

To remove the extra data such as "geo-tagging(location data)", your name and the type of phone or camera that look the picture, run this command on the image:

exiftool -all= FILE.jpg