---
title: "Remove file metadata"
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/render/strip-metadata"
tags: ["render"]
---

# Remove file metadata

`POST /api/v1/render/strip-metadata`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://toolforte.com`
- URL: `https://toolforte.com/api/v1/render/strip-metadata`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - none

Remove hidden metadata from a file behind a public URL (JPEG, PNG, WebP, PDF, DOCX, XLSX or PPTX, max 50MB): EXIF, XMP, IPTC and comments from images, the Info dictionary and XMP stream from PDF, author, company, editing time and other document properties from Office files. Content is untouched. Returns a hosted download URL valid for 24 hours plus the list of what was removed. Same metering as the other render endpoints.

## Request body

- object
  - `url` string, required: Public URL of the file to clean

## Response `200`

Hosted cleaned file download URL, with kind, removed and bytesBefore

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid, private, unsupported or unreadable input
- `429`: Render limit reached
- `502`: Cleaning failed

---

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