AI Metadata Remover vs DeleteFootprints
DeleteFootprints ran every cleaning job on its server when we opened it on 2026-10-26. It had no paid plan at that address. The table below records what we could read, including the three cells we could not.
Feature comparison as of 2026-10-26
Ten rows. One of them is a batch limit that is easy to misread.
Server-side processing is the first distinction. DeleteFootprints says files are processed in temporary memory on its server, while supported images here are cleaned in the browser. Its listed input formats are JPG, JPEG, PNG, WebP, TIFF and HEIC. Our list is JPEG, PNG, WebP and HEIC, so TIFF is a concrete format difference rather than a variation in naming.
Five files per run does not create five independent 100MB allowances. The 100MB figure is the total across that run, so batch size and combined file size need to be considered together. Our build takes one file per run, with no account or daily cap. The two tools therefore impose different constraints: theirs combines a five-file batch with a shared size total, while ours repeats single-file runs.
Both pages expose before-and-after information in different forms. DeleteFootprints shows the comparison inside the page, but not as a file to keep. Our comparison is field by field, and its verification report downloads as HTML and JSON. No downloadable verification report was found on its site on the check date.
DeleteFootprints lists upload scanning that shows “AI Tags Found”. Our tool has no detection hook. Its site also says the C2PA JUMBF is stripped; our tool removes the JUMBF segment in JPEG and does not market that behavior. These are separate rows because detection, inspection and metadata removal describe different parts of a workflow.
The mobile and API/MCP cells remain unchecked. The pricing row combines two observations from the same date: its pricing address returned a 404, while its home page said Free with no account required. That records what was visible at those addresses without extending the statement to plans that might exist elsewhere.
| Dimension | AI Metadata Remover | DeleteFootprints |
|---|---|---|
| Processing location | Browser. Video and PDF not available yet. | Server side, files processed in temporary memory (their site, 2026-10-26) |
| Batch limit | No daily cap, no account; one file per run today. | 5 files per run, and 100MB is the total for the run, not the limit per file (their FAQ, 2026-10-26) |
| Formats | JPEG, PNG, WebP, HEIC | JPG, JPEG, PNG, WebP, TIFF, HEIC |
| Before and after | Field by field, before and after columns | Yes, inside the page; not a file you can keep (their site, 2026-10-26) |
| Downloadable verification report | Yes, HTML and JSON | None found on the site as of 2026-10-26 |
| Detection hook | None today | Yes: uploads are scanned and show “AI Tags Found” (their site, 2026-10-26) |
| C2PA | JUMBF segment in JPEG is removed; not marketed. | Its site says the C2PA JUMBF is stripped (their site, 2026-10-26) |
| Mobile | Built mobile first | We could not verify this as of 2026-10-26. |
| Pricing | Free, no account | No paid plan was live at its /pricing on 2026-10-26: the URL returned a 404 and the home page says Free with no account required. |
| API and MCP | None today | We could not verify this as of 2026-10-26. |
What we do differently
We built for a phone screen first, because that is where the file usually is. Every clean comes with a report you can download and keep, in HTML and JSON. And there is no account and no daily cap, while each run still takes one file in our current build.
DeleteFootprints processes on its server and allows five files in a run, subject to the shared 100MB total. Our workflow keeps supported images in the browser and repeats one file at a time. Its comparison stays inside the page; ours adds a report that can be saved in either of two formats.
The no-account statement has the same practical effect on both home pages: neither requires registration to begin. The difference is the daily allowance. This site states no daily cap, while the batch and combined-size limits in their FAQ apply to each run.
What we do not do
We do not remove watermarks written into pixels, such as SynthID. We do not change a label that a platform added to a post you already published. And when a cleaned file passes through another app, that app can write new tags into it. Nothing here makes a file safe to publish; it removes what the file was carrying when you handed it over.
Our current format list is limited to JPEG, PNG, WebP and HEIC, and video and PDF are not available yet. TIFF support and upload scanning are listed for the other tool, not this one. The downloadable report documents the fields our parser found and the result of cleaning; it does not add a detector or support another container.
When another tool is the better fit
If you need a detector that tells you whether an upload looks AI before you clean it, this site has no such hook and theirs does. If TIFF is in your pipeline, theirs reads it and ours does not.
A batch of up to five files also fits their stated per-run workflow when the files together stay within 100MB. A single JPEG, PNG, WebP or HEIC fits our browser workflow, especially when you want HTML and JSON reports without an account. The decision can therefore be made from the container, the need for scanning, and the batch total shown above.
Common questions
Is DeleteFootprints free?
Its home page says Free with no account required, and its /pricing address returned a 404 on 2026-10-26. That is all we can state: no paid plan was live where we looked, and we are not claiming none exists.
How many files can DeleteFootprints clean at once?
Five per run. The 100MB figure on its site is the total for that run, not a per-file ceiling, so five 50MB files would not all go through in one batch. We copied that from its FAQ on 2026-10-26.
Does DeleteFootprints keep my files?
Its site says files are processed in temporary memory. We did not test how long that memory is held, so we are not repeating a deletion window as if we measured it. If that matters to you, ask them directly.