Use the file, not a screenshot
Download or export the original JPEG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, HEIC, BMP, GIF or TIFF file when possible. Screenshots and social-network downloads are often rebuilt and may no longer contain the metadata that was attached to the original.
Inspect before changing anything
Drop the image into Free AI Wiper. The browser reads the file container and groups findings into AI provenance and optional private metadata. No file bytes are uploaded by the current image cleaner.
Read the result carefully
“No detectable traces found” means the supported container fields were not present. It is not a universal AI detector and cannot determine authorship from the visible pixels alone.
When traces are present, you can remove the selected categories, download the rebuilt image and review the automatic output inspection.
For PNG exports, the cleaner also reads supported compressed text and recognizes prompt and workflow generation-parameter keys. AI-only removal keeps unrelated comments; selecting private metadata removes supported ordinary text metadata too. Generation parameters are evidence about a metadata field, not proof of who made the image. Read the PNG inspection limits if an export is refused because its text metadata is too large or malformed.
If a platform still shows an AI label afterward, check where that label may come from. The image format page lists the supported files and the limits of the result.
To investigate more than metadata, use the broader image-origin checklist.
For these newer image containers, read how to remove AVIF and HEIC metadata without conversion.
Inspect an animated GIF, BMP or multipage TIFF
Choose Images and drop the original file. For a GIF, AI-only cleanup can remove supported provenance comments or applications while keeping ordinary comments and animation controls. Private cleanup also removes ordinary comments and supported XMP. For BMP, findings concern appended data after the raster and embedded profile; removing that block can include unrecognized bytes alongside a marker. For TIFF, supported metadata is cleared without shifting strips, tiles or page offsets.
An unsupported-layout message means the cleaner cannot safely verify that file. Convert only if you accept the conversion's effect on animation, pages or image quality. TIFF preview may be unavailable in your browser even when local processing succeeds. Read the format-specific boundaries before treating a clean result as a complete metadata purge.