Application to indicate if multiple image files have Exif data, and delete that data

Question

I am looking for a Windows application that will indicate if 1 or more images (JPG/JPEG, typically) have Exif data stored in them, and provide an option to delete that data.

The perfect example of such an application is Easy Exif Delete, which has been around for over a decade (and not updated in almost as long!). Here is its entire user interface:

Source: http://www.easyexifdelete.com

This application does exactly what I want, except that it is missing two key features:

1. Ability to drag-and-drop to add files/folders
2. Ability to use command-line parameters to specify files/folders

Please recommend an application that meets all the above requirements.

Gratis, open-source, and portable are all strongly preferred, but none are required.

Answer 1

This recommendation do not cover 100% of your requirements (it is mostly visual instrument) but you can give it a try.

What I would like to recommend is XnView MP. Or you can use XnConvert from the same web site. The workflow is relatively sample

• open the software in explorer mode (apply only for XnView MP)
• select images (apply only for XnView MP)
• Tools->Batch Convert (Ctrl+U) (apply only for XnView MP)
• In tab Input you can add images and directories via drag-and-drop or via dedicated buttons

• In tab Actions you add "Clean metadata" and select desired metadata to be cleaned up.

• In Output tab you can select target folder, filename rename and so on
• And press Convert to do the job

N.B. When deal with RAW files DO NOT touch any of the meta information. Otherwise you will loose integrity of the files and some software may refuse to open them, you will have problem edit, render them to JPG because the software will not know how to deal with the raw information from the sensor.