To install ExifTool on Debian-derived distributions, including Ubuntu, run:ĮxifTool is also available from the Arch User Repository (AUR) and Arch users can download it from there. It’s very easy to view the metadata of any type of file in Linux, and ExifTool is a free utility that can help you. If you’re taking a golden hour selfie in your bedroom with your new iPhone 14 Pro Max, you probably don’t want that information made public. If the file is a photo, the metadata will contain details about the camera or phone model and settings used, and if the photographer hasn’t disabled location tagging, it will provide a precise set of coordinates of where they captured the image.
It will likely contain the creation date, the username of the file’s creator, and the tool used to create the file. It will indicate the type of data stored in the file, regardless of the file extension. Metadata is hidden in the headers of most computer files and provides context about the data the files contain. Here’s how to clear file metadata on Linux. Anyone with access to the file can read this information, which may include details you may not want anyone else to know. When you create a file, all sorts of supplementary metadata is added to it.
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