Exact GPS location
Coordinates saved by your camera can reveal where you live, work or travel.
Works 100% offline · Everything stays on your computer
Your Images. Your Privacy. Your Control.
MyPixelGuard shows what's hiding inside your photos, removes it, blurs what shouldn't be seen, and gets every image ready to share — all on your own computer, with no internet needed. Nothing is uploaded. Ever.
Location foundGPS coordinates inside this photo
Blur previewExactly what you'll export
Originals untouchedSaved as a new copy
- 100% on-deviceNo uploads, ever
- Originals stay safeNever changed or overwritten
- Every export verifiedSaved files are read back
- Works offlineNo account needed
The problem
Every photo tells more than you think
A single picture can carry your exact location, your phone model, the time you took it, your name — and sometimes labels that mark it as AI-made. Anyone you share it with can read all of it.
Camera & device
The make, model and lens of the device that took the photo.
Name & copyright
Author, owner and copyright text stored inside the file.
AI labels & history
C2PA Content Credentials, XMP tags and edit history that platforms read.
Features
See it. Remove it. Hide it. On your terms.
Everything you need before you share a picture, in one calm, focused app.
1Inspect
See everything hiding in your photo
Open any image and MyPixelGuard reads every layer of hidden data, then explains it in plain language — no hex dumps, no guesswork.
- “Safe to share?” report — location, device, capture time, author and software at a glance.
- Every standard — EXIF, IPTC, XMP, GPS and C2PA Content Credentials.
- AI-provenance evidence — clear signals with honest caveats, never a false verdict.
- Search & copy — filter all metadata, copy values, or save it all as text.
What you see is evidence, not a verdict: finding no metadata doesn't prove a person made the image.
2Clean
Remove only what you choose
Spot sensitive details, click to see exactly what's inside, then remove just that — or everything. Your original is never touched.
- Click to reveal — words like location and identity are bold and clickable. See every entry and remove it right there.
- A clear table, full control — EXIF, XMP, IPTC, C2PA and more, each with its size and a simple switch.
- See before you save — a clear “will be removed / will be kept” summary.
- Safe by default — asks before Content Credentials go, and re-scans every cleaned file.
- Selective cleaning — drop only location, camera, dates, author or software.
3Redact
Blur what shouldn't be seen — and watch it happen
Faces, emails, phone numbers, addresses, ID numbers. MyPixelGuard finds them on your device and shows you the exact result before you export.
- Live, exact preview — see the real blur, pixelation or solid cover on the image as you move the slider.
- Auto-detect — faces and sensitive text found right on your computer, with nothing uploaded.
- Your call — click a numbered box to include or skip it, or drag to draw your own.
- Three styles — Blur, Pixelate or Solid, with Light-to-Maximum strength that adapts to each region.
- Metadata cleaned too — location and camera data are removed from the exported copy.
Before & after
Drag to see what disappears
Original on the left, redacted copy on the right. This is the copy you'll share — and exactly what you'll get when you export.
The name, email and address in this demo are made up.
BeforeAfterMore tools
Everything you need to get images ready
Convert, resize, compress, cut out backgrounds and automate — with the same privacy-first approach.
Change format in one click
Switch between JPEG, PNG and TIFF — plus HEIC on Mac and WebP where supported — for one image or hundreds.
- Batch convert whole folders
- Pick a background colour for transparent images
- Keep or drop photo info (EXIF)
- See the estimated size before saving
- Choose quality for lossy formats
- Your own filename suffix
Exact sizes, in seconds
Type exact pixels or a percentage, keep the aspect ratio locked, and choose how the image should fit.
- Pixels or percentage
- Fit, Fill (crop) or Stretch
- Presets for Instagram, Facebook and YouTube
- Save your own presets
- A “never enlarge” option
- An upscale warning, so quality is never a surprise
Smaller files, same story
Slide the quality, compare before and after, and watch exactly how the file size changes.
- Before / after preview
- Quality-vs-size chart
- Best-effort target size (e.g. 200 KB)
- Savings per image and in total
- Batch compress with progress
- Clear notes for lossless formats
Remove the background, not the quality
Cut the subject out. Only a transparency layer is added — the subject’s colours and resolution are never changed, and nothing is uploaded.
- Subject pixels stay exactly as they were
- Saved losslessly as PNG or TIFF
- Transparent or a solid colour — your choice
- Edge smoothing you can tune with a slider
- Before / after preview on a checkerboard
- Whole folders at once; originals untouched
One recipe, a hundred photos
Build a reusable workflow once — resize, convert or compress, strip metadata, save, verify — then run it on any batch.
- Ready-made recipes: Website Optimized, Private Share, Marketplace Ready, Social Media
- Make and save your own recipes
- Progress, cancel and a failed-file list
- Every output is read back and verified
- Existing files are never overwritten
- You choose where results are saved
Smart help, still 100% local
Enhance, upscale and smart-crop right on your device. No cloud, no upload.
- Auto Enhance colour, contrast and exposure
- Upscale with high-quality resampling
- Smart Crop keeps the subject in frame
- Optionally remove the background in the same run
- Square, portrait or landscape crops
- Runs entirely on your computer
How it works
Three steps. No learning curve.
Add your images
Drag them in or choose them from your computer. Whole folders work too.
Pick a tool
Inspect, Clean, Redact, Convert, Resize, Compress, Remove Background, Batch or AI — straight from the sidebar.
Review & save
Check the preview, choose a folder, done. Your original stays exactly as it was.
Made for everyone
English & বাংলা, built in
Switch the whole app between English and বাংলা in Settings — friendly, natural wording in both.
Englishবাংলা
Private by design
Your photos never leave your computer
MyPixelGuard has no cloud, no account and no network code. Detection, blurring, conversion — everything happens on your device.
On-device only
Face, text and subject detection runs locally — Apple Vision on Mac, Windows text recognition and a small on-device model on PC.
Originals untouched
Results go to a folder you pick; existing files are never overwritten.
Verified results
Each saved file is read back to confirm it opens and the data is really gone.
No account, no sign-up
Open the app and get to work.
Offline ready
No internet connection needed.
You stay in charge
Sensitive removals, like Content Credentials, always ask for your confirmation first.
Honest limits. Removing metadata can't erase invisible pixel watermarks (such as SynthID), and automatic detection can miss things or mark the wrong area — always review before you share.
FAQ
Questions you might have
Does MyPixelGuard upload my photos?
No. Everything runs on your device. The app contains no network code and works offline.
Will it change my original image?
Never. Cleaned and redacted images are saved as new copies in a folder you choose, and existing files are never overwritten.
Can it remove AI watermarks like SynthID?
No. It removes metadata labels such as C2PA Content Credentials and AI tags in XMP/IPTC, but it can't remove invisible watermarks woven into the pixels.
What is C2PA / Content Credentials?
A signed record embedded in an image that describes how it was made or edited. Platforms like Facebook and Instagram can read it to add labels. MyPixelGuard shows it and, with your confirmation, removes it.
Which formats are supported?
JPEG, PNG and TIFF everywhere. On Mac you can read and write HEIC, and WebP where supported. On Windows HEIC can be read (when Windows has the codec) but not written.
Does removing the background reduce quality?
No. MyPixelGuard only adds a transparency layer — the subject’s pixel colours and resolution are never changed, and PNG or TIFF are saved with no compression loss. How well the subject is detected depends on the photo, so check the preview before you save.
How accurate is the automatic detection?
Good, but not perfect: it can miss information or mark the wrong area. That's why you can review every numbered region and see an exact preview before you export.
Which computers does it run on?
Macs running macOS 13 or later. It also runs on Windows 10/11 (64-bit). On Mac, Remove Background needs macOS 14.
Which languages are available?
English and বাংলা. Switch any time in Settings.
Take control of your images.
Download MyPixelGuard and see what your photos have been sharing.
macOS 13 or later · Windows 10/11 (64-bit)
Install on Mac
- Open the downloaded .dmg file.
- Drag MyPixelGuard into Applications.
- First time only: if macOS says it can’t verify the app, open System Settings → Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway (on older macOS: right-click the app → Open).
Install on Windows
- Run the downloaded Setup .exe and follow the steps.
- If Windows shows “Windows protected your PC”, click More info, then Run anyway.
- Open MyPixelGuard from the Start menu.