C2PA remover

Remove AI Content Credentials (C2PA) from Images

Content Credentials are signed C2PA manifests that record which app made or edited a file. ChatGPT, Gemini, Adobe Firefly, Microsoft Copilot and a growing list of cameras add them. BlankAI reads the manifest, shows which organizations it names, and writes a fresh copy without it. It does not touch invisible watermarks, which are a separate layer inside the pixels.

Runs in your browser. Nothing is uploaded. Reviewed September 25, 2026

Check and remove Content Credentials

Drop a file to see whether it carries a C2PA manifest and which names it mentions. Cleaning writes a new copy; your original stays as it is.

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What a C2PA manifest can contain

A manifest is a set of signed statements, called assertions, stored in a JUMBF box inside the file: an APP11 segment in JPEG, a caBX chunk in PNG, a C2PA chunk in WebP, or a uuid box in HEIF and AVIF.

Layer	Present	Details	BlankAI
Claim and signature	Yes	The app or device that signed the file, when it signed, and the certificate chain that proves it.	Removed
Actions	Sometimes	Created, edited, cropped, AI-generated. Actions can carry the IPTC digital source type, such as trainedAlgorithmicMedia for fully AI-generated images.	Removed
Ingredients	Sometimes	Earlier versions of the file and their own manifests, so an edit history can be followed back.	Removed
Thumbnails	Sometimes	Small previews of the claim and of each ingredient.	Removed
Soft binding to a watermark	Sometimes	Durable Content Credentials pair the manifest with an invisible watermark so the manifest can be looked up again from a cloud copy.	Not removed

What Content Credentials are

C2PA is an open standard from the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity. “Content Credentials” is the consumer name for the same thing, shown as a small CR icon in apps that display it. The current specification is version 2.4, dated April 2026, and a conformance program now certifies which apps and devices may sign credentials.

A manifest does not change how the image looks. It is extra data stored next to the pixels, signed so that tampering is detectable. Because it is file data, re-encoding the pixels into a new file leaves it behind. That is what BlankAI does.

Who adds them in 2026

Most major AI image services now sign their output. OpenAI signs every ChatGPT, Codex and API image. Google says all media made in the Gemini app carries credentials. Adobe adds them to Firefly images and to Photoshop exports that used generative features. Microsoft adds them in Copilot, Designer and Bing Image Creator, Black Forest Labs in the FLUX API, TikTok for content made with its own AI tools, and Anthropic for image files Claude creates.

Cameras and phones sign real photos too: recent Sony, Leica, Canon and Fujifilm bodies and the Google Pixel 10 can add capture credentials. So a manifest does not always mean AI. Drop a file above and BlankAI will show what its manifest mentions.

Reasons to remove them

Manifests can carry more than a label. They can include timestamps, the software and version you used, thumbnails of earlier versions, and in some apps the account name you signed with. A photographer may not want to publish a whole editing history, and a small AI fix in Photoshop can mark an otherwise ordinary photo as AI-edited.

What removing them does not do

It does not remove invisible watermarks. Images from Google and OpenAI also carry SynthID, and their checkers will still recognize them. Durable Content Credentials can be looked up again from a watermark. And it does not change your obligations: platforms that ask you to disclose realistic AI content still expect you to.

Some rules apply to removal itself. China's labeling measures prohibit deleting AI labels from generated content. Several generators, including Black Forest Labs and xAI, forbid removing provenance data in their terms. If you publish an AI-generated image, the simplest honest path is to keep its label.

How to remove Content Credentials from an image

1Drop the image into the tool above. BlankAI scans it and lists the C2PA manifest and the names it mentions.
2Pick an output format. “Same as original” keeps PNG transparency and WebP files as they are.
3Select Remove Metadata. Your browser redraws the pixels into a new file that has no manifest.
4Read the report. It re-scans the new file, and you can confirm at contentcredentials.org/verify that no credentials are found.

What BlankAI removes, and what it does not

The same rules apply to every file, whatever made it. BlankAI cleans the metadata that travels with a file. It cannot reach anything that is part of the image itself.

Layer	Where it lives	What it holds	BlankAI
EXIF and GPS	File metadata	Camera or phone model, serial numbers, capture time and location coordinates.	Removed
XMP and IPTC	File metadata	Creator tool, edit history, captions, credits and the IPTC Digital Source Type AI label.	Removed
C2PA Content Credentials	Signed manifest inside the file	Who or what created the file and how it was edited, signed by the issuing app.	Removed
PNG text chunks	File metadata	Stable Diffusion prompts, seeds and model names, ComfyUI workflows.	Removed
Invisible watermarks	The pixels	SynthID (Google and OpenAI images), Meta's Content Seal, TikTok and ByteDance watermarks.	Not removed
Visible watermarks	The pixels	Logos, sparkle icons and corner badges drawn onto the image.	Not removed
AI classifiers	The platform	Models that judge an image by how it looks. File metadata plays no part.	Not affected

Questions

Does removing Content Credentials remove the AI watermark?

No. Content Credentials are metadata. SynthID and similar watermarks are embedded in the pixels and survive re-encoding. Google's and OpenAI's checkers can still identify their images after the credentials are gone.

Can someone tell that credentials were removed?

The cleaned file itself holds no trace of the missing manifest. But if the generator also added an invisible watermark, a checker can find the watermark, and some verifiers treat a watermark with no matching manifest as a sign that credentials were stripped.

Is it legal to remove C2PA data?

In the US and EU, the current rules place duties on AI providers and, in California from 2027, on large platforms. They do not penalize individuals for cleaning their own files. China's labeling measures do prohibit removing AI labels, and some generators' terms forbid it. This is general information, not legal advice.

Does it work with PNG, WebP, HEIC and AVIF?

Yes. PNG and WebP keep their format by default. HEIC and AVIF are saved as JPEG, or PNG when the image has transparency, because browsers cannot encode those formats.

Will Instagram or LinkedIn still label my image?

LinkedIn shows its CR icon only when a manifest is present. Instagram reads metadata signals too, but it also relies on your own disclosure and on Meta's rules. See the platform guides for details.