# ClearShare: Privacy Redaction > See & remove the hidden data in your photos and files before you share them. Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/software.simplecat.apps.clearshare](https://chrome-stats.com/d/software.simplecat.apps.clearshare) ## Overview - **ID:** `software.simplecat.apps.clearshare` - **Platform:** Android - **Type:** Android app - **Status:** Available - **Publisher:** Simple Cat Software - **Category:** TOOLS - **Downloads:** 54 - **Version:** 1.1.0 - **Last updated:** 2026-08-23 - **First published:** 2025-12-05 - **Publisher country:** GB - **Size:** 53 MB - **Data as of:** 2026-09-14 - **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=software.simplecat.apps.clearshare) - **Website:** [https://clearshare.apps.simplecat.software/](https://clearshare.apps.simplecat.software/) - **Privacy policy:** [https://clearshare.apps.simplecat.software/privacy-policy/](https://clearshare.apps.simplecat.software/privacy-policy/) ## Description Every photo and video you take contains hidden data. GPS coordinates. Your home address. Timestamps. Camera serial numbers. When you share them online, this invisible metadata often travels with them.

ClearShare shows you exactly what's hidden in your photos and videos — and removes it before you share.

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WHY IT MATTERS

• Marketplace sellers accidentally share their home address through photo GPS
• Dating app photos can reveal where you live and work
• Social media posts can expose your daily routine through timestamps
• Stalkers have used photo metadata to track victims

Most people have no idea this data exists. ClearShare makes it visible and gives you control.

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WHAT YOU CAN REMOVE

📍 GPS & Location Data
Remove exact coordinates embedded in photos and videos. Stop sharing your home, workplace, or daily locations without knowing.

📅 Timestamps
Remove dates and times that reveal when and where you were.

📱 Device Information
Remove camera model, serial numbers, and software details that can identify your device.

🎥 Video Metadata
Clean MP4 and MOV videos too — including the GPS location, device, and date information your phone's camera writes into every clip.

🏷️ Manufacturer Camera Data
Detect and remove device-specific maker notes (such as Samsung MakerNote) that can hide extra identifying details.

🖼️ Hidden Duplicate Images
Photos can secretly carry smaller copies of themselves — embedded thumbnails, motion-photo frames, and HDR frames. ClearShare finds and strips these so an original never leaks after you've cleaned the main image.

🔧 Technical Metadata
Remove EXIF, XMP, and other embedded data that apps and services can read.

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HOW IT WORKS

1. Select a photo or video (or share one with ClearShare)
2. See exactly what metadata it contains, grouped and sorted by how sensitive it is
3. Choose what to remove (or remove everything)
4. Share or save the cleaned file

That's it. No account needed. No uploads. No tracking.

Save your removal choices as a reusable preset so cleaning your next photo takes one tap.

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PRIVACY BY DESIGN

✓ 100% on-device processing — your photos and videos never leave your phone
✓ Works completely offline
✓ No account required
✓ No ads, no tracking
✓ Open about what we do and why

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PREMIUM FEATURES

Upgrade for advanced privacy protection:

• Face Detection & Blur — Automatically detect and blur faces in photos
• Text Redaction — Hide number plates, name badges, and sensitive text, with downloadable language packs for multiple scripts
• Manual Redaction — Hide manually selected elements from an image
• Multiple Presets — Save several removal profiles for different sharing situations

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PERFECT FOR

• Selling items on Facebook Marketplace, eBay, or Craigslist
• Posting photos and videos to social media
• Sharing via messaging apps
• Dating app profile photos
• Sending photos by email
• Anyone who values their privacy

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SUPPORTED FORMATS

Photos: JPEG, PNG
Videos: MP4, MOV

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Download ClearShare and take control of what you share. ## Rankings - #2,224,270 — Overall ## Permissions and access ### Permissions - `android.permission.ACCESS_MEDIA_LOCATION` - `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE` - `android.permission.INTERNET` - `android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES` - `com.android.vending.BILLING` - `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE` - `software.simplecat.apps.clearshare.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION` ## Similar extensions and apps - [Photo Location & EXIF Remover](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.privaclean.app) — 21 users - [CleanShare - Privacy Cleaner](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.meimi.cleanshare) — 4 users - [Privacy Lens](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.privacylens.privacy_lens) — 34 users - [Metadata Remover](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.crunzh.metadataremover) — 82 users - [Photo Metadata Remover](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.onbozo.photometadataremover) — 22 users - [Photo Privacy: EXIF Remover](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.tuhin.exifpurge) — 64 users - [EXIF & Metadata Photo Cleaner](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.expobouss.photometacleaner) — 33 users - [Photo Privacy Data Cleaner](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.seventwelve.photoprivacycleaner) — 4 users - [PrivaLens](https://chrome-stats.com/d/org.qolapps.privalens) — 22 users - [Metashield](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.lpp.exif) — 6 users - [EXIF & Metadata Clean:MetaWipe](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.sristudio.metasafe) — 45 users - [PureShare: Safe Photo Sharing](https://chrome-stats.com/d/pureshare.ttsair.cc) — 1 users --- Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/software.simplecat.apps.clearshare)