Media

PNG Metadata Removal Tool

Remove all metadata from PNG images to protect privacy and reduce file size

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Quick start

Call this tool from your code in three languages.

cURL

# 1) Upload each file first → returns { filePath }
curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/upload/png-to-metadata-removed-png' \
  -F 'file=@/path/to/imageFile.ext'

# 2) Call the tool with the returned filePath values
curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/png-to-metadata-removed-png' \
  -F 'imageFile=/path/to/file.ext' \
  -F 'metadataAction=removeAll' \
  -F 'quality=90' \
  -F 'compressionLevel=9' \
  -F 'adaptiveFiltering=true'

API reference

Send a POST request with your inputs as JSON. File parameters require a separate upload first.

Endpoint

HTTP

POST https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/png-to-metadata-removed-png

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
imageFile	fileupload required	Yes	—
metadataAction	select	No	Note: Sharp removes all metadata by default. IPTC/XMP cannot be kept separately from EXIF.
quality	range	No	PNG quality level (1-100, higher is better)
compressionLevel	range	No	0 = no compression, 9 = maximum compression
adaptiveFiltering	checkbox

MCP integration

Add this tool to your Model Context Protocol server so AI agents can list and call it.

Server configuration

Add this block to your MCP client configuration:

mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elysiatools-png-to-metadata-removed-png": {
      "name": "png-to-metadata-removed-png",
      "description": "Remove all metadata from PNG images to protect privacy and reduce file size",
      "baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=png-to-metadata-removed-png",
      "command": "",
      "args": [],
      "env": {},
      "isActive": true,
      "type": "sse"
    }
  }
}

List available tools

After connecting to the SSE endpoint, list the exposed tools:

tools/list

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/list"
}

Call this tool

Invoke the tool by its id, passing arguments built from its parameters:

tools/call

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 2,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "png-to-metadata-removed-png",
    "arguments": {
  "imageFile": "https://example.com/file.ext",
  "metadataAction": "removeAll",
  "quality": 90,
  "compressionLevel": 9,
  "adaptiveFiltering": true
}
  }
}

Chain multiple tools in one session with a comma-separated toolId list, e.g. /mcp/sse?toolId=png-to-webp,jpg-to-webp,gif-to-webp (max 20).

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