Images: Remove comments and information from image
Use this action to remove comments and information from an image, such as EXIF tags or other metadata. Removing comments and information from an image can help remove sensitive data, reduce image size, or hide private metadata like camera settings or adjustments.
Here is a summary list of some possible EXIF tags, commonly seen on image image files. This is not exhaustive. It is recommended to use an EXIF viewer or image metadata viewer to confirm which metadata your files may contain.
Some possible EXIF tags
Here is a summary list of some possible EXIF tags, commonly seen on image image files. This is not exhaustive. It is recommended to use an EXIF viewer or image metadata viewer to confirm which metadata your files may contain.
Tag | Example Value |
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Manufacturer | NIKON |
Model | QV-4000 |
Orientation (rotation) | top-left [8 possible values[24]] |
Software | Ver1.01 |
Date and time | 2013:09:23 02:35:19 |
YCbCr positioning | centered |
Compression | JPEG compression |
X resolution | 300.00 |
Y resolution | 300.00 |
Resolution unit | Pixel |
Exposure time | 1/400 s |
F-number | f/2.0 |
Exposure program | Normal program |
Exif version | Exif version 2.1 |
Date and time (original) | 2013:09:23 02:35:19 |
Date and time (digitized) | 2013:09:23 02:35:19 |
Components configuration | Y Cb Cr – |
Compressed bits per pixel | 3.01 |
Exposure bias | 0.2 |
Max. aperture value | 4.00 |
Metering mode | Pattern |
Flash | Flash did not fire |
Focal length | 10.1 mm |
MakerNote | 432 bytes unknown data |
FlashPix version | FlashPix version 1.0 |
Color space | sRGB |
Pixel X dimension | 1000 |
Pixel Y dimension | 500 |
File source | DSC |
Interoperability index | R98 |
Interoperability version | (null) |
If data is being removed for privacy or GDPR reasons, be sure to confirm the EXIF or metadata is removed using an image metadata viewer. We cannot guarantee this action will remove all metadata or any specific piece of metadata.
Over 150 different file formats are supported. See supported image file formats for a list of supported image types.
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- Note: This action accepts images up to 15,000 Pixels and 15MB based on the PagerDuty Workflow Automation system limits.
How to configure this action
When configuring this action, reference a File field in the Source Image field configuration. How do I reference a field?
The multiple files field type is not supported.
Supported image file formats
The image actions only works with specfic image formats. Any image format listed below is supported by the images type actions.
The “Supports” column is only relevant for image conversion actions.
Image Format | Supports |
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AAI | Read and Write |
APNG | Read and Write |
ART | Read and Write |
ARW | Read Only |
AVI | Read Only |
AVS | Read and Write |
BPG | Read and Write |
BMP, BMP2, BMP3 | Read and Write |
BRF | Write Only |
CALS | Read Only |
CGM | Read Only |
CIN | Read and Write |
CIP | Write Only |
CMYK | Read and Write |
CMYKA | Read and Write |
CR2 | Read Only |
CRW | Read Only |
CUBE | Read Only |
CUR | Read Only |
CUT | Read Only |
DCM | Read Only |
DCR | Read Only |
DCX | Read and Write |
DDS | Read and Write |
DIB | Read and Write |
DJVU | Read Only |
DNG | Read Only |
DOT | Read Only |
DPX | Read and Write |
EMF | Read Only |
EPDF | Read and Write |
EPI | Read and Write |
EPS | Read and Write |
EPS2 | Write Only |
EPS3 | Write Only |
EPSF | Read and Write |
EPSI | Read and Write |
EPT | Read and Write |
EXR | Read and Write |
FARBFELD | Read and Write |
FAX | Read and Write |
FIG | Read Only |
FITS | Read and Write |
FL32 | Read and Write |
FLIF | Read and Write |
FPX | Read and Write |
GIF | Read and Write |
GPLT | Read Only |
GRAY | Read and Write |
GRAYA | Read and Write |
HDR | Read and Write |
HDR | Read and Write |
HEIC | Read Only |
HPGL | Read Only |
HRZ | Read and Write |
HTML | Read and Write |
ICO | Read Only |
INFO | Write Only |
ISOBRL | Write Only |
ISOBRL6 | Write Only |
JBIG | Read and Write |
JNG | Read and Write |
JP2 | Read and Write |
JPT | Read and Write |
J2C | Read and Write |
J2K | Read and Write |
JPEG | Read and Write |
JXR | Read and Write |
JSON | Write Only |
JXL | Read and Write |
KERNEL | Write Only |
MAN | Read Only |
MAT | Read Only |
MIFF | Read and Write |
MONO | Read and Write |
MNG | Read and Write |
M2V | Read and Write |
MPEG | Read and Write |
MPC | Read and Write |
MPR | Read and Write |
MRW | Read Only |
MSL | Read and Write |
MTV | Read and Write |
MVG | Read and Write |
NEF | Read Only |
ORF | Read Only |
ORA | Read Only |
OTB | Read and Write |
P7 | Read and Write |
PALM | Read and Write |
PAM | Write Only |
CLIPBOARD | Read and Write |
PBM | Read and Write |
PCD | Read and Write |
PCDS | Read and Write |
PCL | Write Only |
PCX | Read and Write |
PDB | Read and Write |
Read and Write | |
PEF | Read Only |
PES | Read Only |
PFA | Read Only |
PFB | Read Only |
PFM | Read and Write |
PGM | Read and Write |
PHM | Read and Write |
PICON | Read and Write |
PICT | Read and Write |
PIX | Read Only |
PNG | Read and Write |
PNG8 | Read and Write |
PNG00 | Read and Write |
PNG24 | Read and Write |
PNG32 | Read and Write |
PNG48 | Read and Write |
PNG64 | Read and Write |
PNM | Read and Write |
POCKETMOD | Read and Write |
PPM | Read and Write |
PS | Read and Write |
PS2 | Read and Write |
PS3 | Read and Write |
PSB | Read and Write |
PSD | Read and Write |
PTIF | Read and Write |
PWP | Read Only |
RAD | Read Only |
RAF | Read Only |
RGB | Read and Write |
RGB565 | Read Only |
RGBA | Read and Write |
RGF | Read and Write |
RLA | Read Only |
RLE | Read Only |
SCT | Read Only |
SFW | Read Only |
SGI | Read and Write |
SHTML | Write Only |
SID, MrSID | Read Only |
SPARSE-COLOR | Write Only |
SUN | Read and Write |
SVG | Read and Write |
TEXT | Read Only |
TGA | Read and Write |
TIFF | Read and Write |
TIM | Read Only |
TTF | Read Only |
TXT | Read and Write |
UBRL | Write Only |
UBRL6 | Write Only |
UIL | Write Only |
UYVY | Read and Write |
VICAR | Read and Write |
VIFF | Read and Write |
WBMP | Read and Write |
WDP | Read and Write |
WEBP | Read and Write |
WMF | Read Only |
WPG | Read Only |
X | Read and Write |
XBM | Read and Write |
XCF | Read Only |
XPM | Read and Write |
XWD | Read and Write |
X3F | Read Only |
YAML | Write Only |
YCbCr | Read and Write |
YCbCrA | Read and Write |
YUV | Read and Write |
Fields for this action
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Source Image
- The image to apply the transformation to. Reference a PagerDuty Workflow Automation file field.
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Output field prefix
- To help keep output fields organized, choose an output field prefix to add to the beginning of each output field name as this action may output more than one field.
What will this output?
This action may generate multiple fields. To help keep output fields organized, the prefix above will be added to the beginning of each of the output field names, separated by two dashes. Each field will result as:{{output-field-prefix--output-field}}
.
Output fields for this action
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Result
- The converted image file. The output is a file type field. Click to save to your default download directory.
Get help with a problem or question
If something’s not working as expected, or you’re looking for suggestions, check through the options below.
The results field says “No file chosen”
If you choose an incompatible image file for the action, the output may be blank. For example, attempting to convert a .DOCX
word document will always return this empty, “No file chosen” field.
See supported image formats for a list of supported image types.
My file is missing a file extension, or just has a “.” at the end
This may happen if the Convert to image format field is misconfigured. Be sure to include the full image format file extension, such as .PNG
or .JPEG
.
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