PhotoSanitize helps you inspect, clean, and protect digital photographs before sharing them with other people, publishing them online, or transferring them outside your organization. It combines image analysis, metadata removal, visual privacy protection, and output verification in a Windows desktop application.
A photograph often contains more information than the picture itself. GPS coordinates may reveal where it was taken, camera metadata can identify the device used to capture it, and embedded thumbnails or auxiliary media may contain additional content that is not obvious when viewing the image. Sensitive information can also appear directly in the photograph, including faces, license plates, addresses, documents, and computer screens.
PhotoSanitize addresses these concerns through several sanitization profiles. You can remove unnecessary metadata while preserving the original image data where possible, reconstruct photographs into clean output files, or permanently conceal selected areas of the picture. Pro and Enterprise also include automatic detection of faces, license plates, visible text, QR codes, and barcodes to assist with visual privacy review.
The application is suitable for individuals preparing personal photographs for sharing, photographers delivering images to clients, businesses publishing marketing materials, and organizations handling collections of images that may contain confidential or personal information.
Image processing takes place locally on your Windows computer. Your photographs do not need to be uploaded to an online service, and the original files are preserved. PhotoSanitize creates separate sanitized outputs that can be inspected and verified before distribution.
Documentation sections
Getting Started
Begin here if you are new to PhotoSanitize. Learn about the application’s capabilities, supported Windows environments, available editions, and the process of sanitizing your first photograph. This section also explains the distinction between removing hidden information and protecting sensitive content visible in an image.
Installing and Licensing
Find out how to install and update PhotoSanitize, activate Pro or Enterprise, manage license transfers, and use the application on computers with limited internet connectivity.
Working with Images and Inspection
Learn how to add photographs and folders, organize the Photo Queue, analyze files, and interpret the findings displayed in the Inspector. Detailed articles cover image metadata, container information, supported formats, Content Credentials, and Windows file-system properties.
Sanitization Profiles and Settings
Explore the Metadata Only, Standard, Rebuild, Maximum Privacy, and Custom profiles. Learn how the available settings affect metadata cleanup, image reconstruction, color, transparency, animation, output quality, and other image characteristics.
Visual Privacy and Redaction
Learn how to identify and permanently conceal sensitive information visible within photographs. This section explains manual redaction, automatic visual detection, selecting regions for concealment, and completing the review required by Maximum Privacy.
Sanitizing Images and Managing Output Files
Follow the process of sanitizing individual images or batches, choosing output locations and formats, understanding filenames, and handling canceled or interrupted operations.
Verification, Reports, and Content Credentials
Understand how PhotoSanitize verifies completed outputs, what SHA-256 fingerprints represent, and how to generate processing reports. This section also covers Enterprise Certificates of Sanitization, C2PA Content Credentials, and retaining processing records.
Enterprise Features and Integrations
Find instructions for Enterprise command-line processing, supported automation options, Windows Explorer integration, and deployment on Windows Server or virtual machines.
Security, Troubleshooting, and Support
Learn about local processing and network behavior, diagnose image compatibility or sanitization problems, resolve licensing and reporting issues, and prepare useful information when contacting Probativa Support.
Where to begin
If you want to remove location information from a few personal photographs, start with Your First Image Sanitization and then read about the Metadata Only and Standard profiles. These cover the most common privacy-cleanup tasks without requiring advanced configuration.
If you regularly prepare images for customers, websites, social media campaigns, or professional publication, the Visual Privacy, Sanitization Profiles, and Verification sections explain how to manage both hidden information and visible sensitive content.
Organizations planning larger or repeatable workflows should also consult Editions and Feature Availability, Retain Sanitization Records and Evidence, and Enterprise Features and Integrations.
You can obtain PhotoSanitize and find product information at Probativa. For installation packages, visit Probativa Downloads, and for assistance, visit Probativa Support.