Guides

Short, practical answers for common privacy tasks. Each guide links to a free tool that works on your device.

• How to Remove the Location from a Photo

  Phone photos often contain the exact GPS position where they were taken. Here is how to check and remove it for free, on your device.

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• How to Remove Metadata from a PDF

  PDF files store the author, the software, dates and sometimes more. Learn what is inside and how to clear it without uploading the file.

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• How to Remove Metadata from Word, Excel and PowerPoint Files

  DOCX, XLSX and PPTX files store author names, company, edit times and more. See what is inside and how to remove it.

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• How to Redact a PDF Permanently

  Drawing a black box over text in a PDF often hides nothing. Here is how to remove the text for good and how to test it.

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• How to Check a QR Code Before You Open It

  A QR code hides the address it points to. Learn how to read it first and what to look for before you tap the link.

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• How to Make a Strong Password

  Length matters more than tricks. Learn how long a password should be, why random beats clever, and how to keep them all.

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• How to Encrypt a File with a Password

  Lock a file or a message with AES-256 so only someone with the password can open it. No account, no upload.

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• How to Merge and Split PDF Files

  Combine several PDFs into one, pull out the pages you need, or reorder and rotate pages, all in your browser.

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• How to Compress Images Without Visible Loss

  Make photos much smaller for email and websites. Learn which quality, size and format to choose.

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