Intentional metadata choices at export
Lightroom Classic Export Metadata: A Privacy Checklist
In Lightroom Classic, review File → Export → Metadata before creating a sharing copy. Copyright Only differs from Copyright & Contact Info Only; Remove Location Info targets GPS, not every private field. Reopen the actual export afterward. Original or DNG workflows have different controls and must not be treated as a privacy-ready rendered image.
By Qingxin Studio, the developer of HushPic · Updated
Use a separate export destination
Select the intended photo and open File → Export. Choose a dedicated output folder and a distinct neutral filename so the sharing image is not confused with its source. Review the settings even when using a saved preset; a preset label alone is not evidence of its current metadata policy.
Do not overwrite your only original or send the working folder wholesale. Reopen the exported file rather than judging only Lightroom’s working view. This checklist is for Lightroom Classic, not a claim that every Lightroom mobile or cloud interface has the same controls.
Choose what attribution you intentionally keep
Adobe distinguishes Copyright Only from Copyright & Contact Info Only. The latter intentionally retains contact metadata, which may not fit a public sharing goal. Choose the information the recipient should receive, not simply the option that sounds most professional.
Read your own copyright and contact entries before retaining them. A personal email or name remains a disclosure even when retained for attribution. This is a privacy review, not legal advice or permission to erase somebody else’s rights information; ask the rights holder when you are unsure.
Separate GPS removal from other export choices
Adobe describes Remove Location Info as removing GPS metadata and notes that the documented metadata controls are not available for DNG exports. Check the controls applicable to the chosen format instead of assuming the same policy follows every export.
Adobe also documents an accompanying metadata sidecar when exporting original RAW files. Avoid bundling original assets or sidecars when the intended delivery is only a rendered sharing image. A conversion, resize, or lower quality setting is not independent proof that metadata or editing information was excluded.
Reinspect the final image and its destination
Open the exact export and examine both visible details and the metadata you intended to retain or omit. Repeat after any later edit or export. For supported files, the browser checker can read local categories without uploading, but not inventory every tag, inspect pixels, clean files, or verify a RAW-and-sidecar package. A failed parse supplies no result.
HushPic offers supported on-device cleanup and visual suggestions on a separate copy, followed by bounded post-write checks. It is not a Lightroom plugin or selective-attribution editor. Do not assume its standard cleanup preserves particular author fields. Review the result, adjust missed masks, regenerate, and deliberately choose the current output before sending it.
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