Thanks. I’ve been looking for a replacement app for the camera since the one I use was bought out.

I’m poor and can’t risk bricking it

Truth, I feel this too. My phone was a birthday present from my husband too, so I’d feel really bad if I bricked it.

Nice. This will take a bit of learning, but if I can figure it out, it can save me a bunch of time! Thanks!

Except who’s trying to argue? I’m merely asking if anyone knows a way to prevent metadata from being saved to my screenshots. I’m not looking for an argument.

If this type of inquiry doesn’t belong in this community, I’d gladly take advice on where to ask instead.

Yeah. In my opinion, it’s more of Samsung’s bullshit. There’s really no conceivable reason not to give users the option to avoid having metadata saved with their screenshots. It’s super annoying because I have to open it with a third-party app, strip the metadata, save the stripped image, then delete the original (which I rarely do, because it’s so time consuming already, so it’s taking up twice the amount of storage for me).

I did find a third-party screenshot app that doesn’t save metadata, but it’s problematic in its own way, so I won’t use it.

I’ll just keep stripping it manually. It’s a pita though, and I feel like there should be an easy solution. A lot of users in this thread say their phones don’t save metadata in their screenshots, but I’m unfortunate enough to have a Samsung.

Yeah, that’s what I’m starting to think. Ugh, so frustrating! I’ll just keep removing it after the fact. Thanks!

So … do you have a way to stop screenshots from saving metadata to my screenshots or not? I’ve indicated my wishes. If you don’t want to help, then please ignore the post.

Yeah, unfortunately I don’t believe I can flash a custom rom onto a Samsung. Ugh.

Thanks for responding!

To me this is a non-issue.

Clearly, I feel differently. This may blow your mind, but people have different feelings about sharing information that is so specific that it can be identifying information.

Did you come here just to insult me, or do you have any actual insight into my inquiry? I really don’t understand people like you. Just ignore the post if you don’t care or don’t want to be helpful.

I knew I’d get a comment like this eventually. There’s no rational reason it should be adding this data at all, and there should be a way to disable this behavior. The camera I use doesn’t add this data when I take a photo, and there’s no reason taking a screenshot should do so.

The software version doesn’t just say “Android 14” either. It looks very specific.

No matter how you look at it, this is not an acceptable way for a device to behave, with no way to change it in settings.

No worries. Thanks for responding.

This only works for photos taken with the camera, not for screenshots

Is there a way to prevent this?

I don’t see a screenshot app in the apps list, even when I select to show system apps.

Yeah that’s what I’ve been using. I was hoping there’d be a way to just not include exif data in the first place.

Mine’s a Samsung S21FE so I don’t think I can use that OS

It’s Samsung

I looked in settings, but I didn’t see anything that looked relevant to metadata

Do you have a Samsung phone? I’m starting to think it might be yet another Samsung thing.

Android 14, and it’s Samsung so I know they add their own restrictions, etc., but I’m not sure what they all are. Nothing good lol

I’m using Simple Camera, which I do plan to replace, but it doesn’t save exif data to the photos I take. It happens when I use the volume + power button combo to take screenshots.

When I open any photo taken with my camera, I see no exif data at all.

I’m using an app called Image Toolbox

I use a FOSS camera, and when I take photos I can see there’s not any exif data, but there is when I use the volume/power combo to take screenshots.

People with certain disabilities as well

As funny as this post is, these scammers are really cruel and heartless individuals