ReMeta

ReMeta is a powerful tool for removing and reading metadata from PNG images generated by the Stable Diffusion Web UI.

Reading Metadata

read-meta.mp4

Removing Metadata

remove-meta.mp4

Note: This tool was specifically built for the Stable Diffusion Web UI. It may not work with other PNG images. This tool is only tested in Windows.

Installation

Download ReMeta.zip from this link or go to Releases page to get the latest one. Extract it to any folder. Inside the folder you will see 3 files: remeta.exe, add.reg and remove.reg.

Modify path to remeta.exe in add.reg. Replace D:\\SW\\bin with your path to remeta.exe.

So if you downloaded remeta.exe to C:\\tools folder you need to change add.reg like this

Notice that you need to always use double \ , eg. C:\\the\\folder\\of\\remeta

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\ReMeta]
"MUIVerb"="ReMeta"
"AppliesTo"=".png"
"SubCommands"="ReMeta.clear;ReMeta.get"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CommandStore\shell\ReMeta.clear]
@="Remove Metadata"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CommandStore\shell\ReMeta.clear\command]
-@="D:\\SW\\bin\\remeta.exe remove \"%1\""
+@="C:\\tools\\remeta.exe remove \"%1\""

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CommandStore\shell\ReMeta.get]
@="Get Metadata"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CommandStore\shell\ReMeta.get\command]
-@="D:\\SW\\bin\\remeta.exe read \"%1\""
+@="C:\\tools\\remeta.exe read \"%1\""

After you have modified and saved this just double click the add.reg file.

Do you want to allow this app to make changes to your device? Yes (If asked) Then click Yes once this shows up

Uninstallation

Run remove.reg to remove ReMeta from the Windows context menu.

Do you want to allow this app to make changes to your device? Yes (If asked) Then click Yes once this shows up

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Note: If you are not a developer you don't need to the information below

Building

You need to have go1.20rc1

go install golang.org/dl/go1.20rc1@latest
go1.20rc1 download

Then build using the following command:

.\build.bat

Usage

ReMeta is a CLI tool so you can use it from the command line Removing metadata from images. This will create a new image with the same name but with the suffix _raw:

remeta remove <image>

You can remove in silent mode if you don't want to see a popup

remeta -s remove <image>

Reading metadata from images. This will open a window with the metadata:

remeta read <image>