ExifStripper.py

#!/usr/bin/python3

# Uses the Python Imaging Library
# `pip install Pillow` works too
from PIL import Image
import glob
import os
import sys

def stripExifData(filename):
    image = Image.open(filename)
    image_data = list(image.getdata())
    image_without_exif = Image.new(image.mode, image.size)
    image_without_exif.putdata(image_data)
    image_without_exif.save(u"{}".format(filename))

def stripAllExifFromDirectory(directory):
    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(directory):
        for file in files:
            if file.endswith(".png") or file.endswith(".jpg") or file.endswith("jpeg"):
                imageFilename = os.path.join(root, file)
                try:
                    stripExifData(imageFilename)
                    print ("{} EXIF data was stripped!".format(imageFilename))
                except Exception as e:
                    print("Stripping process failed for: {} : {}".format(imageFilename, str(e)))

def main():
    if (len(sys.argv) < 2):
        print ("Usage: {} [directory_to_strip]".format(sys.argv[0]))
        quit()
    
    stripAllExifFromDirectory(sys.argv[1])

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()