File X-Ray field manual: the metadata fields this tool extracts
A field-by-field reference for the metadata File X-Ray reads from each format - EXIF, XMP, IPTC, Office Open XML, PDF, C2PA and more - grouped by what each field reveals about a person, a device, or an editing history.
Runs on every file, whatever the format
- Secret sweep - AWS keys, private keys, JWTs, emails, IPs, MAC addresses and machine paths hiding in the raw bytes.
- Hidden appended files - a whole ZIP, PDF or image tucked in after a file's real end marker, which survives every metadata stripper.
- Embedded-image metadata - photos inside a document or PDF are scanned for their own EXIF, GPS and camera serial.
- Content Credentials (C2PA) - the signed provenance manifest is decoded down to the real signer and the edit history.
- Edited-after-capture check - flags when a file was modified later than it was created or shot, or when its GPS date disagrees with its capture date.
- Rights & licensing - copyright, usage terms, the licensing contact and any Creative Commons licence embedded in the file.
Every format, and what each reveals
Risk tiers: high can identify or locate a specific person; medium narrows down a device, software or timeline; low is a technical detail. Open any format for its full field list: