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Remove metadata from MP4 on Windows

From	Oliver <ollie@invalid.net>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.os.windows-10, rec.photo.digital
Subject	Remove metadata from MP4 on Windows
Date	2024-10-14 23:57 -0600
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<vel07i$1jn1v$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)

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What's the best way on Windows to offline remove all the identifying MP4 
metadata before uploading a short video clip to a web site?

Is there something offline that is better than right clicking on the MP4 
file to select Properties and then Details and then Remove Properties and 
Personal Information?

This site suggests Microsoft's "Document Inspector" but the link is dead.
https://safecomputing.umich.edu/protect-privacy/consider-metadata
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/remove-hidden-data-and-personal-information-by-inspecting-documents-HA010354329.aspx?CTT=1

A search comes up with the Microsoft Document Inspector, but is that the 
best way to remove all the metadata from an MP4 file on Windows?
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/library-reference/concepts/using-the-document-inspector

This suggests using VLC offline to remove the metadata on Windows.
https://pcdots.com/blog/remove-metadata-from-video/

This suggests using FFMPEG or AVCONV to strip metadata from MP4 files.
https://superuser.com/questions/441361/strip-metadata-from-all-formats-with-ffmpeg

What method do you use to strip unnecessary metadata from an MP4 file?
Is there any metadata that is necessary?

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Remove metadata from MP4 on Windows Oliver <ollie@invalid.net> - 2024-10-14 23:57 -0600
  Re: Remove metadata from MP4 on Windows Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2024-10-15 09:53 -0400
    Re: Remove metadata from MP4 on Windows Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2024-10-15 10:01 -0400
    Re: Remove metadata from MP4 on Windows Oliver <ollie@invalid.net> - 2024-10-15 22:23 -0600
      Re: Remove metadata from MP4 on Windows Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-10-16 06:47 -0400
  Re: Remove metadata from MP4 on Windows Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-10-15 13:07 -0400
    Re: Remove metadata from MP4 on Windows Isaac Montara <IsaacMontara@nospam.com> - 2024-11-05 21:35 -0500

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