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A free browser-based image forensics tool that analyzes photos for signs of editing, AI generation, and other artifacts without uploading files, ensuring user privacy.

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# Is This Photo Edited? - Free Image Forensics Tool | Vajba Source: [https://vajba.com/image-forensics/](https://vajba.com/image-forensics/) Check a photo for signs of editing, AI generation, hidden metadata, and compression artifacts\. Runs entirely in your browser\. Your file is never uploaded\. Finds clues worth investigating, not proof that a photo is edited or authentic\. Upload a photo for forensic analysis Drop a photo to analyze or paste an image \(Cmd/Ctrl\+V\) or image URL JPEG, PNG, WebP, HEIC, AVIF Pasting a URL fetches the image from that site to your browser\. Vajba never receives the file, but the remote site will see your browser request\. Downloaded reports include the Source URL, and reverse\-search links pass it to those services\. No photo handy? Try an example:

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