Windows CLI Tool

rs-mahito

Cleanse your files from unwanted metadata.
Privacy-focused tool for NTFS filesystems.

Clean. Secure. Fast.

Remove privacy-sensitive metadata from your files with a single command.

Zone Identifier Removal

Clears the Zone.Identifier alternate data stream that marks files as downloaded from the internet.

Timestamp Reset

Resets file timestamps to a neutral date, removing temporal metadata that could reveal file history.

Owner Clearing

Removes file ownership information via SID manipulation, eliminating user identification traces.

Office Document Cleaning

Strips metadata from Office documents (docx, xlsx, pptx) by processing their internal XML structure.

Quick Start

Get started in seconds with a simple command.

Terminal
# Clean a single file
rs-mahito file document.pdf

# Clean all files in a directory
rs-mahito dir ./downloads

# Recursive cleaning
rs-mahito recursive ./project --yes