ExifClean
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Free AI image checker

Check If an Image Is AI-Generated: Evidence, Not Guesswork

Drop an image to check it for AI-generation fingerprints in its metadata: C2PA / Content Credentials, Stable Diffusion and ComfyUI generation parameters, IPTC digitalSourceType and the declared software. You get a verdict with the exact signals found, not a probability guess.

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What does the AI image checker detect?

The checker reads four families of AI fingerprints from the metadata layer:

  • C2PA / Content Credentials:the provenance standard used by DALL·E, Adobe Firefly and a growing list of cameras and editors, embedded as a JUMBF block in the file.
  • Generation parameters:the prompt, negative prompt, model, seed and sampler that Stable Diffusion (AUTOMATIC1111) and ComfyUI write into PNG files. The checker decodes them for you.
  • IPTC digitalSourceType:the standard field declaring an image as “created by generative AI”.
  • Software tags:the declared creator tool, which often names the generator outright.

Can it detect Midjourney, DALL·E or SynthID images?

This checker works on the metadata layer only. It cannot see invisible pixel watermarks such as Google's SynthID, and it cannot prove anything about an image whose metadata has been stripped: a screenshot of an AI image will show no evidence at all. Where other tools return a confident-sounding percentage, we show you the actual signals found, or tell you plainly that there are none.

Why does metadata beat pixel-based detection?

Pixel-based detectors estimate probabilities and can be wrong in both directions. Metadata fingerprints are different: when an image carries C2PA credentials or a Stable Diffusion parameter block, that is direct, inspectable evidence of its origin, and you can read every field yourself in the report. Found fingerprints you want gone from your own work? Use the remove EXIF tool, or inspect the full file first with the EXIF viewer.

Frequently asked questions

How do I check if an image is AI-generated?

Drop the image above. ExifClean reads its metadata for AI-generation fingerprints (C2PA / Content Credentials, Stable Diffusion and ComfyUI parameters, IPTC digitalSourceType and declared software) and returns a verdict with the exact signals found.

How accurate is this AI checker?

When a fingerprint is present, the verdict is based on hard evidence, not statistics: the image declares its own AI origin through C2PA, generation parameters or IPTC fields. When no fingerprint is found, the honest answer is “no metadata evidence”, which does not mean the image is necessarily human-made.

Can it detect Midjourney or DALL·E images?

It detects whatever the generator writes into the file. DALL·E adds C2PA Content Credentials, and many pipelines add IPTC digitalSourceType or software tags. Midjourney images downloaded from the web often carry no metadata fingerprint, in which case the checker tells you exactly that.

What if the metadata was stripped?

Then there is nothing left to read: screenshots, social-media re-uploads and aggressive optimisers all remove metadata. The checker is transparent about this limit: no signal is reported as “no evidence found”, never as “not AI”.

Can it detect SynthID watermarks?

No. SynthID and similar invisible watermarks live in the pixels, not the metadata, and require the provider's own detector. We say this plainly rather than guessing.