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Image tools
Edit your images without handing them over
Compress, resize, crop, convert and remove metadata — in one web app for businesses and individuals in Switzerland. Images will be processed in Switzerland, in memory, and nothing is stored.
The problem
A photo is too large for the website, an iPhone picture will not open for the person you sent it to, a copy of an ID should show only what is needed. For small jobs like these, images often end up with an online service where it is unclear where it runs and what it does with the files. And many photos carry more than the picture: the place it was taken and the device that took it.
Our approach
We are building the image tools as a web app run in Switzerland. An image should exist only for as long as the work takes: it is processed in memory, the result comes back to you, and nothing is stored. For private photos and ID documents, a confidential mode will do selected jobs directly on your device.
Who it is for
For small businesses in Switzerland that prepare images for their website, listings or documentation — and for individuals who want to shrink photos, crop a copy of an ID or share family pictures.
What was planned
Compress and resize
An image will be brought to a file size or dimensions that suit a website, a listing or an email. You see how much smaller it gets before you download it.
Crop and rotate
Crop to a section, fit to a fixed aspect ratio or straighten — so that a copy of an ID, for example, shows only what it should.
Convert between formats
JPG, PNG, WebP and HEIC, the format of the iPhone camera, will convert into one another. A photo then opens even where its original format is not supported.
Remove metadata
Many photos carry the location, the date and the camera model inside them. The app will show what an image contains and remove those details on request before you pass it on.
Confidential mode on your device
For selected jobs, the app will move the processing entirely into your browser. The image then does not leave your device — not even to Switzerland.
Processed, then gone
An image is processed in the memory of a server in Switzerland and is not stored. The app will show no advertising, follow no visitors and sell no data.
Your data in Image tools
The same commitments apply to every app that grows out of our ideas.
Data in Switzerland
Our apps store your data on infrastructure in Switzerland. Where exactly is stated on one page – not spread across several documents.
Your data is not for sale
We do not sell, rent or pass on your data. We earn from the app, not from what you entrust to it.
No AI training on your data
Your data is not used to train AI models. Not ours, and not anyone else’s.
Swiss data-protection law as the standard
We design to the Swiss Data Protection Act and build privacy in from the start – not as an adjustment at the end.
Frequently asked questions
Is your question not answered here? Write to us – we read every message.
ContactWhere will my images be processed?
In the browser, on your own device. SchweizerIMG’s server receives no image and no file data, only the name of the tool used. This website itself runs on our own server at Infomaniak in Switzerland; what is stored where is set out in the privacy policy.
Will my images be stored?
No. Images are neither stored nor uploaded. The account holds only account details and a monthly operation counter, never images.
What metadata can a photo contain?
Often the date it was taken, the camera model and, if location services were on, the GPS coordinates of where it was taken. SchweizerIMG shows these details and removes them on request without re-encoding the image, so the quality stays the same. A report then shows whether anything private is left.
Will my data be sold or used to train AI?
No. We do not sell, rent out or pass on your data, and we do not use it to train AI models. SchweizerIMG shows no advertising and uses no third-party trackers and no AI.
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