From 98b3bce01d29926c1d04a5f5da0bb46996fea0a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Furkan Uysal <furuycom@protonmail.com>
Date: Sat, 23 May 2026 01:00:27 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Re-add Metadata Cleaner recommendation (#3216)

Signed-off-by: Furkan Uysal <furuycom@protonmail.com>
Co-authored-by: fria <138676274+friadev@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 docs/data-redaction.md                        | 21 ++++++++++++
 docs/tools.md                                 |  1 +
 .../img/data-redaction/metadatacleaner.svg    | 32 +++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 54 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 theme/assets/img/data-redaction/metadatacleaner.svg

diff --git a/docs/data-redaction.md b/docs/data-redaction.md
index e4d53de58..02deb3086 100644
--- a/docs/data-redaction.md
+++ b/docs/data-redaction.md
@@ -42,6 +42,27 @@ You should **never** use blur to redact [text in images](https://bishopfox.com/b
 
 </div>
 
+## Metadata Cleaner
+
+<div class="admonition recommendation" markdown>
+
+![Metadata Cleaner logo](assets/img/data-redaction/metadatacleaner.svg){ align=right }
+
+**Metadata Cleaner** is a graphical metadata removal tool for Linux powered by [MAT2](https://github.com/jvoisin/mat2).
+
+[:octicons-home-16: Homepage](https://metadatacleaner.gitlab.io/metadatacleaner/){ .md-button .md-button--primary }
+[:octicons-code-16:](https://gitlab.com/metadatacleaner/metadatacleaner/){ .card-link title="Source Code" }
+[:octicons-heart-16:](https://gitlab.com/metadatacleaner/metadatacleaner/-/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md){ .card-link title="Contribute" }
+
+<details class="downloads" markdown>
+<summary>Downloads</summary>
+
+- [:simple-flathub: Flathub](https://flathub.org/en/apps/io.gitlab.metadatacleaner.metadatacleaner)
+
+</details>
+
+</div>
+
 ## ExifEraser (Android)
 
 <div class="admonition recommendation" markdown>
diff --git a/docs/tools.md b/docs/tools.md
index cb37a310c..8de1178a9 100644
--- a/docs/tools.md
+++ b/docs/tools.md
@@ -377,6 +377,7 @@ We [recommend](dns.md#recommended-providers) a number of encrypted DNS servers b
 <div class="grid cards" markdown>
 
 - ![MAT2 logo](assets/img/data-redaction/mat2.svg){ .twemoji loading=lazy } [MAT2](data-redaction.md#mat2)
+- ![Metadata Cleaner](assets/img/data-redaction/metadatacleaner.svg){ .twemoji loading-lazy } [Metadata Cleaner](data-redaction.md#metadata-cleaner)
 - ![ExifEraser logo](assets/img/data-redaction/exiferaser.svg){ .twemoji loading=lazy } [ExifEraser (Android)](data-redaction.md#exiferaser-android)
 - ![ExifTool logo](assets/img/data-redaction/exiftool.png){ .twemoji loading=lazy } [ExifTool (CLI)](data-redaction.md#exiftool-cli)
 
diff --git a/theme/assets/img/data-redaction/metadatacleaner.svg b/theme/assets/img/data-redaction/metadatacleaner.svg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c385de5ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theme/assets/img/data-redaction/metadatacleaner.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Metadata Cleaner contributors
+SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-4.0
+-->
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+   <stop stop-color="#b5835a" offset="0"/>
+   <stop stop-color="#e5a50a" offset=".097354"/>
+   <stop stop-color="#e5a50a" offset=".28912"/>
+   <stop stop-color="#b5835a" offset=".45415"/>
+   <stop stop-color="#e5a50a" offset=".66135"/>
+   <stop stop-color="#e5a50a" offset="1"/>
+  </linearGradient>
+ </defs>
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