Midjourney
Midjourney
What Midjourney says Midjourney puts into the files it makes, by file type, quoted from Midjourney's own pages. Covers images and video generated with Midjourney.
At a glance
Images
- Content CredentialsA signed record (C2PA) of how the file was made, sealed so any change shows.
Not stated. None of Midjourney's pages listed under Sources read says so.
Midjourney's Content Authenticity article, verification page and Terms of Service do not mention this, and its help center returned no results for IPTC, C2PA or watermark on October 19, 2026.
- Invisible watermarkA signal woven into the pixels, frames, audio or wording, meant to survive copying.
Not stated. None of Midjourney's pages listed under Sources read says so.
Midjourney's Content Authenticity article, verification page and Terms of Service do not mention this, and its help center returned no results for IPTC, C2PA or watermark on October 19, 2026. Midjourney describes its hidden ID tag as metadata, not as a watermark.
- AI label in metadataA plain metadata field (IPTC Digital Source Type) saying AI made the content. Anyone can add or remove it.
Not stated. None of Midjourney's pages listed under Sources read says so.
Midjourney's Content Authenticity article, verification page and Terms of Service do not mention this, and its help center returned no results for IPTC, C2PA or watermark on October 19, 2026.
- Visible markA mark you can see, such as a logo or a sparkle in a corner.
Not stated. None of Midjourney's pages listed under Sources read says so.
Midjourney's Content Authenticity article, verification page and Terms of Service do not mention this, and its help center returned no results for IPTC, C2PA or watermark on October 19, 2026.
- Tool named in metadataThe tool or model written into ordinary file fields, such as Software or Creator.
Midjourney says every image it delivers has a small ID tag hidden inside the file, which its checker looks for and confirms points to a real Midjourney image.
Midjourney does not say whether the tag uses C2PA, IPTC or another format, and documents no prompt text or other generation details in the file.
Content Authenticity (Midjourney Documentation, Midjourney Policies)
Quoted passage Verify an Image, paragraph 2
Every image Midjourney delivers has a small ID tag hidden inside the file. The checker looks for that tag and confirms it points to a real Midjourney image.
Image and video verification (midjourney.com/verify)
Quoted passage Page heading and upload panel
Upload an image or video and we will check the information Midjourney embeds in what it serves. The file is only inspected, never stored." "PNG, JPEG, WebP, GIF, TIFF, MP4, MOV, or WebM — up to 20MB
Video
- Content CredentialsA signed record (C2PA) of how the file was made, sealed so any change shows.
Not stated. None of Midjourney's pages listed under Sources read says so.
Midjourney's Content Authenticity article, verification page and Terms of Service do not mention this, and its help center returned no results for IPTC, C2PA or watermark on October 19, 2026.
- Invisible watermarkA signal woven into the pixels, frames, audio or wording, meant to survive copying.
Not stated. None of Midjourney's pages listed under Sources read says so.
Midjourney's Content Authenticity article, verification page and Terms of Service do not mention this, and its help center returned no results for IPTC, C2PA or watermark on October 19, 2026. Midjourney describes its hidden ID tag as metadata, not as a watermark.
- AI label in metadataA plain metadata field (IPTC Digital Source Type) saying AI made the content. Anyone can add or remove it.
Not stated. None of Midjourney's pages listed under Sources read says so.
Midjourney's Content Authenticity article, verification page and Terms of Service do not mention this, and its help center returned no results for IPTC, C2PA or watermark on October 19, 2026.
- Visible markA mark you can see, such as a logo or a sparkle in a corner.
Not stated. None of Midjourney's pages listed under Sources read says so.
Midjourney's Content Authenticity article, verification page and Terms of Service do not mention this, and its help center returned no results for IPTC, C2PA or watermark on October 19, 2026.
- Tool named in metadataThe tool or model written into ordinary file fields, such as Software or Creator.
Midjourney's verification page says it checks the information Midjourney embeds in what it serves, and accepts MP4, MOV and WebM video as well as images.
Only the verification page covers video; Midjourney's help article mentions images only.
Image and video verification (midjourney.com/verify)
Quoted passage Page heading and upload panel
Upload an image or video and we will check the information Midjourney embeds in what it serves. The file is only inspected, never stored." "PNG, JPEG, WebP, GIF, TIFF, MP4, MOV, or WebM — up to 20MB
Limits and detection
- Checking tool from the makerA way the maker offers to check a file for its traces.
Midjourney's checker at midjourney.com/verify is free, needs no account and has a daily limit. It accepts PNG, JPEG, WebP, GIF, TIFF, MP4, MOV and WebM files up to 20 MB and inspects them without storing them.
Content Authenticity (Midjourney Documentation, Midjourney Policies)
Quoted passage Verify an Image, paragraph 1 and final paragraph
Go to midjourney.com/verify, upload an image, and we'll tell you if Midjourney made it. It's free, you don't need an account, and we don't keep your image." "There's a daily limit on checks so the service stays available for everyone.
Image and video verification (midjourney.com/verify)
Quoted passage Page heading and upload panel
Upload an image or video and we will check the information Midjourney embeds in what it serves. The file is only inspected, never stored." "PNG, JPEG, WebP, GIF, TIFF, MP4, MOV, or WebM — up to 20MB
- What the maker says about limitsIn the maker's own words.
Midjourney says the absence of its tag does not mean Midjourney did not make an image, because screenshots, edits and most social media sites remove the tag.
Content Authenticity (Midjourney Documentation, Midjourney Policies)
Quoted passage Verify an Image, third result ('No Midjourney metadata found') and following paragraph
No Midjourney metadata found. There's no tag in the file. That doesn't mean Midjourney didn't make it. The tag is easily lost: Screenshots, edits, and most social media sites remove it." "For the most reliable answer, check the original downloaded file and not a screenshot or a copy from social media.
- What the maker says about limitsIn the maker's own words.
Midjourney's verification page says editing, cropping, re-encoding, screenshots and some platforms may remove its markers, and that files created before Midjourney began adding them never carried one. It does not say when marking began.
Image and video verification (midjourney.com/verify)
Quoted passage What this check can and cannot tell you, paragraph 2
A negative result does not mean the file was not made with Midjourney. Editing, cropping, re-encoding, screenshots and some platforms may remove these markers, and files created before Midjourney began adding them never carried a marker at all.
- What the maker says about limitsIn the maker's own words.
Midjourney's pages differ on forgery. Its help article says a tag faked or copied from another image will not pass its checker; its verification page says a positive result is not proof that Midjourney made a file, because metadata can be copied between files and a marker can be copied or fabricated.
Content Authenticity (Midjourney Documentation, Midjourney Policies)
Quoted passage Verify an Image, paragraph 2
A tag that was faked or copied from another image won't pass.
Image and video verification (midjourney.com/verify)
Quoted passage What this check can and cannot tell you, paragraph 1
A positive result is not proof that the file was made by Midjourney. Metadata can be copied from one file into another, and a marker can be copied or fabricated.
Sources read
Each page below was read and the quoted passage found on it. Last verified October 19, 2026.