diff --git a/docs/administration/CLI_tasks/instance.md b/docs/administration/CLI_tasks/instance.md
index 989ecc55d..d6913280a 100644
--- a/docs/administration/CLI_tasks/instance.md
+++ b/docs/administration/CLI_tasks/instance.md
@@ -37,3 +37,6 @@ If any of the options are left unspecified, you will be prompted interactively.
 - `--static-dir <path>` - the directory custom public files should be read from (custom emojis, frontend bundle overrides, robots.txt, etc.)
 - `--listen-ip <ip>` - the ip the app should listen to, defaults to 127.0.0.1
 - `--listen-port <port>` - the port the app should listen to, defaults to 4000
+- `--strip-uploads <Y|N>` - use ExifTool to strip uploads of sensitive location data
+- `--anonymize-uploads <Y|N>` - randomize uploaded filenames
+- `--dedupe-uploads <Y|N>` - store files based on their hash to reduce data storage requirements if duplicates are uploaded with different filenames
diff --git a/lib/mix/tasks/pleroma/instance.ex b/lib/mix/tasks/pleroma/instance.ex
index 91440b453..fc21ae062 100644
--- a/lib/mix/tasks/pleroma/instance.ex
+++ b/lib/mix/tasks/pleroma/instance.ex
@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@ defmodule Mix.Tasks.Pleroma.Instance do
           uploads_dir: :string,
           static_dir: :string,
           listen_ip: :string,
-          listen_port: :string
+          listen_port: :string,
+          strip_uploads: :string,
+          anonymize_uploads: :string,
+          dedupe_uploads: :string
         ],
         aliases: [
           o: :output,
@@ -158,6 +161,30 @@ defmodule Mix.Tasks.Pleroma.Instance do
         )
         |> Path.expand()
 
+      strip_uploads =
+        get_option(
+          options,
+          :strip_uploads,
+          "Do you want to strip location (GPS) data from uploaded images? (y/n)",
+          "y"
+        ) === "y"
+
+      anonymize_uploads =
+        get_option(
+          options,
+          :anonymize_uploads,
+          "Do you want to anonymize the filenames of uploads? (y/n)",
+          "n"
+        ) === "y"
+
+      dedupe_uploads =
+        get_option(
+          options,
+          :dedupe_uploads,
+          "Do you want to deduplicate uploaded files? (y/n)",
+          "n"
+        ) === "y"
+
       Config.put([:instance, :static_dir], static_dir)
 
       secret = :crypto.strong_rand_bytes(64) |> Base.encode64() |> binary_part(0, 64)
@@ -188,7 +215,13 @@ defmodule Mix.Tasks.Pleroma.Instance do
           uploads_dir: uploads_dir,
           rum_enabled: rum_enabled,
           listen_ip: listen_ip,
-          listen_port: listen_port
+          listen_port: listen_port,
+          upload_filters:
+            upload_filters(%{
+              strip: strip_uploads,
+              anonymize: anonymize_uploads,
+              dedupe: dedupe_uploads
+            })
         )
 
       result_psql =
@@ -247,4 +280,31 @@ defmodule Mix.Tasks.Pleroma.Instance do
     File.write(robots_txt_path, robots_txt)
     shell_info("Writing #{robots_txt_path}.")
   end
+
+  defp upload_filters(filters) when is_map(filters) do
+    enabled_filters =
+      if filters.strip do
+        [Pleroma.Upload.Filter.ExifTool]
+      else
+        []
+      end
+
+    enabled_filters =
+      if filters.anonymize do
+        enabled_filters ++ [Pleroma.Upload.Filter.AnonymizeFilename]
+      else
+        enabled_filters
+      end
+
+    enabled_filters =
+      if filters.dedupe do
+        enabled_filters ++ [Pleroma.Upload.Filter.Dedupe]
+      else
+        enabled_filters
+      end
+
+    enabled_filters
+  end
+
+  defp upload_filters(_), do: []
 end
diff --git a/priv/templates/sample_config.eex b/priv/templates/sample_config.eex
index bc7e37375..cdddc47ea 100644
--- a/priv/templates/sample_config.eex
+++ b/priv/templates/sample_config.eex
@@ -71,3 +71,7 @@ config :pleroma, Pleroma.Uploaders.Local, uploads: "<%= uploads_dir %>"
 config :joken, default_signer: "<%= jwt_secret %>"
 
 config :pleroma, configurable_from_database: <%= db_configurable? %>
+
+<%= if Kernel.length(upload_filters) > 0 do
+"config :pleroma, Pleroma.Upload, filters: #{inspect(upload_filters)}"
+end %>
diff --git a/test/tasks/instance_test.exs b/test/tasks/instance_test.exs
index 3b4c041d9..914ccb10a 100644
--- a/test/tasks/instance_test.exs
+++ b/test/tasks/instance_test.exs
@@ -63,7 +63,13 @@ defmodule Pleroma.InstanceTest do
         "--uploads-dir",
         "test/uploads",
         "--static-dir",
-        "./test/../test/instance/static/"
+        "./test/../test/instance/static/",
+        "--strip-uploads",
+        "y",
+        "--dedupe-uploads",
+        "n",
+        "--anonymize-uploads",
+        "n"
       ])
     end
 
@@ -82,6 +88,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.InstanceTest do
     assert generated_config =~ "password: \"dbpass\""
     assert generated_config =~ "configurable_from_database: true"
     assert generated_config =~ "http: [ip: {127, 0, 0, 1}, port: 4000]"
+    assert generated_config =~ "filters: [Pleroma.Upload.Filter.ExifTool]"
     assert File.read!(tmp_path() <> "setup.psql") == generated_setup_psql()
     assert File.exists?(Path.expand("./test/instance/static/robots.txt"))
   end