Remove photo metadata: EXIF, GPS location and camera details
See the GPS location, camera, date and software hidden in a photo, then remove them without re-compressing JPG, PNG or WebP.
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Photos taken on phones usually carry EXIF metadata: the exact GPS position where the picture was taken, the date and time, the phone or camera model, lens details, and often the editing app. Many messaging apps strip it, but email attachments, cloud links, file transfers and some websites pass the original file on unchanged. This tool shows you what is inside a photo and gives you a clean copy.
For JPG, PNG and WebP the metadata is removed losslessly: the file is taken apart block by block, the EXIF, XMP and IPTC blocks (and JPEG comments, PNG text chunks and data hidden after the end of the image, such as motion-photo videos) are dropped, and the compressed picture data is copied unchanged, so there is no quality loss. The colour profile is kept by default because it contains no personal data and changes how colours look. If the photo depends on the EXIF rotation flag, a tiny block containing only that flag is kept so the picture is not shown sideways.
HEIC photos from iPhones cannot be cleaned this way in a browser, so they are decoded and saved as a high-quality JPG, which carries no metadata. After cleaning, the new file is read again with the same metadata parser to confirm that nothing identifying is left. Everything happens on your device; the photo is not uploaded.
How to use it
- Drop a photo (JPG, PNG, WebP or HEIC) or click to choose one.
- Review what it contains: the GPS latitude and longitude, camera, date taken, software and every other field.
- Leave "Keep colour profile" and "Keep rotation" on unless you want those removed too, then click Remove metadata.
- Check the confirmation and download the clean copy. Share that file instead of the original.
Frequently asked questions
Does removing EXIF reduce the image quality?
Not for JPG, PNG or WebP: only the metadata blocks are removed and the compressed image data is copied byte for byte. HEIC files are the exception, because they are converted to JPG (quality 92%).
What exactly is removed?
EXIF (including GPS, camera, lens, serial number, date and settings), XMP (editing history, descriptions), IPTC/Photoshop blocks (captions, credits), JPEG comments, PNG text and time chunks, embedded thumbnails and extra images, and any data appended after the end of the image. Optionally the ICC colour profile and the rotation flag too.
Why keep the rotation flag?
Phones often save the pixels sideways and add an Orientation tag telling viewers to rotate the picture. Without it the photo would appear rotated. The kept block contains nothing but that one number; turn the option off if you prefer to remove it as well.
Do WhatsApp or social networks remove location data?
Most large social networks and messaging apps strip EXIF from photos they recompress, but sending a photo as a document or file, email attachments and cloud-storage links usually keep the original metadata. When in doubt, clean the file first.
Is the photo uploaded to check it?
No. The metadata is read with the exifr library in your browser and the file is cleaned with code running on your device.
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