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View and remove EXIF data

Drop your photos in and see what they reveal – often the exact place they were taken. One click strips the metadata without recompressing the image. Everything happens in your browser.

Drag and drop files here or

JPG and PNG, up to 20 files

Your files are processed only in your browser and never uploaded – they don’t leave your device.

Cleaned images

Choose photos – all stored metadata will appear here.

    Result

    How it is calculated

    Every phone photo stores extra information next to the picture – the EXIF data: camera model, date and time, exposure and, with location services on, the GPS coordinates, often accurate to a few metres. Selling items online, emailing pictures or posting them on forums can therefore reveal your home address. This tool shows the data and removes it.

    How it works

    1. Drop one or more photos (JPG, PNG). For each image you see camera, date taken, exposure and – highlighted in red – any stored location.
    2. “Show all EXIF fields” lists every entry found.
    3. Click “Remove metadata” and save the cleaned files one by one or as a ZIP.

    What exactly is removed

    EXIF is defined in the CIPA DC-008 standard: in JPEG files the data sits in the APP1 segment, built as a TIFF structure with several directories (camera, capture, GPS). The tool parses this structure itself and, when cleaning, drops the segments holding EXIF, XMP, IPTC and comments. PNG files lose the eXIf block plus text and time chunks. The actual image data is copied byte for byte – no quality loss, unlike apps that save the picture again.

    Two things can be kept: the orientation (otherwise portrait shots would lie on their side, because phones store them landscape and rotate them via EXIF) and the colour profile (without it colours can shift). Neither contains personal information.

    Honest limits

    JPG and PNG are supported. iPhone HEIC photos cannot be cleaned losslessly here – convert them to JPG first (which also drops the metadata). Manufacturer-specific fields (MakerNote) are shown but not decoded. What is visible in the picture itself – house numbers, faces, number plates – of course stays visible; use the blur tool for that.

    Privacy

    Your photos are only read in your browser and never uploaded. The map link opens OpenStreetMap only when you click it.

    Frequently asked questions

    How do I remove EXIF data from a photo?

    Drop the photo here and click “Remove metadata”. The new file contains no EXIF, XMP or IPTC data; image quality is unchanged because nothing is recompressed.

    How can I tell whether a photo contains my location?

    After you drop it in, any stored GPS coordinates are highlighted in red, with a link to the map. If there is no warning, the file holds no location.

    How do I remove EXIF data on an iPhone?

    Before sharing in the Photos app, tap “Options” and switch off “Location”. Or open this page in Safari and clean the photos here; export HEIC images as JPG first.

    Do WhatsApp and social networks strip EXIF data?

    Many services shrink photos on upload and drop the metadata, but that is not guaranteed. Sent as a file or document, EXIF data usually stays. The safe way is to remove it yourself first.

    Does removing EXIF reduce image quality?

    No. Only the metadata blocks are left out; the compressed image data stays identical byte for byte.

    Sources and legal basis

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