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Remove EXIF Data from Photos

Strip GPS location, camera details and timestamps from your photos without re-encoding them. Runs entirely in your browser — no upload, no signup.

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About the Remove EXIF Data from Photos

Every photo from a phone carries hidden text: the exact coordinates where it was taken, the date, the camera model, sometimes the owner's name and the editing history. This tool shows you what is inside the file and then removes it — without decoding or re-encoding the picture, so not one pixel changes.

The metadata in a photo is invisible in every viewer, which is exactly why it leaks. Sell something on a marketplace and the buyer can read your home address from the listing photo. Post a picture of a gift and the timestamp tells everyone when your house was empty. Upload a photo to a forum and the camera serial number ties every other photo you post to the same device. The tools that promise to fix this usually upload the photo to a server first — which hands the file, location included, to a stranger in order to protect it from strangers. This one does the work in your browser and never transmits anything.

How to use the Remove EXIF Data from Photos

  1. Select your JPG, PNG or WebP photos — drag in a whole batch at once.
  2. Read the report on each row: camera, capture date, author, and any GPS coordinates are shown before they are deleted.
  3. Leave the rotation option on "rotate upright" unless you want the lossless setting, then download each cleaned file or the whole batch as a ZIP.

Frequently asked questions

Are my photos uploaded to a server?

No. The file is read and rewritten in your browser tab, so it never leaves your device. You can load the page, disconnect from the internet, and clean a photo — it still works, which is the simplest way to check.

Does removing metadata reduce image quality?

Normally no, and that is the point. The picture is stored as a block of compressed image data surrounded by small metadata blocks; this tool deletes the metadata blocks and copies the image data through untouched, so the output is byte-for-byte identical where it matters. The one exception is a photo whose rotation is stored in the metadata rather than in the pixels — those are rotated and re-encoded at 95% so they do not end up sideways.

What exactly gets removed?

EXIF (camera, lens, serial number, timestamps, GPS), XMP (editing history, ratings), IPTC and Photoshop data (author, caption, credit), JPEG comments, PNG text and time chunks, WebP EXIF and XMP blocks, and Content Credentials. The ICC colour profile is kept, because removing it changes how the colours look, and so are the structural blocks that make the file readable.

How do I see what is in a photo before removing it?

Drop the photo in and read the row. The tool parses the metadata before deleting it and reports the camera, the capture date, the author, the serial number and the GPS coordinates in plain decimal degrees. If there is no location data, it says so instead of leaving you guessing.

Does this work on iPhone HEIC photos?

Not directly — HEIC is a different container and rewriting it safely is a separate job. Convert it first with the HEIC to JPG tool, which also leaves the metadata behind, so the JPG you get back is already clean.

Can I remove metadata from several photos at once?

Yes. Drop in as many files as you like, from any mix of JPG, PNG and WebP, and each one is reported and cleaned in turn. Download them individually or take the whole batch as a single ZIP.

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