EXIF Remover
Remove EXIF and GPS data from photos, free
Photos carry hidden data: the camera, the date, and often the GPS coordinates of where they were taken. Drop an image to see what it is carrying, then strip it to a clean copy. It all runs in your browser, so the location-tagged original is never uploaded.
Drop an image here, or click to choose
JPG, PNG or WebP. Stripping happens entirely in your browser.
- Files never leave your device
- Runs in your browser
- Free, no signup
How it works
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Drop your photo
Add a JPG, PNG, or WebP. For a JPG, the tool reads the file locally and lists the metadata it finds, flagging GPS location if present.
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Remove the metadata
The image is redrawn onto a canvas in your browser and re-saved. The fresh file carries no EXIF, no GPS, and no camera data.
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Download the clean copy
Download a metadata-free version that looks identical but no longer reveals where or when it was taken. The format is preserved.
See the metadata, then strip it
Strips GPS location
GPS coordinates live in the EXIF block, and clearing it removes the location with everything else. For JPGs, a found GPS tag is flagged before you strip it.
Sees what was there
For a JPG, the tool lists the metadata it detected, from camera and date to color profiles, so you can confirm what is being removed.
Private by design
The whole strip happens on a canvas in your browser. The location-tagged original never leaves your device, which is the entire point of the tool.
Where this helps
Before posting publicly
Photos shared on forums, marketplaces, and smaller sites often keep their EXIF. Strip location and timestamps so a public post does not reveal where you live or your routine.
Selling items online
A photo of something for sale can carry the GPS coordinates of your home. Removing the metadata means buyers see the item, not your address.
Sharing with strangers
Sending images to people you do not fully know is safer without embedded camera and location data that could tie the file back to you.
Cleaning files for work
Publishing images on a company site or in documents is cleaner without stray device and software metadata attached to every file.
Tips that help
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Strip before you share, not after
Once a location-tagged photo is posted somewhere that keeps EXIF, the data is already out. Remove it before the file leaves your device.
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Do not assume the site strips it
Some big platforms remove EXIF on upload, but many places do not. If you are unsure, strip it yourself so it does not matter either way.
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Orientation is preserved
Removing metadata here keeps the photo upright, because the browser bakes the orientation into the pixels as it makes the clean copy.
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Editing also clears metadata
Cropping, resizing, or rotating an image here re-encodes it too, so the metadata is stripped as a side effect of those edits.
Removing EXIF and GPS metadata: what photos reveal and how stripping it works
Every photo from a phone or camera carries a hidden layer of data called EXIF, and most people never see it. It records the camera, the exact date and time, the settings, and very often the GPS coordinates of where the shot was taken. That information rides along when you share the file, which can quietly expose more than you intended. This guide explains what is in that metadata, why it is worth removing before posting, and how clearing it in the browser keeps the whole process private.
What EXIF metadata actually contains
EXIF, short for Exchangeable Image File Format, is a block of data tucked inside a photo alongside the pixels. It holds the camera make and model, the lens and exposure settings, the date and time down to the second, and the software that last touched the file.
The most sensitive field is location. If location services were on, the phone writes the GPS latitude and longitude into the EXIF, marking the precise spot the photo was taken. A picture from your garden can carry your home coordinates, accurate to a few meters.
None of this shows in the image itself, which is exactly why it is easy to forget. The data sits in the file's header, invisible until someone opens the photo's properties or runs it through a tool that reads the tags.
Why it is worth stripping before you share
The risk is leakage you did not intend. Post a photo of something for sale and the GPS tag can reveal your home address. Share a string of pictures and the timestamps can map out your daily routine. The camera model and software can even help identify which of several people took a shot.
Many large social platforms strip EXIF automatically when you upload, but plenty of places do not: forums, direct file shares, email attachments, smaller sites, and cloud links all tend to pass the original file through untouched. If you are not certain a destination strips metadata, the safe assumption is that it does not.
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Removing it yourself before sharing takes that uncertainty away. The file you hand over is already clean, so it does not matter whether the destination would have stripped it or not. For anything posted publicly or sent to people you do not fully trust, that is the cautious default.
How clearing metadata in the browser works
The method is simple and reliable: the image is decoded and drawn onto a canvas, then saved as a fresh file. A canvas only knows about pixels, so when the browser exports it, the new file contains the image data and nothing else. The EXIF block, the GPS tag, the timestamps, all of it is left behind.
As the browser draws the photo, it also honors the EXIF orientation tag, so a picture that was being displayed upright thanks to that tag stays upright in the clean copy. You lose the metadata without inheriting the sideways-photo problem that sometimes follows orientation changes.
For a JPG, this tool also peeks at the file first and lists what it found, flagging a GPS tag when one is present. That is not required to strip the data, but it lets you see the location was really there before it is gone, rather than taking it on faith.
Privacy is the whole point, so nothing is uploaded
It would defeat the purpose to send a photo to a server in order to remove its location data, because the upload itself hands the original, location-tagged file to someone else. A privacy tool that uploads is not really a privacy tool.
So this one never uploads. The reading, the redraw, and the re-save all happen on your device inside the browser tab. The photo and its hidden coordinates stay with you the entire time, and only the clean copy leaves, when you choose to download it.
The flow is quick: drop a photo, see what metadata it carries, remove it, and download the clean version. If you also need to crop or resize the image, do that first, since those edits go through the same kind of re-encode and the metadata ends up stripped either way.
Frequently asked questions
Honest answers to what people ask before using this tool.
Further reading
Independent references if you want to go deeper on the formats and tradeoffs.