Remove Photo Metadata (EXIF)

What hides inside a photo

Every time your phone or camera takes a picture, it tucks a block of invisible notes into the file called EXIF data. This can include the exact GPS coordinates where the shot was taken, the date and time down to the second, the camera or phone model, and even the serial number of the lens. A photo of your living room can quietly carry the latitude and longitude of your front door. This tool strips all of that out and hands you back a clean copy of the image with only the pixels intact.

When you'd want to strip it

Before you list an item on Facebook Marketplace or Craigslist, before you post a photo of your pet in the backyard, before you send a picture to someone you don't fully trust, or before you upload anything to a forum. Most big social networks quietly remove location data on upload, but they do it after the file has already reached their servers, and marketplaces, email, and messaging apps often leave it fully intact. Photographers also use this to hide which camera body and settings they used.

A quick real-world example

Say you snap a photo of a bike you're selling in your driveway. The JPEG can embed the GPS point of that driveway. Anyone who downloads the original and opens it in a properties viewer can read your home address off the map. Running the file through this tool removes the GPS tag and the timestamp, so the buyer sees a bike and nothing else.

How to use it

1. Drag a photo onto the box, or tap to pick one from your device. JPEG, PNG, and HEIC all work.
2. The tool reads and rewrites the file right on your screen, dropping the EXIF and GPS blocks while keeping the picture untouched.
3. Check the before/after summary showing which tags, like location or timestamp, were found and removed.
4. Download the cleaned copy. Your original file is never changed.

FAQ

Does removing metadata lower my photo's quality?

No. Only the hidden text tags are stripped. The image is re-saved at full resolution, so what you see looks identical.

Will this remove GPS location specifically?

Yes. GPS coordinates live in the EXIF block, so they come out along with the camera model, timestamp, and other tags.

Do you upload my photo anywhere?

No. Everything happens inside your browser, so the image never leaves your device.

Is it free to use?

Yes, it's completely free and supported by ads on the page.