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EXIF Remover

See the hidden metadata your photos carry, GPS location included, then download clean copies with all of it removed.

Photos

Drop photos here or click to browse

or paste from clipboard · JPEG, PNG, WebP

Files stay in your browser. Nothing is uploaded.

How to remove EXIF data from a photo

  1. Add your photos

    Drop JPEG, PNG, or WebP files onto the tool, click to browse, or paste straight from your clipboard. Whole batches are fine.

  2. Review what was found

    Each photo is scanned automatically and its metadata is summarised: camera, capture date, editing software, and a red warning whenever a GPS location is embedded.

  3. Download the clean copies

    A clean copy of every photo is produced in the same run. Save files one at a time or download two or more together as a single ZIP.

Why use this tool

Shows what was found before it goes

Every photo gets a per-file summary of its metadata: camera make and model, capture date, editing software, and a red warning chip whenever GPS coordinates are embedded.

A privacy tool that is itself private

Scanning and cleaning both happen on your device. A metadata remover that uploads your photo would defeat its own purpose; this one never sees your files.

Batch cleaning with ZIP download

Queue any number of photos at once. Each row reports what it found and offers its own download, and batches of two or more can be saved as a single ZIP.

Pixels and dimensions unchanged

The clean copy keeps the exact width, height, and format of the original. The image is rewritten pixel for pixel at full size, which leaves no room for hidden data.

Orientation preserved

Photos that rely on a rotation flag are rotated into the pixels before the flag is removed, so the clean copy still displays the right way up.

About this tool

Most photos carry far more than pixels. A phone or camera writes EXIF metadata into every shot: the exact GPS coordinates of where it was taken, which can point straight at your home, plus the device make and model, the precise date and time, and often the software used to edit it afterwards. None of it is visible in the picture, so it travels wherever the file goes. This tool reads that metadata, shows you a per-photo summary with a clear warning when a location is embedded, and produces a copy with all of it removed.

Strip metadata whenever a photo leaves your control: marketplace listings that would otherwise reveal where you live, pictures posted to forums that keep files untouched, photos sent to strangers, or product shots headed for the public web. The clean copy is rewritten pixel for pixel at full size, which leaves no room for hidden data. JPEG and WebP files are re-encoded at high quality, PNG stays lossless, and the width, height, and format never change.

There is an obvious problem with most metadata removers: they ask you to upload the photo, GPS coordinates and all, to someone else's server so it can be cleaned. That defeats the purpose. Here, both the reading and the rewriting happen on your device, and the photo never leaves your browser. Once your copies are clean, you can shrink them with the image compressor or change their dimensions with the image resizer.

Frequently asked questions

What exactly gets removed from my photos?
Everything that is not pixels. That includes EXIF fields such as camera make and model, capture date and time, GPS coordinates, lens and exposure settings, plus embedded thumbnails, editing history, and text notes. The clean copy contains image data only.
Does removing EXIF data change image quality?
PNG output is lossless, so the pixels are identical. JPEG and WebP files are rewritten at high quality, which applies a very slight re-compression that is not visible in normal use. Width and height never change, though extremely large photos beyond what the browser can process at full size are scaled down, and the tool tells you when that happens.
What does the red GPS warning mean?
It means the photo has location coordinates embedded in it, usually the exact spot where it was taken. If you took the photo at home, that is your home address. The warning is shown so you know what was there; the clean copy has the coordinates removed.
Which formats are supported?
JPEG, PNG, and WebP, and the clean copy keeps the same format. JPEG photos carry the most metadata. PNG and WebP carry less, but they can still hold text blocks and editing history, and the rewrite clears those too.
Are my photos uploaded anywhere?
No. Reading the metadata and rewriting the file both happen in your browser. Nothing is sent to a server, which matters more for this tool than most: uploading a photo to strip its location data would hand that data over in the process.
Can I clean many photos at once?
Yes. Drop a whole batch and each photo gets its own row with a metadata summary, a size readout, and a download button. Two or more clean photos can be downloaded together as a single ZIP.

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