EXIF Viewer & Remover
See the hidden metadata in your photos, including GPS location, and remove it without losing any image quality.
EXIF Viewer and Remover - See and Delete Hidden Photo Data
Every photo from a phone or camera carries hidden data: the camera model, the date and time, the settings used, and very often the exact GPS position where it was taken. This tool shows that data for JPG, PNG and WebP files, marks anything that gives away a location, and removes it in one click without touching a single pixel.
Photos never leave your device. The files are read and cleaned inside your browser, which matters for a tool whose whole purpose is privacy.
How to use it
- Drop photos on the box, or click it to choose them: up to 30 files of 50 MB each.
- Read what was found. A red GPS location badge means the photo reveals where it was taken; Show on map opens that spot.
- Leave Keep orientation (portrait photos stay upright) and Keep colour profile ticked unless you have a reason not to.
- Press Remove metadata on one photo, or Remove metadata from all.
- Use Download for each photo, or Download all for a ZIP file.
What a photo can reveal
| Data | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| GPS position and altitude | Can point to your home, school or workplace to within a few metres |
| Date and time taken | Shows when you were at that place |
| Camera make, model and serial number | Can link different photos to the same device |
| Owner, artist and copyright fields | Some cameras write your name into every photo |
| Software | Shows which app or editor last saved the file |
Lossless removal
Many tools remove metadata by decoding the photo and saving it again, which compresses a JPEG a second time and loses quality. This tool works on the file structure instead: it cuts out the metadata blocks (EXIF, XMP, IPTC, comments and PNG text chunks) and copies the image data byte for byte. The cleaned photo looks exactly the same, only smaller.
Some phones store extra images after the main photo, such as previews and the gain maps used for HDR display, each with its own copy of the metadata. Those are removed as well. The photo still shows normally, but without the extra HDR brightness on screens that support it.
Orientation and colour profile
Phones often save a portrait photo sideways and add an orientation tag that tells viewers to turn it. Removing every tag would make such a photo appear on its side. With Keep orientation (portrait photos stay upright) ticked, the tool writes back a tiny EXIF block that holds only the orientation, nothing else.
The colour profile describes how colours should be shown, for example on wide-gamut screens. It reveals nothing personal, so it is kept unless you untick Keep colour profile.
Do websites remove it for you?
Large social networks usually strip metadata from the public copy of a photo, but they may keep it on their own servers. Files sent as documents in messaging apps, email attachments, cloud sharing links, marketplaces and forums often keep everything. Cleaning photos before you share them is the only way to be sure.
Related tools
To convert, resize or compress photos, use the image converter. Converting also drops the metadata, but it re-encodes the image, whereas this tool does not. The task pages open this tool for one job: remove EXIF data and remove location from a photo.