How to remove EXIF data from photos
- 1 Drop your photos on the box, or click browse to choose them. You can add many at once.
- 2 Press Remove EXIF. One image downloads directly; several come in a ZIP file.
- 3 Check the new size and file size shown under each image.
Sharing photos safely
Clean photos as the last step before sharing, after any editing, because some editors add new metadata. Check a cleaned copy in the EXIF Data Viewer the first time. If you also want to mark the photo as yours, add a mark with Add Watermark to Image first and then clean it.
- Switch off location tags in your camera app to stop the problem at the source.
- Keep your original photos with metadata for your own archive.
- Cleaned files keep their names with a clean suffix, so originals are never overwritten.
Features
Lossless cleaning
Upright JPG, PNG and WebP pictures are not re-encoded, so there is no quality loss.
Removes location
GPS coordinates, camera details, dates, comments and XMP data are removed.
Keeps colours right
Colour profiles are kept so the photo looks the same on every screen.
When to use it
Selling online
Photos of items taken at home can reveal your address. Clean them before posting on marketplace sites.
Sharing with strangers
Send clean copies to people you do not know, such as landlords, buyers or online groups.
Publishing on a website
Remove personal and camera details from blog and shop images. To check what a photo contains first, use EXIF Data Viewer.
Protecting children
Remove location data from family photos before sharing them in groups or forums.
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Frequently asked questions
What does removing EXIF data actually delete?
It deletes the EXIF block with camera, settings, date and GPS fields, plus XMP and IPTC data, embedded comments and Photoshop information. The pixels of the picture stay untouched.
Will removing metadata reduce quality?
No for upright JPG, PNG and WebP files, because the image data is copied as it is. Sideways JPG photos and HEIC or other formats are saved again as a high quality JPG, which can change the file very slightly.
Why does my photo stay the right way up?
Phones often save photos sideways and use an EXIF tag to rotate them. When that tag is present, the tool turns the picture upright before saving, so it still displays correctly without the tag.
Do social media sites remove EXIF data already?
Most large platforms strip location data from the public copy, but not every site or messaging app does, and the original is still stored by the service. Cleaning first keeps control in your hands.
How do I turn off location in my camera app?
On iPhone, open Settings, then Privacy, Location Services, Camera, and choose Never. On Android, open the camera settings and switch off location tags or save location.
Does this remove the date the photo was taken?
Yes. The capture date stored in EXIF is removed. The file date on your device may still show when the cleaned copy was downloaded.
Can I check that the data is gone?
Yes. Open the cleaned photo in EXIF Data Viewer. It should show no camera, date or location fields.
Are my photos sent anywhere to be cleaned?
No. The metadata is cut out by code in your browser, on your own device, so your photos and their locations stay private.
How this tool works. These image tools run entirely in your browser using the Canvas API built into every modern browser, the open-source libheif decoder for iPhone HEIC photos and Tesseract, a widely used open-source OCR engine, for reading text. Each tool is tested with real phone photos, screenshots and scans before it goes live, and nothing you open is sent to a server.
Built and reviewed by Hamza Farooq, founder and lead developer
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