EXIF data viewer & remover
See and strip metadata from photos without uploading them.
FreeRuns in your browserNo signupUpdated 2026-10-29
Stripping works by redrawing the pixels into a fresh file, so every EXIF, IPTC and XMP block is dropped. JPEGs are re-encoded at 92% quality; PNG and WebP keep their format.
Metadata tags
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choose a photo
Location
No GPS
Cleaned file
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The download contains zero metadata tags. Check it by loading it here again.
About this tool
How it works and how to read the result.
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See the serviceWhat it does
Before you publish or send a photo, remove EXIF data that can give away where and when it was taken. The viewer reads the metadata stored inside a JPG, PNG or WebP file, counts the tags, flags GPS coordinates and lists the useful ones: camera, lens, date, software, exposure and location. It then redraws the pixels into a fresh file with no EXIF, IPTC or XMP blocks at all, ready to download. The photo is processed on your device, so the original never travels anywhere.
How to use it
- Choose a photo. A sample with no metadata is loaded first, so the table starts empty.
- Read the badges: how many tags were found and whether GPS coordinates are present.
- Scan the table for anything you would not want to share, such as the location or the owner's name.
- Download the clean copy.
- Load the downloaded file back in to confirm it shows zero tags.
How to read the result
Metadata tags is the number of tags found in the original. Location turns red when GPS coordinates are present, which means anyone with the file can see where it was taken. Cleaned file shows the size of the stripped copy, with the original size underneath.
Say you load a JPG straight from a phone and see 54 tags with GPS present. The table lists the make and model, a DateTimeOriginal of 2026:10:12 09:41:07, a GPSLatitude of 19.0760 and a GPSLongitude of 72.8777. Coordinates with four decimal places pin the spot to within about ten metres. After stripping, the clean copy has zero tags and no GPS. It may be a little smaller or larger than the original, because the JPG is saved again at 92% quality, but at normal viewing size it looks the same.
If the table is empty and the tag count is low, the file was already clean. Screenshots, exported graphics and images saved from social networks usually are.
Shrink the clean copy for the web with the image compressor. Uploads that strip metadata automatically are something we build into client sites as part of website design and development.
Questions
Frequently asked.
What does EXIF data reveal?
Camera make and model, lens, exposure settings, the date and time the photo was taken, the software used to edit it and, if location was on, the exact GPS coordinates. A photo of a home office taken on a phone can give away the street address of the person who took it.
Do social networks strip EXIF already?
Most large platforms remove location data from the images they display, but you cannot rely on it everywhere. Messaging apps that send a photo as a document, email attachments, shared cloud folders and your own website usually pass the original file through untouched, metadata included.
Will removing EXIF rotate my photo?
No. Phones often store photos sideways and use an EXIF orientation tag to show them upright. Current browsers apply that tag when they draw the image, so the pixels are saved upright without the tag, and the clean copy looks the same as the original in every viewer.
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