Drop any photo to instantly view its EXIF metadata (GPS, camera settings, date, etc.). Remove all metadata with one click for privacy. Nothing leaves your device.
Last updated: August 2026
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JPEG, PNG, WebP, HEIC, TIFF, AVIF. Your file never leaves this device.
Five steps, all running locally in your browser.
Drop your photo
JPEG, PNG, WebP, HEIC, HEIF, TIFF or AVIF. Nothing is uploaded, it stays on your device.
Review the metadata
GPS, camera, exposure, date and software, grouped, with a warning if GPS coordinates are found.
Check the map link
If GPS is present, a View on Google Maps link appears automatically.
Remove metadata, optional
One click. PNG stays PNG on download, everything else becomes JPEG.
Export, optional
Copy as JSON to grab the full raw metadata for another tool.
Every photo taken on a smartphone or digital camera automatically records this data.
GPS coordinates
Exact latitude and longitude where the photo was taken. Can be accurate to within a few metres.
Camera and device
Make, model and serial number of the camera or phone used. Identifies your specific device.
Date and time
The exact moment the photo was taken, down to the second. Can reveal your schedule and routines.
Lens settings
Aperture, shutter speed, ISO, focal length and flash status at the moment of capture.
Software
Editing apps used on the image. Can reveal Photoshop, Lightroom, Instagram or other tools.
Author and copyright
Photographer name and copyright fields, if set by the camera or editing software.
Most people have no idea that the photos they share online contain far more information than the image itself. A photo of your morning coffee posted to Instagram carries the GPS coordinates of your kitchen, the exact time you took it, the make and model of your phone, and sometimes the serial number of the device. Instagram strips some of this before displaying the image, but if you share the original file by email, in a WhatsApp message, or attached to a job application, all of that data travels with it.
This isn't a security vulnerability or a bug. It's a feature that was designed to help photographers organize and catalog their work. Camera manufacturers and phone makers embed EXIF data so you can sort photos by date, filter by location, or pull technical details when reviewing shots. The problem is that the same data that's useful for your photo library is also readable by anyone who receives the file.
Modern smartphone GPS is accurate to within 3 to 5 metres in good conditions. That's precise enough to identify not just the neighborhood but the specific building, and often the floor or room. A photo taken inside your home that you share publicly contains a data point that maps directly to your front door. Photos taken at a workplace, a school, or a private location carry the same risk.
Most social media platforms now strip GPS data before displaying images, which has reduced the risk for casual posting. But the stripping happens at display time, not at download time. On some platforms, the original file with full EXIF intact is still accessible to determined users via the original download option. And outside of social media, nothing strips your data automatically.
If you're a photographer, EXIF data is genuinely useful and worth keeping in your personal library. Knowing the aperture, shutter speed, and ISO for every shot in a catalog helps you understand what worked and why. Knowing the GPS location of a landscape shot means you can find the exact spot again. Lightroom, Capture One, and most professional photo management tools rely on EXIF data for organization and smart filtering.
The question isn't whether to keep EXIF data. It's when to remove it before sharing. Keep it in your personal archive and your editing workflow. Strip it before the file leaves your control. This tool makes that a one-click step, though it's worth knowing that the clean copy only keeps your original file format if you started with a PNG, everything else comes back as a JPEG. If preserving your exact source format matters, the dedicated Remove EXIF Data tool handles that differently.
Expecting the clean download to keep your original format
Only PNG survives as PNG. JPEG, WebP, HEIC, HEIF, TIFF and AVIF all come back as JPEG once metadata is removed. Use the dedicated Remove EXIF Data tool if keeping your exact original format matters more than convenience.
Assuming metadata removal always shrinks the file
For a PNG source it usually does, slightly. For anything re-encoded as JPEG, a source that was already in an efficient format like WebP, HEIC or AVIF can come out larger, not smaller, even with its metadata gone.
Trying to process a batch of photos at once
This tool handles one photo at a time for both viewing and removal. There's no batch mode here, run each photo through individually.
Assuming a re-download from social media is metadata-clean
Platforms strip some metadata before displaying an image in-app, but the original download option on some platforms can still carry full EXIF. Check here before assuming a re-downloaded photo is clean.
Not checking a HEIC or AVIF file that shows 0x0 dimensions
That just means the browser couldn't render a preview for that particular file, not that the metadata reading failed. GPS, camera and date fields still populate correctly even when dimensions can't be shown.
Remove EXIF Data
Strip metadata while keeping your original file format
Compress Under 100KB
Compress images for portals and upload forms
Image Color Picker
Extract dominant colors and get HEX, RGB, HSL codes
JPG to WebP
Convert JPEG to WebP for smaller web images
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Resize to exact pixel dimensions. No white space
EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format) is hidden metadata embedded in digital photos. It records information including the camera make and model, lens settings (aperture, shutter speed, ISO), the exact date and time the photo was taken, GPS coordinates, and software used to edit the image. All smartphones and digital cameras automatically record this data.
Yes. If your phone or camera had GPS enabled when you took the photo, the exact latitude and longitude coordinates are stored in the EXIF data. Anyone who downloads the image can read these coordinates and pinpoint the location. This is a significant privacy risk when sharing photos publicly. This tool highlights GPS data with a warning and lets you remove it.
It depends on the source format. If your photo is a PNG, the clean output stays PNG, which is lossless, so quality doesn't change and the size shift is just the metadata block removed. For every other format, JPEG, WebP, HEIC, TIFF or AVIF, the clean copy is re-encoded as a new JPEG, since that's what the removal step defaults to for anything that isn't PNG. Visual quality stays close to the original for most photos, but the file size doesn't necessarily go down. A source in an efficient format like WebP, HEIC or AVIF can actually come out larger as JPEG, even with its metadata stripped.
Only if you started with a PNG. Every other input format, JPEG, WebP, HEIC, HEIF, TIFF and AVIF, comes back as a JPEG once metadata is removed, since that's what the re-encode step defaults to. If keeping your exact original format matters more than the convenience of removing metadata here, use the dedicated Remove EXIF Data tool instead, which handles that differently.
The image is drawn onto an HTML canvas element and re-exported as a new file. The canvas API only outputs raw pixel data, it has no mechanism to preserve or copy EXIF metadata, so nothing carries over regardless of source format. PNG sources are re-exported as PNG. Every other format is re-exported as JPEG, since that's what the encode step defaults to for anything that isn't PNG.
No, this tool handles one photo at a time, both for viewing and for removal. There's no batch mode here. For multiple photos, run each one through individually.
Dimensions are read by asking the browser to render a preview of the image, which some browsers can't do for every HEIC or AVIF variant without native support. EXIF metadata is read separately and directly from the file's structure, so it doesn't depend on the browser being able to display the photo. If your browser can't preview a file, you may see 0x0 for resolution while every other metadata field, including GPS, still populates correctly.
No. Your image is read and processed entirely in your browser. Nothing is sent to any server. You can verify this by disconnecting from the internet, the tool still works completely.
JPEG, PNG, WebP, HEIC, HEIF, TIFF and AVIF are all supported for metadata reading. JPEG images contain the most comprehensive EXIF data. PNG files typically contain less EXIF but may include metadata from editing software. HEIC files from iPhone contain full EXIF including GPS.
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