Remove EXIF Data and Location from Photos
See the GPS location and EXIF data hidden in a photo, then download a clean copy with the picture quality untouched.
Drop an image here or choose one
JPG, PNG, WebP or GIF · up to 12 MBFound in the image and removed from the copy
How to use it
- Drop the image on the upload area or choose it.
- Read what was found: location, camera model, date and more.
- Press “Download the clean copy” and share that copy instead of the original.
Examples
- Phone photoa JPG with a GPS location and the phone model a copy with no location and no EXIF data
- Rotated photoa JPG that records its rotation only the rotation hint stays, so the picture displays upright
- Clean imagea PNG with no metadata a message that it needs no cleaning
Tool details and privacy
See the GPS location and EXIF data inside a photo, such as the phone model and the date taken, then download a clean copy. The picture is not recompressed, so its quality stays exactly the same.
After removal the new copy is checked again, so you know it is really clean before you share it.
Limits
- One image at a time, as JPG, PNG, WebP or GIF, up to 12 MB.
- What the picture needs to display correctly stays in the copy: the colour profile, and the rotation hint in a JPG.
- In PNG and WebP the whole EXIF block is removed, rotation hint included, so a rotated picture may display turned.
- Watermarks and anything visible in the picture itself are not removed.
Privacy
The image is read and cleaned in your browser and never uploaded.
Questions
What is EXIF data?
Information your phone or camera stores inside the image file: where and when the photo was taken, the device model and the camera settings. It does not show in the picture, but anyone who receives the file can read it.
How do I remove the location from a photo before sending it?
Add the photo here, download the clean copy and send that copy. The tool shows whether the photo holds a location and confirms the copy does not.
What exactly is removed?
From JPG: EXIF, XMP and IPTC data, comments, thumbnails and any embedded data the picture does not need. From PNG: EXIF data, text and the modification time. From WebP: EXIF and XMP data. From GIF: comments and XMP data.
Does it affect image quality?
No. Only the data blocks are removed from the file; the picture is not recompressed, so its pixels stay as they are.