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View and remove photo metadata (EXIF)

See a photo's camera, date and GPS location, then strip that metadata before you share it; the photo is read in your browser and never uploaded.

Drop photos to inspectJPG, HEIC, PNG, WebP, AVIF · or click to browse
Choose photosProcessed on your device — never uploaded
Runs in your browser · no uploadHow it works

How to use EXIF viewer & remover

  1. 1

    Add photos

    Drop up to 10 JPG, HEIC, PNG, WebP or AVIF files of up to 25 MB; a red pin marks any photo that contains a location.

  2. 2

    Read the metadata

    Camera, lens, exposure, date and GPS appear at the top; search every tag, copy values or export the full list as JSON.

  3. 3

    Choose what to remove

    Press Remove all metadata, or Remove location only to keep camera and date details but drop the GPS coordinates.

  4. 4

    Verify and download

    The cleaned copy is read again so you can see what remains, then save it or every photo in no-metadata.zip.

Limits and Pro

Up to 10 photos per batch and 25 MB per photo, for viewing and for removal.

Pro inspects and cleans batches of up to 500 photos, with files of up to 4 GB. See Pro

About EXIF viewer & remover

EXIF viewer & remover shows the information a camera or phone hides inside a picture: make and model, lens, focal length, aperture, shutter speed and ISO, the exact capture time, editing software, copyright and caption fields from IPTC and XMP, the colour profile, and the GPS position with altitude. Coordinates are shown in decimal and degrees-minutes-seconds with a link to OpenStreetMap. It also reveals the small embedded thumbnail some cameras store, which can still show the uncropped original after you cropped the main picture.

Removal is lossless for JPG, PNG and WebP: the metadata blocks are cut out of the file and the image data is left byte for byte as it was, so there is no quality loss and the file usually gets smaller. By default the colour profile is kept to avoid colour shifts, and the orientation tag so the photo stays upright; both can be switched off. HEIC photos, and TIFF files in Safari, can't be edited that way in a browser, so they are saved as a quality-92 JPG, and AVIF is re-encoded as AVIF, which removes all metadata. After cleaning, the tool reads the new file again and lists anything left.

Typical uses are checking a photo before posting it on a marketplace or social network, removing your home location from pictures sent to strangers, and confirming which camera and settings produced a shot. It does not edit or add metadata, and maker notes, the private data blocks of camera brands, are not decoded.

Privacy

Metadata is parsed by exifr in this tab and removed by byte-level code that runs locally, with WebAssembly codecs fetched from this site only for HEIC, TIFF or AVIF re-encoding. Photos and their location are never uploaded. The only way coordinates leave your device is if you press the OpenStreetMap button, which opens that site in a new tab with the position in the address.

Features

GPS on a map

See coordinates in decimal and degrees, copy them, or open the spot on OpenStreetMap.

Every tag

EXIF, GPS, XMP, IPTC, ICC and the embedded thumbnail, with search and JSON export.

Remove location only

Drop GPS but keep camera and date details, or strip everything at once.

Verified removal

Each cleaned file is read again and the tool lists anything that remains.

EXIF viewer & remover: frequently asked questions

How do I see where a photo was taken?
Add the photo and look at the highlighted location card: if the camera recorded GPS, it shows the latitude, longitude and altitude, a pin icon on the thumbnail, and an OpenStreetMap button that opens the spot on a map. Most phones store location when location access for the Camera app is enabled. If no location card appears, the file doesn't contain coordinates, or an app already removed them.
Does removing metadata reduce image quality?
Not for JPG, PNG and WebP. Those files are cleaned by cutting the metadata blocks out of the file; the compressed image data isn't touched, so every pixel stays identical and the file simply gets smaller. Only HEIC and TIFF, which can't be rewritten losslessly in a browser, are converted to a high-quality JPG at 92%, and AVIF is re-encoded at the same quality.
Can I remove only the GPS location and keep the rest?
Yes. Press Remove location only: the GPS block inside the EXIF data and any GPS fields in XMP are erased, while camera model, lens, exposure settings and capture date stay. That keeps the photo useful for photo libraries that sort by date. This option works losslessly for JPG, PNG and WebP; for HEIC, TIFF and AVIF all metadata is removed, and the result card says so.
Do Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook remove EXIF data?
Most large social networks strip GPS and camera data from the copies they show to other people, but they may still read and keep the information themselves when you upload. Sending a picture as a file or document in a chat app, emailing it, or posting it on a forum or marketplace often keeps everything. Removing the metadata yourself before sharing is the only way to be sure.
What is the embedded thumbnail and why does it matter?
Many cameras and phones save a small preview, about 160 pixels wide, inside the EXIF block. Some editing apps crop or retouch the main picture but leave that preview unchanged, so it can still show what you cut out. The viewer displays the thumbnail next to the photo when one exists, and Remove all metadata deletes it together with the rest of the EXIF data.

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