EXIF viewer & remover

What is the EXIF Viewer & Remover?

Most photos taken with a phone or digital camera carry hidden metadata called EXIF data, including the camera model, the exact date and time the photo was taken, camera settings, and sometimes the precise GPS location where it was captured. This tool reads and displays that hidden data, and lets you strip it all out with one click before sharing the photo.

Everything happens locally in your browser. Your photo is never uploaded to a server, which matters especially here since EXIF data can be personally sensitive.

How to use it

1. Drop your photo onto the upload area, or click it to browse your device.
2. Any EXIF metadata found is displayed in a table, camera details, date taken, exposure settings, and GPS location if present.
3. If GPS data is found, a warning banner highlights it clearly.
4. Click Remove metadata & download to get a clean copy of the photo with all metadata stripped out.

What EXIF data typically includes

• Camera make and model - which device or camera took the photo
• Date and time taken - exactly when the shutter was pressed
• Exposure settings - shutter speed, aperture (f-number), ISO, and focal length
• Orientation - how the camera was rotated when the photo was taken
• GPS coordinates - the precise latitude and longitude where the photo was taken, if location services were enabled
• Software - what software last edited or exported the file

Why GPS data matters for privacy

Many phones automatically embed the exact GPS coordinates of where a photo was taken, down to a precise street address in many cases. If you share a photo online without removing this data, anyone who downloads the original file and checks its metadata could see exactly where it was taken, which can reveal your home address, workplace, or other locations you'd rather keep private. This is the most common privacy reason people use an EXIF remover before posting photos publicly.

How removal works technically

The tool draws your photo onto a fresh in-browser canvas and re-exports it as a new image file. Because the canvas only carries the actual pixel data, none of the original file's metadata carries over into the new export, giving you a visually identical photo with all EXIF data stripped away.

Frequently asked questions

Does removing EXIF data reduce image quality?

The re-export uses a high quality setting, so any quality difference is generally not noticeable, though as with any JPEG re-encoding there is a small amount of recompression involved.

Why don't I see any metadata for my photo?

Some photos genuinely have no EXIF data, for example images that were already stripped, downloaded from certain websites that remove it automatically, or exported from some software that doesn't include it. PNG and WEBP files also less commonly carry the same EXIF metadata that JPEGs do.

Is this the same as deleting the file's "Details" in Windows or Mac?

Similar in effect, both approaches aim to strip identifying metadata, but this tool works entirely offline in your browser rather than through your operating system's file properties panel, and works the same way regardless of what device or OS you're using.

Will this affect visible parts of the photo, like the image itself?

No, only the hidden metadata is removed. The visible image content is unchanged.