EXIF Viewer & Remover
See what your photos secretly reveal — GPS location included — and strip it losslessly
Never uploaded — Photos are inspected and cleaned entirely in your browser — they never leave your device, which is exactly what you want from a privacy tool.
How it works
- 1
Drop your photos — each one's metadata is listed instantly, with a red warning if it contains a GPS location.
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Review what would be shared: camera, timestamps, software, coordinates (with a map link).
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Remove metadata per photo or clean everything at once — the clean copies are pixel-identical, just without the data.
What your photos quietly reveal
Every phone photo carries hidden metadata — GPS coordinates, device model, exact timestamp. This reader surfaces it all before you share a file publicly.
GPS exposure with map link
If your photo carries coordinates, the tool shows latitude and longitude with an OpenStreetMap link that drops a pin on the exact spot — the data most people forget they are sharing.
Lossless metadata removal
One click cuts every EXIF segment out of the file bytes themselves instead of re-encoding, so pixel quality stays identical. Strip one photo or the whole batch at once.
Camera details, decoded
Read camera make and model, lens, focal length, ISO, exposure time, aperture and capture date in a clean table. Photos without metadata get an honest no-metadata note.
Metadata fields this tool decodes
The reader parses the EXIF APP1 segment directly in your browser and maps raw tags onto human-readable labels:
| Group | Typical fields |
|---|---|
| Camera | Make, model, lens, serial number |
| Exposure | ISO, aperture (f-number), shutter speed, exposure bias, metering mode |
| Time | Original date/time, digitized date, timezone offset |
| Location | GPS latitude/longitude, altitude, direction — shown as a decimal pair you can paste into any map |
| Technical | Flash fired or not, white balance, focal length, orientation flag, color space |
XMP and IPTC segments (copyright notices, keywords used by Lightroom) are listed separately when present.
Frequently asked questions
What is EXIF data and why should I care?
EXIF is metadata cameras and phones embed in photos: device model, capture time, editing software and often precise GPS coordinates. Sharing an original photo can reveal where you live or work — this tool shows you exactly what a recipient could extract.
Does removing metadata reduce image quality?
Not here. Unlike tools that re-encode the picture (recompressing JPEGs every time), this removes the metadata segments from the file's byte stream directly — the compressed pixel data passes through untouched, byte for byte.
Which formats are supported?
JPEG and PNG — the two formats that actually carry EXIF/textual metadata in practice. Screenshots are usually already clean; camera and phone photos usually are not.
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What Is EXIF Data and How Do You Remove It?
EXIF is the hidden metadata embedded in almost every photo — the camera model, shutter settings, capture time, editing software and, most importantly, the GPS coordinates of where the shot was taken. Every photo you share online can silently broadcast your home address, workplace or travel route to anyone who cares to look. This tool makes that invisible information visible: it lists exactly what your photo carries, including a map link for the recorded location, so you can decide before sharing. Then, with one click, it strips all metadata losslessly — the metadata segments are removed from the file's byte stream directly, so the pixels are never recompressed and image quality stays untouched. It is for privacy-conscious sharers, sellers who do not want buyers to know where products were photographed, journalists protecting locations, and anyone posting photos taken at home.
What this tool can do
- Show the full EXIF table: camera make and model, lens, aperture, shutter speed and ISO
- Surface embedded GPS coordinates with a map link and an explicit privacy warning
- Strip all metadata with one click, leaving only the pixel data
- Remove metadata losslessly — cut from the bytes directly, never re-encoding the image
- Work with JPEG and PNG, the two most common sharing formats
- Compare before and after so you can confirm the metadata is really gone
When you'll use it
- Removing the location before posting home or family photos publicly
- Selling items online without revealing where the photos were taken
- Publishing images as a journalist or blogger who must protect a source's location
- Sharing travel photos without advertising your exact route
- Cleaning a whole photo batch before sending it to a client or an uploader
Privacy and limits: everything runs in your browser — the file never leaves your device, and the strip is applied locally to the bytes themselves, so your pixels are not recompressed. The tool covers the standard EXIF metadata blocks found in JPEG and PNG files; for more exotic formats, convert to a supported one first, then clean it.