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Remove EXIF Data

Check whether a photo shows where it was taken, then remove EXIF and GPS data without quality loss. Up to 30 photos, no upload.

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Remove EXIF data from your photos before you share them, or check what they reveal first. This free tool shows whether a photo carries a GPS location and strips it in one click, right in your browser, so nothing is uploaded to a server. It works with JPG, iPhone HEIC, PNG and WebP, up to 30 photos at a time, with no sign-up.

How do you see where a photo was taken? Add the photo and the viewer shows a location badge, the GPS coordinates (latitude, longitude and altitude) and an OpenStreetMap link that only opens when you click it. It also lists the date taken, camera make and model, lens, shutter speed, aperture, ISO, focal length, editing software, whether XMP data is present and the total number of tags.

There are two ways to clean a photo. Removing location only erases the GPS coordinates, including any GPS stored in XMP, and keeps the date taken and camera details. Removing everything clears all other EXIF tags, the embedded thumbnail and XMP, keeping only orientation, color space and resolution so the photo still displays correctly.

Cleaning is lossless. Only the metadata bytes are overwritten and the image is never re-saved, so quality, file size and format stay exactly the same, and a HEIC stays a HEIC. Each result is read again to confirm the data is gone, then saved as a separate file with -clean added to its name rather than packed into a ZIP.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Q. Does a photo keep its location when I send it on WhatsApp or post it on social media?

    A. Usually not. Most social networks and messaging apps strip EXIF data, including GPS, when they compress an uploaded photo. Sending the original file, for example as a document or an email attachment, can keep everything, so check the photo here and remove the location first if you're unsure.

  • Q. How do I stop my phone from saving location in photos?

    A. On iPhone, go to Settings > Privacy & Security > Location Services > Camera and choose Never. On Android, open the Camera app settings and turn off the location tag option; its name varies by manufacturer. Photos you have already taken keep their location until you remove it.

  • Q. What is EXIF data?

    A. EXIF is information a camera or phone writes into the photo file when the picture is taken: date and time, device model, lens and exposure settings, and often GPS coordinates. It isn't visible in the image itself, but anyone with the original file can read it.

  • Q. Does removing metadata reduce photo quality?

    A. No. This tool overwrites only the metadata and does not re-save the image, so quality, file size and format stay the same. HEIC files stay HEIC.

  • Q. What's the difference between removing location only and removing everything?

    A. Removing location only deletes the GPS coordinates, including those in XMP, and keeps the date taken and camera info. Removing everything also clears the other EXIF tags, the embedded thumbnail and XMP, leaving only orientation, color space and resolution.