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What Is EXIF Data and Why Strip It?
EXIF data is hidden text inside a photo: camera, date, GPS location, software. Learn what EXIF, IPTC and XMP reveal and when to remove them.
Photo metadata remover
Remove EXIF, GPS, IPTC and XMP data from a JPG, PNG or WebP. Quality stays the same. Free, nothing leaves your device.
Drop an image here, click to browse, or paste
Supports JPG, PNG and WebP
Everything you need to remove photo metadata online
Removes GPS location
Photos from phones and cameras can carry the exact coordinates where they were taken. The clean copy has no location data at all.
EXIF, IPTC and XMP in one pass
Strips camera EXIF, IPTC captions and bylines, XMP editing history, embedded thumbnails and text comments, not just the EXIF block that many tools stop at.
Pixels and quality stay identical
The metadata is cut out of the file without decoding or re-compressing the picture, so the image looks exactly the same and a JPG is not recompressed.
See what was hidden in the file
Before you download, the tool lists what it found: camera model, lens, date taken, editing software, author name and GPS position.
Nothing leaves your device
The photo is read and rewritten in your browser. There is no upload, no account and no server copy of your picture.
Instant, even for large photos
Because the picture is never re-encoded, a 40 MB photo is cleaned as fast as a small one.
Three steps to a clean photo
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Upload your photo
Drag a JPG, PNG or WebP onto the page, click to browse, or paste from your clipboard. The tool lists the hidden data it finds, such as GPS location, camera model and date taken.
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Check what was found
Read the list to see what the photo would give away if you shared it. Items that point to a person or a place, like GPS coordinates and serial numbers, are highlighted.
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Remove metadata and download
Click the button to save a clean copy. The new file is re-checked for hidden data and the result is shown. Nothing leaves your device.
When you should remove a photo's metadata
Every photo from a phone or camera can carry where, when and with what it was taken. Remove it before the picture goes anywhere public.
Post photos without sharing your location
Marketplace listings, forums and personal sites often keep a photo's metadata. Strip it first so a picture taken at home does not reveal where home is.
Share work without your camera details
Remove the camera serial number, lens and software before sending portfolio shots or review photos to people you do not know.
Protect sources and subjects
Journalists and activists can remove location, time and device details from photos before they are published or passed on.
Send clean files to clients
Hand over images without internal captions, editing history or the name of the person who exported them.
Frequently asked questions
What metadata does a photo contain?
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Most phone and camera photos carry EXIF data: the date and time, camera make and model, lens, settings and often GPS coordinates. Photos can also hold IPTC fields such as caption, byline and copyright, XMP data written by editing apps, and a small embedded thumbnail. The tool lists what your file contains before you remove it.
Does it remove GPS location data?
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Yes. The GPS block is removed along with the rest of the EXIF data, so the clean copy has no coordinates. After you download, the tool re-reads the new file and tells you whether any hidden data is left.
Does it also remove IPTC and XMP, or only EXIF?
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All three. IPTC holds caption, byline and copyright fields, and XMP holds editing history and author details. Both survive a tool that only clears EXIF, so this one removes them as well.
Does removing metadata reduce image quality?
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No. The metadata is cut out of the file and the picture data is left exactly as it was. Nothing is decoded or re-compressed, so width, height and quality are unchanged and the file only gets smaller by the size of the removed data.
Why do some photos stay rotated the right way after cleaning?
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Many phone photos are stored sideways and rely on an EXIF orientation flag to display upright. When your JPG has one, the tool keeps just that one flag by default so the photo does not turn on its side. It identifies nothing about you, and you can untick the option to remove it as well.
Which file types are supported?
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JPG (JPEG), PNG and WebP. A file stays in the same format. For HEIC or other formats, convert to JPG first with the Convert tool, then remove the metadata.
Is it free, and is my photo uploaded anywhere?
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It is free with no limits or account. Your photo is never uploaded: it is read and rewritten in your browser and only saved to your device.
Does it remove the colour profile?
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No. The embedded colour profile (ICC) and the DPI setting are kept, because removing them can change how the picture looks or prints. They do not identify you or the place the photo was taken.
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