EXIF Data Remover
Strip hidden EXIF metadata — including GPS location — from a photo up to 200MB before you share it online.
Photos from phones and cameras often embed EXIF metadata — GPS coordinates, device model, and the exact date and time the photo was taken. Sharing that photo unmodified can leak your location. Redrawing it onto a canvas and re-exporting discards all of that metadata automatically.
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Works best with JPG photos
How to use this tool
Upload a photo and click Remove Metadata, then download the clean copy. It is saved with -no-metadata added to the name, so you can't mix it up with the original. JPG, PNG and WebP keep their format; anything else is saved as a JPG.
Worked example: a phone photo before and after
A test JPG carrying the tags a phone typically writes: camera make and model, the software version, the date and time taken, exposure settings, GPS coordinates in Surat (21.17° N, 72.83° E), and a rotation tag saying the picture should be turned 90°.
- Before: 54,636 bytes, 1600 × 1200 pixels, with 287 bytes of EXIF data.
- After: 55,484 bytes, 1200 × 1600 pixels, with no EXIF data at all.
Everything was removed, the location included. The picture was turned upright first, so it still displays the right way without its rotation tag. The file got slightly bigger because it was re-saved at 95% quality, higher than the quality the test file had been saved at.
Checking the result yourself
On Windows, right-click the downloaded file, choose Properties, then the Details tab: the GPS section and the camera maker and model should be gone. On a Mac, open it in Preview and choose Tools → Show Inspector; the GPS tab appears only for photos that still contain a location.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I remove only the location and keep the date and camera details?
Not with this tool. It rebuilds the image from its pixels, so every tag goes, not only GPS. If you need to keep some fields, turn off location for the camera app before taking photos, or use a metadata editor that lets you pick individual tags.
Does it work on screenshots and PNG files?
Yes. PNG files can carry text notes, a creation time and other metadata. They are re-saved as PNG, which is lossless, so the picture itself is unchanged and only the metadata is dropped.
Does removing metadata reduce image quality?
For PNG, no: it is saved losslessly. JPG and WebP photos are re-saved at 95% quality, a new lossy save that is very close to the original but not identical. The dimensions stay the same, apart from a sideways-stored photo being turned upright.
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