How to view and remove photo metadata
- Choose one or more photos, or drag them onto the box.
- The summary shows what each photo reveals, with location, serial numbers, and names flagged first. Open All details to see every tag.
- Choose Remove everything for photos you'll post publicly, or Remove location only to keep camera settings for photography forums and portfolios.
- Optionally add a creator and copyright credit to the cleaned files.
- Tap Clean and download. Several photos save together as a ZIP, and each cleaned file is checked again to confirm it's clean.
What photo metadata can reveal
Phones and cameras save extra information inside every photo, called EXIF data. Editing apps add more, in formats called XMP and IPTC. Most people never see it, but anyone who downloads the original file can.
- Exact location. Phone photos usually store GPS coordinates accurate to a few meters, which can reveal a home, studio, or a client's address.
- Who and what took it. Camera and lens serial numbers, owner names, and device names can link photos back to you or your gear.
- When. The date and time, down to the second.
- Editing history. Software, edit steps, ratings, and keywords from apps like Lightroom.
- A hidden preview. Some photos carry a small embedded thumbnail that can still show the original, uncropped picture after you've cropped it.
Many social networks strip this data when you post, but email, messaging apps that send original files, websites, cloud links, and marketplaces often don't.
When it comes in handy
- Before posting or selling online. Remove the location from photos taken at home or at a private shoot location.
- Sending files to clients. Deliver clean copies without your camera serial numbers or editing history.
- Checking a photo. See the exact camera settings behind a shot you like, or confirm when and where a photo was taken.
- Protecting models and subjects. Make sure shoot locations and personal details don't travel with the images.
Frequently asked questions
Does removing metadata reduce photo quality?
No. The tool removes the metadata blocks from the file directly and copies the picture data untouched, so the image is identical, pixel for pixel. Nothing is re-compressed.
What does "Remove everything" keep?
Only what's needed to display the photo correctly: its color profile, so colors don't shift, and its rotation setting, so it doesn't appear sideways. You can also choose to keep a creator and copyright credit.
What does "Remove location only" remove?
GPS coordinates, altitude, and direction, plus place names like city and country that editing apps sometimes add. Camera settings, dates, and everything else stay.
Do Instagram and Facebook remove location data?
Most large social networks strip photo metadata from public posts, but you can't always see what they keep for themselves, and many other places don't strip it at all, like email, cloud sharing links, forums, and marketplaces. Cleaning photos yourself is the only way to be sure.
Which file types can be cleaned?
JPG, PNG, and WebP can be cleaned without any quality loss. HEIC, AVIF, TIFF, and camera RAW files can be viewed. To clean an iPhone HEIC photo, convert it to JPG with the image resizer first, which also removes its metadata.
Are my photos uploaded?
No. Photos are read and cleaned in your browser and never sent to our server. Map links only open if you click them, and they share only the coordinates, never the photo.