Remove image metadata
Strip EXIF and GPS data from a photo before you share it.
Read and cleaned locally
How it works
- Choose an image.
- See whether it carries EXIF or GPS data.
- Remove metadata and download the clean copy.
What your photos quietly carry
Cameras and phones embed a block of data inside every photo: the date and time, the device and settings, and often the GPS coordinates of where it was taken. That data rides along when you share the image, and a single public post can reveal your home or a location you would rather keep private.
This tool reads whether a photo carries an EXIF block and a GPS tag — locally, without uploading it — and then writes a clean copy that contains only the pixels. See the metadata guide for the full picture of what gets stored and why it matters.
How the removal works
When the clean copy keeps the original format, the tool rebuilds the file container and drops the metadata segments — EXIF, XMP, IPTC, C2PA manifests — while copying the pixels byte-for-byte, so there is zero quality loss. If a photo relies on its orientation tag, it is re-encoded instead so the clean copy stays upright. Either way, nothing embedded comes across. The scanner also flags AI-generator fingerprints (a software tag, a leftover prompt) and C2PA credentials when they're present — see check image origin for the full readout.
Questions
- What metadata does this remove?
- All of it. Re-encoding the image through the canvas rebuilds the file from pixels only, so EXIF (date, camera, settings), GPS location, and any embedded thumbnail are dropped from the output.
- How does it know if my photo has GPS data?
- It parses the embedded EXIF fields in your browser and checks for GPS coordinates, reporting whether they are present. The check is local — the file is never uploaded to detect anything.
- Will the photo look different afterwards?
- No. When the output keeps the original format, the pixel data is copied untouched — not even re-compressed. The one exception: a photo that relies on its orientation tag is re-encoded so the clean copy stays upright, still at high quality.
- Do PNG and WebP have EXIF too?
- They can carry some metadata, though GPS-tagged EXIF is most common on JPEG camera photos. Whatever the format, re-encoding here strips the embedded data either way.
- Is the image uploaded to clean it?
- No. Both reading the metadata and writing the clean copy happen entirely in your browser tab, so the photo never leaves your device.