See exactly what your photos reveal — GPS location, camera, date — then strip it out. The file never leaves your device, and JPEGs are cleaned without re-compressing a single pixel.
🔒 This tool runs entirely in your browser. Nothing you enter or upload is sent to our servers.
How to use the EXIF Remover
- Drop your photos in — JPG, PNG or WebP. They are read in your browser, not uploaded.
- Read the report: it shows the GPS coordinates, camera, lens and timestamps each file is carrying.
- Download the cleaned copies. JPEGs are stripped byte-by-byte, so the image quality is untouched.
About this tool
Every photo a phone takes carries an EXIF block: the camera and lens, the exact date and time, the settings — and, unless you turned it off, the GPS coordinates of where you were standing. Post that photo and you publish your home address, your child’s school, or the hotel you are staying in tonight. Social networks usually strip it; email attachments, messaging apps in “send as file” mode, cloud folders and forums usually do not.
This tool removes the metadata segments from the file directly rather than re-saving the picture. For a JPEG that means the compressed image data is copied across untouched — the result is pixel-for-pixel identical to the original, just smaller. Most online EXIF removers decode and re-encode your photo, which quietly costs you quality every time. PNG text chunks and WebP EXIF/XMP chunks are removed the same way.
The one thing worth knowing: some photos use the EXIF Orientation tag instead of storing the pixels the right way up. Strip the tag and the photo appears rotated. When that applies, this tool rotates the pixels for you and tells you it did — that single case is the only one where the image is re-encoded.
Frequently asked questions
Does removing EXIF reduce image quality?
No. For JPEG the compressed image data is copied across byte for byte, so the result is pixel-identical to the original. The only exception is a photo that relies on the EXIF orientation tag — rotating those pixels requires re-encoding, and the tool tells you when that happens.
What information is actually in my photo?
Typically the camera make and model, lens, exposure settings, the date and time it was taken, the editing software — and GPS latitude and longitude if location was enabled. Drop a photo above and the report lists exactly what yours contains.
Do social networks remove EXIF for me?
Facebook, Instagram, X and WhatsApp generally strip it when you post through the app. Email attachments, Telegram or WhatsApp “send as document”, forums, marketplace listings, cloud links and files sent to a printer usually keep everything.
Is my photo uploaded anywhere?
No. The file is read with the browser’s FileReader and rewritten in memory on your own machine. Nothing is sent to a server — you can disconnect from the internet after the page loads and it still works.
Which formats are supported?
JPG/JPEG, PNG and WebP. JPEG EXIF, XMP, IPTC and comment segments are removed; PNG tEXt, zTXt, iTXt, eXIf and tIME chunks; WebP EXIF and XMP chunks. The ICC colour profile is kept so colours still render correctly.