EXIF viewer and remover
A photo can carry the camera model, the exact second it was taken and the spot it was taken at. See what yours say, then save a clean copy before it goes online.
Add photos to see their hidden details: JPG, HEIC, PNG, WebP or TIFF.
or drop files here
This photo contains its location
Anyone who gets this file can see where it was taken. Remove the metadata before you share it.
No metadata found in this file.
All tags
Keeps only the orientation tag, so photos taken sideways still appear upright.
JPG, PNG and WebP keep their image data byte for byte. HEIC, AVIF, TIFF, GIF and BMP are saved as a new JPG, which leaves all metadata out.
Your files are processed on your own device and never uploaded.
How to use it
- Drop your photos on the page or press ‘Choose files’. Each row shows how many tags the file holds and flags any that carry a location.
- Click a photo, or its ‘Show details’ button, to see its summary: camera, date, exposure and, if there is one, the location warning.
- Open the groups under ‘All tags’ for every stored value, and use ‘Copy as text’ or ‘Download JSON’ if you need a record.
- Leave ‘Keep rotation’ ticked so sideways shots still show upright, then press ‘Remove metadata’.
- Download each clean copy from its row, or take them all with ‘Download all (ZIP)’.
What it does
A short card for each photo
Each card lists the camera and lens, the date and time it was taken, ISO, aperture, exposure time and focal length (with the 35 mm equivalent). It also covers whether the flash fired, the pixel size, the orientation, the software that last saved the file and the color profile. Fields a file doesn't have are left out.
A location warning you can't miss
If a photo stores its GPS position, whether in EXIF or in XMP, a warning box shows the latitude, longitude and altitude. In the list, the row gets a ‘Location’ badge, so you can spot the risky photos in a big batch.
Every tag, ready to copy
‘All tags’ lists the stored values group by group (Image, Camera settings, Location, Color profile and more) with a count on each. ‘Copy as text’ puts the lot on the clipboard, and ‘Download JSON’ saves it as a file.
Cleaning without re-encoding
For JPG, PNG and WebP the tool cuts the metadata out of the file itself and leaves the image data untouched. There is no re-compression, so quality stays as it was and the file shrinks only by the size of what was removed.
Other formats become a plain JPG
HEIC, AVIF, TIFF, GIF and BMP are redrawn and saved as a new JPG at quality 92, with nothing attached. That is a re-encode, so keep the original if quality matters. A picture above 16.7 megapixels is scaled down, and the report says so.
A report for every file
Every file gets a line saying what was removed (EXIF, location, XMP, IPTC, comments, text notes, time stamp and more) and what stayed (color profile, rotation). A file with nothing to strip is marked ‘Nothing to remove, file unchanged’.
Good to know
Phones write a lot into every picture: the camera, the time and, with location services on, coordinates precise enough to pinpoint a building. Post a listing photo or send a snapshot to a stranger and that position can travel with the file. Some sites strip metadata on upload; others, and plain e-mail attachments, pass it along untouched, so it pays to check first. Most of the data is harmless, and the viewer shows all of it so you can judge.
In a JPG the tool removes EXIF, XMP, IPTC, comments, other embedded data blocks and any extra images stored after the main picture, such as depth data. A PNG loses its EXIF, text notes and time stamp, and a WebP loses its EXIF and XMP. Color profiles stay in all three. ‘Keep rotation’ saves a tiny orientation note so a photo stored sideways still opens upright. Copies are named like photo-no-exif.jpg, and several together arrive as no-exif.zip.
Files are read and cleaned in your browser, and nothing is uploaded. A TIFF can be read anywhere, but saving a clean copy needs a browser that can display TIFF images, such as Safari. The one link that leaves the page is ‘Open on OpenStreetMap’, and it sends the coordinates to the map site only when you click it.
Questions and answers
How do I check where a photo was taken?
Add the photo. If it stores a position, a warning appears with the latitude and longitude, and ‘Open on OpenStreetMap’ shows the spot on a map. No warning means the file holds no position this tool can read.
How do I strip the location from a photo before I post it?
Add it and press ‘Remove metadata’. The GPS data goes along with the rest, and the copy you download is the clean one. Add as many photos as you like; ‘Download all (ZIP)’ bundles the copies.
Does cleaning a photo lower its quality?
Not if it is a JPG, PNG or WebP, because the image data is left alone. Every other format is rebuilt as a JPG, which is a re-encode.
Why do some photos turn sideways after cleaning?
Some cameras save pictures sideways and add a note on how to turn them. ‘Keep rotation’ preserves that one note and nothing else, so the photo still opens upright.
Does the viewer send my photos anywhere?
No. Reading and cleaning both happen in your browser. Only the ‘Open on OpenStreetMap’ link leaves the page, and it passes the coordinates to the map site when you click it.
Does it read HEIC photos from a phone?
Yes. HEIC details are read straight from the file. Cleaning gives you a JPG copy instead, because HEIC files are not edited in place.