Photo Metadata Remover

See what your photos reveal, then strip it out without losing quality.

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How to use Photo Metadata Remover

  1. Drop one or more photos on the page, or click to pick them.
  2. Read what each photo contains: location, camera, date and more.
  3. Check that each row confirms no location, camera or date data is left.
  4. Download the clean copies, one by one or all together as a ZIP.

About Photo Metadata Remover

See what your photos reveal, then remove it. Phones and cameras hide data inside every picture: the GPS coordinates where it was taken, the camera make and model, its serial number, the lens, the date and time, the editing software, plus XMP, IPTC and comment blocks. Drop in your photos and each one lists what it carries in plain language, with location shown as latitude and longitude.

Then a clean copy is made. For JPG, PNG and WebP this is lossless: the metadata blocks are cut out and the image data is copied byte for byte, so there is no quality loss and no re-compression. The color profile stays so colors look the same, and if a photo was flagged as rotated, only that rotation flag is written back so it does not appear sideways. Each cleaned file is checked again, and the tool confirms that no location, camera or date data is left. Other formats are re-encoded, which drops their metadata too.

The files are read and rewritten in your browser, so the photos you are cleaning never leave your device.

What people use it for

Frequently asked questions

How do I remove location data from a photo?

Drop the photo here. The tool shows the coordinates it found, removes them with the rest of the EXIF data, and confirms that no location is left. Download the clean copy and share that one.

Does removing metadata reduce photo quality?

Not for JPG, PNG or WebP. Only the metadata blocks are removed; the compressed image data is copied unchanged, so the picture is pixel for pixel identical.

Why is the orientation kept?

Many phone photos are stored sideways with a flag that tells viewers to rotate them. Removing that flag would make the photo display sideways, so it is written back on its own. It reveals nothing about who took the photo or where.

What else does a phone photo carry?

Phones often store extra data after the main image: a small preview copy, a depth map for portrait mode, and HDR brightness information, each with its own copy of the location and camera details. All of it is removed. The main picture is unchanged, but HDR-capable screens will show the cleaned photo as a standard image.

Do social networks remove EXIF data anyway?

Many large ones do, but email, messaging apps, cloud links, forums and marketplaces often pass the original file along untouched. Cleaning it yourself means you do not have to rely on that.

Is it private?

Every calculation happens on this page, in your own browser. Your input is never sent to a server and never logged, which also means the tool keeps working when you are offline.

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