View & Remove EXIF Data
Every photo from a phone carries invisible passengers: where it was taken, when, and on what device. Inspect all of it here — on your own device, which is the only sensible place to inspect it — then download a clean copy with the metadata gone and the pixels untouched.
100% private — this tool runs in your browser. Your file is never uploaded to any server.
How it works
JPEG files carry their metadata in separate compartments from the image itself — EXIF blocks holding camera settings, timestamps and often a precise GPS fix. This tool reads those compartments and shows you what is there the moment you add a photo; if location data is present, it is flagged clearly. Removal works by copying the file without the metadata compartments: the compressed image data is carried across byte-for-byte, so unlike tools that strip metadata by re-encoding, the pixels are not touched and the quality is exactly what it was. There is an obvious irony in uploading a photo to a website to remove private data from it — which is why this one never uploads anything.
Step by step
Add your photo
Drop a JPG or tap to choose — the report appears immediately.
Read the report
Camera, dates, settings, and a clear warning if GPS is present.
Strip it
Press the button — metadata compartments are removed, pixels copied intact.
Download
Save the clean copy. The stamp confirms how many bytes of metadata left.
Frequently asked questions
What can someone learn from my photo’s EXIF data?
Often the exact GPS coordinates of where it was taken — precise enough to identify a home — plus the date and time, the phone or camera model, and sometimes editing software. Anyone you send the original file to can read all of it in seconds.
Does removing EXIF reduce my photo’s quality?
Not here. The metadata lives in separate sections of the file, and this tool removes those sections while copying the compressed image data across unchanged — byte-identical pixels, same quality, slightly smaller file.
Do Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp strip EXIF for me?
The big social platforms strip it from what other users see — though they read it themselves first. Email, cloud drives, marketplaces and many messaging apps in document mode send the original file, metadata included. If it matters, strip before sending.
Why do you only accept JPG here?
JPEG is where EXIF lives in practice — it is what every phone camera produces. PNG screenshots carry little or no EXIF, and stripping other formats losslessly requires different surgery. Scoping to JPEG keeps the removal genuinely lossless.
Will stripping EXIF remove the copyright I embedded?
Yes — removal takes out all metadata compartments, including artist and copyright fields you may have added deliberately. Keep your original as the master and strip only the copies you share.
My photo shows “no metadata found” — is the tool broken?
No — some images genuinely are clean. Screenshots, images already processed by social platforms, and photos exported from editors often carry nothing. The report shows what is actually there, even when that is nothing.
Can the removed data be recovered from the clean file?
No. The metadata compartments are absent from the download, not hidden or zeroed. Nothing in the clean file records where or when the photo was taken.
Is it safe to check a sensitive photo here?
That is the point of this tool. The file is parsed by your own browser and never transmitted — there is no server that sees the photo or its location data. You can confirm in the Network tab that no upload occurs.