EXIF Viewer & Remover
See exactly what metadata a JPEG carries, including GPS location, then strip it out without re-encoding the image.
Click or drop a JPEG here
Nothing is uploaded; it's read directly in your browser
How to use this tool
- Upload a JPEG photo.
- Any camera, date, or GPS location data it carries is decoded and shown immediately, including a map link if location data is present.
- Click 'Remove Metadata & Download' to save a copy with all of it stripped out.
- The removed copy's image data is untouched, byte for byte; only the metadata segments are gone.
About this tool
A phone photo usually carries more than the picture: the camera or phone model, the exact date and time it was taken, and very often the precise GPS coordinates of where it was taken, all embedded in the file as EXIF metadata. None of that is visible by looking at the image, and most people sharing a photo have no idea it's there. This tool reads that metadata directly from the file's bytes and shows you exactly what it finds, including turning GPS coordinates into a clickable map link so you can see precisely what location the photo would reveal. Nothing is hidden or summarised away. Removal works differently from most "EXIF remover" tools, which push the image through a canvas to strip metadata. That also re-encodes the image, discarding some of its original detail even at maximum quality settings, because JPEG re-compression is not lossless. This tool instead removes the exact byte ranges the metadata occupies and leaves everything else, the actual compressed image data, untouched, so the result is byte-for-byte identical to the original except for the metadata itself: same quality, no re-encoding, usually a smaller file. This is the one tool on this site where the privacy claim isn't a bonus, it's the entire point. Asking a server to tell you that your own photo contains your home's GPS coordinates is backwards. Everything here, reading the metadata and removing it, happens on your device; the photo is never transmitted anywhere.
Frequently asked questions
How do I check if a photo has GPS location data?
Upload the JPEG. If it carries GPS coordinates, they're decoded and shown immediately as a location, with a map link so you can see exactly what place the photo would reveal to anyone it's shared with.
How do I remove GPS and other metadata from a photo?
Upload the photo, then click 'Remove Metadata & Download'. A copy downloads with all detected metadata segments removed. The original file you uploaded is never modified; only the downloaded copy is stripped.
Does removing metadata reduce the image quality?
No. The metadata is removed by deleting its exact byte range from the file, not by re-encoding the image through a canvas, which is how most free tools do it and which does reduce quality, since JPEG re-compression always loses some detail even at high settings. This tool's output is byte-for-byte identical to the original in every way except the metadata itself.
Why does this only support JPEG?
JPEG's EXIF metadata format, including GPS data, is the one that matters most in practice, since it's what phone cameras write by default. PNG and WebP store metadata differently and are not read by this tool yet.
What metadata does this tool detect?
Camera make and model, the date and time the photo was taken, software used, image orientation, and GPS coordinates including altitude where present. It also flags Photoshop/IPTC metadata blocks if present, without decoding their contents in detail, and removes them along with the EXIF block.
Is my photo uploaded to a server?
No. The file is read and processed entirely in your browser using the File API. It is never transmitted anywhere, which is the entire point of a tool whose job is telling you what a photo secretly reveals about where it was taken.