Remove EXIF Data

Remove EXIF data without changing a single pixel

Every photo from a phone or camera carries a hidden block of data called EXIF. It can hold GPS coordinates for the place the photo was taken, the phone or camera model, the date and time, and the name of the app that last edited the file. This tool removes EXIF data in your browser, so the photo you post, sell or send stops carrying that information with it.

For JPG files, the cleaning happens at the level of the file bytes. The metadata lives in separate segments near the front of the file, away from the picture data itself. The tool deletes the EXIF segment, the XMP segment, the Photoshop block and comment blocks, and leaves the rest of the file exactly as it was. The picture data stays bit for bit identical. The cleaned JPG opens the same, looks the same, and loses no quality at all.

How to remove EXIF data

1. Drop your photos into the box above, or click to pick them. JPG, PNG and WebP files are all accepted, and a whole batch can go in at once.
2. Press the clean button. JPG files have their metadata segments cut from the bytes. PNG and WebP files are redrawn without metadata, and the result note says plainly when that method was used.
3. Read the result note. The tool re-reads each finished file and reports what metadata, if any, is still inside.
4. Download the cleaned files, one on its own or a batch together in a single ZIP.
5. Share the cleaned copies. Keep your originals stored privately if you want the camera data for your records.

What gets removed, format by format

GPS coordinates are the headline item, accurate enough to point at a house. Some cameras add a serial number, and editing apps leave their names behind. Marketplaces, forums and classifieds sites display some of this data publicly or pass it to buyers, which is why a ten second clean before uploading is worth the habit.

The JPG route is the cleanest one. Because the metadata sits in its own segments, removing it never touches the compressed picture, and a photo with a saved rotation still opens upright. PNG and WebP files store data in chunks spread through the file, so this tool redraws those pictures with no metadata attached. The result note names the method per file. If you want to see what a photo carries before you clean it, the EXIF viewer reads the same data and lays it out in plain language.

The honest limits of removing metadata

Cleaning a file removes data about the photo. It does nothing about the photo itself. A face, a house number, a landmark in the background and a reflection in a window all stay exactly as visible as they were. If the picture shows where you live, no metadata tool fixes that, and cropping or picking a different photo is the right move.

The removal is also one way. Once the cleaned copy is saved, the GPS coordinates and camera details in it are gone for good. That is the point of the exercise, and it is why keeping your private originals matters if the data has value to you.

Many big platforms strip EXIF data from uploads on their own servers, and that protects you on those platforms only. It does nothing for a file you email, message or hand over on a memory stick. Cleaning the file yourself covers every route the photo might travel.

Your photos never leave your device

The reading, cutting and re-reading happen in this browser tab, on your machine. Photos private enough to need their location data removed should never be uploaded to a stranger’s server, and here they are not. There is no account, no daily cap and no watermark, here or anywhere among the image tools on this site.