EXIF & GPS data stripper
Remove GPS location, camera info and hidden metadata from photos — losslessly, in your browser.
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Choose a JPEG or PNG to scan for hidden metadata.
How to strip EXIF data from a photo
- Select a photo. Choose a JPEG or PNG file. The tool scans it for EXIF, GPS and other metadata.
- Review what was found. See the list of metadata segments — a warning appears if GPS location is detected.
- Download the clean copy. Download the stripped image; the pixels are unchanged but the metadata is gone.
What your photos are quietly carrying
Every photo a phone or camera takes embeds EXIF metadata alongside the pixels: the device make and model, the exact capture timestamp, exposure and lens settings, and — if location services were on — the precise GPS coordinates of where the shot was taken. That last field is the privacy problem. Post an otherwise innocent photo of your living room or your kid's bedroom and the file can reveal your home address to anyone who opens it in a metadata viewer. Many social platforms strip EXIF on upload, but plenty of places — forums, marketplaces, email attachments, file shares, messaging apps that send "as a document" — pass the original file through untouched.
Stripped without re-encoding
The important detail is how the metadata is removed. This tool walks the file's internal structure and deletes the metadata segments — EXIF and GPS, XMP, comments and text chunks — while leaving the actual image data byte-for-byte intact. Because it does not decode and re-compress the picture, the operation is completely lossless: no quality is lost, no extra JPEG artifacts are introduced, and the visible image is identical. That is the opposite of "screenshotting to remove data," which silently degrades the photo. What you download is the same picture with the hidden fields gone.
It never leaves your device
Stripping location data on a server you do not control would mean uploading the very file whose privacy you are trying to protect — so this tool does the whole job in your browser, and the photo is never transmitted anywhere. For a clean publishing pipeline, strip metadata first, then shrink the file with the image compressor or change its dimensions with the image resizer — both also run locally, so the image stays on your device end to end.
Frequently asked questions
- EXIF is hidden metadata embedded in photos — camera model, date/time, settings and often the exact GPS coordinates where the photo was taken. Stripping it protects your privacy before you share or publish an image.
- No. This tool removes the metadata segments without touching the image data, so the pixels stay byte-for-byte identical. It is lossless — unlike re-saving through a photo editor.
- No. The file is read and rewritten entirely in your browser. Nothing is sent to a server or stored.
- JPEG and PNG — the two formats that carry EXIF and textual metadata. The tool removes EXIF/GPS, XMP, ICC comments and embedded text chunks while keeping the picture intact.
- After you load an image, the tool reports which metadata it found and flags a warning if GPS coordinates are present.