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EXIF Viewer and Remover

See what a photo reveals about where and how it was taken, then remove that metadata before you share it. The image itself is not re-compressed.

Files never leave your device

How to use the EXIF Viewer and Remover

  1. 1Add one or more JPG, PNG or WebP photos.
  2. 2Review the metadata found in each photo — location, device details and dates are flagged at the top.
  3. 3Choose whether to keep the colour profile and, for JPGs, the rotation setting.
  4. 4Press Remove metadata, then download the cleaned photos.

How it works

Photos carry more than pixels. A camera or phone writes EXIF data into the file — usually the date and time and the device make and model, often lens and exposure settings, sometimes a serial number and, if location services were on, GPS coordinates precise enough to identify a home. Editing apps add XMP and IPTC blocks with software names, authors and edit history.

This tool reads that metadata, then removes it by cutting the metadata blocks out of the file's structure: EXIF, XMP, IPTC and comment segments in a JPEG; EXIF, text and timestamp chunks in a PNG; EXIF and XMP chunks in a WebP. The compressed image data is copied byte for byte, so there is no re-encoding and no loss of quality.

Two things are kept by default because removing them changes how the photo looks. The ICC colour profile tells software how to display the colours. And phones often store a picture sideways with an EXIF instruction to rotate it; deleting that would show the photo on its side, so for JPGs a new, minimal EXIF block containing only the rotation value is written back. Both can be switched off.

After cleaning, each file is read again with the same metadata parser and the tool reports what, if anything, is still present — so the result is checked rather than assumed. Extra images some phones append after the main photo, such as depth maps, are also dropped from JPGs.

Frequently asked questions

Don't social networks remove EXIF data anyway?
Many large platforms strip location from public uploads, but email attachments, messaging apps sending original-quality files, cloud share links and many websites pass the file on untouched. Removing it yourself means you do not have to rely on each service.
Will removing EXIF reduce image quality?
No. The image data is not decoded or re-compressed; only the metadata blocks are cut out, so the pixels are identical.
Why is the rotation kept?
Phones often save photos sideways and rely on an EXIF flag to display them upright. Keeping just that one value stops the cleaned photo appearing rotated, and it reveals nothing about you.
Can it clean HEIC or RAW files?
Not at the moment. Convert HEIC photos to JPG first with the HEIC to JPG converter, then check the JPG here.

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