Every photo your phone or camera takes carries hidden metadata called EXIF — and it can include the exact GPS coordinates where the picture was taken. Before you post or send a photo, it is worth stripping that data. Here is how to remove EXIF metadata for free in your browser.
What EXIF data reveals
- GPS location — the precise latitude and longitude of the shot.
- Date and time — when the photo was captured.
- Device — camera or phone make and model.
- Settings — exposure, ISO, lens and software details.
Why it matters
Sharing a photo with GPS intact can reveal your home, workplace or a child's school. Many big platforms strip EXIF on upload, but plenty of sites, forums, marketplaces and direct file transfers do not — so the data travels with the file. Removing it first puts you in control.
Step-by-step
- Open the remove EXIF tool.
- Drop in your JPG or PNG (or paste it with Ctrl/Cmd+V).
- The tool re-saves the image without its metadata.
- Download the clean copy — the pixels are unchanged, the metadata is gone.
This runs entirely in your browser, which is the whole point: a privacy tool that uploaded your photo to a server would defeat its own purpose.
Good to know
- The image itself looks identical — only the hidden data is removed.
- Re-saving through most editors (including compression and conversion) also drops most EXIF as a side effect.
- Keep an original copy if you rely on the metadata yourself (for example for cataloguing).
FAQ
Does removing EXIF change how the photo looks? No. The pixels are untouched; only metadata is stripped.
Does it remove GPS location? Yes — location is part of EXIF and is removed with the rest.
Can I do several photos? Process them one after another; each download is clean.
Is my photo uploaded? No. Metadata removal happens in your browser; your image never leaves your device.