PRIVACY
Metadata remover
Photos carry more than the picture. Drop one in and this shows you exactly what is inside it — where it was taken, which camera took it, who the camera is registered to — and then removes it. The file is read in this tab and never uploaded, which for this particular job is the whole point.
Drop a photo
JPG · PNG · WEBP
The file is read in this tab. It is not uploaded, and what it contains is never sent anywhere — including to us.
- No sign-up
- No watermark added to your result
- Files stay on your device
- Shows you what is there before removing it
- Reads GPS, EXIF, XMP and PNG text fields
- Keeps the colour profile and a photo’s orientation
Use this on files you made or hold a licence to. Taking someone else’s credit off their work is not what this is for.
QUESTIONS
Before you start
What is EXIF data?
A block of information your camera or phone writes into the image file alongside the picture. It commonly includes the date and time, the make and model of the camera, its settings, and — if location services were on — the GPS coordinates of where you were standing. Some cameras also record a serial number and the name the camera is registered to.
Can I just view the EXIF data without removing it?
Yes. Reading comes first: drop a photo in and it lists every field it found, including any location, before anything is changed. Stripping is a separate step you choose, so it works as a free EXIF viewer too.
Do social networks already strip it?
Most large platforms strip EXIF when you upload, but that does not help with a file you send directly. Email attachments, messaging apps that send "as a file", cloud links, Slack, AirDrop and anything you upload to your own site all pass the original through untouched.
Does removing metadata change the image?
No. The pixels are copied across byte for byte. Two things are deliberately kept. The ICC colour profile, because removing it would change how the image looks on screen. And in a JPEG, the orientation flag, because phones store most photos sideways and rely on it to show them upright. Neither says anything about you.
Is my photo uploaded to check it?
No. The file is read in your browser, and neither it nor any value read from it is sent anywhere. Our analytics records only that a check ran, how many fields it found and whether one was a location. That matters more here than anywhere else on this site: uploading a photo to a server to remove its location is a contradiction, and several well-known tools do exactly that.
Which formats does it handle?
JPEG, PNG and WebP today. PDF and video are not supported yet — rather than half-strip them and hand back a file that might be damaged, they are simply refused.
Can it remove the location only, and keep the rest?
Not yet — it strips the metadata blocks as a whole. Selective removal is a reasonable thing to want and is a candidate for a later version.
Does it remove Content Credentials (C2PA)?
No. C2PA is a provenance record: it says where an image came from, including whether AI made it, and this site does not build tools to remove those. If a file carries one, the tool tells you and leaves it in place. It can name the app or device that made the image, so it is worth knowing it is there. To read the full record, use the AI watermark checker.