EXIF Remover — Free & Private

Remove GPS location, camera details, and timestamps hidden inside your photos before sharing them. No quality loss, no upload — everything happens in your browser.

Removes GPS, camera info, timestamps & more

Click to select photos or drag & drop here

Supports JPG & JPEG · Multiple files supported · Max 20MB each

Select photos above to scan and remove hidden metadata

What this version covers

This tool removes the full EXIF block from JPG files — GPS coordinates, camera make and model, timestamps, software, and any embedded thumbnail. It does not yet cover XMP or IPTC metadata, or formats other than JPG. The metadata preview below shows you exactly what was found before anything is removed.

What's actually hiding in your photos

Every photo your phone or camera takes can carry far more than the image itself. EXIF data is a block of hidden text embedded directly in the file — typically including the exact GPS coordinates of where the photo was taken, the camera or phone model, the precise date and time, and the name of any software used to edit it. None of this is visible when you look at the photo, which is exactly the problem.

GPS coordinates are the most serious of these. A photo taken at home and posted publicly can reveal your address accurate to within a few metres, without you ever typing an address anywhere. This applies to email attachments, direct messages, and any platform that doesn't automatically strip metadata on upload — and many don't.

A less obvious risk: some cameras and editing tools store a small embedded thumbnail image inside the EXIF data itself, separate from the main photo. If you cropped or edited the visible image to remove something, that original thumbnail can still be sitting inside the file, untouched by your edit. Removing EXIF data removes that hidden thumbnail along with everything else.

This matters most before emailing photos directly, uploading to marketplaces like Craigslist or Facebook Marketplace, delivering files to a client, or sharing anywhere that isn't a major social platform — Instagram, Facebook, and similar sites do strip most metadata automatically on upload, but plenty of other places do not.

Frequently Asked Questions

For most photos, no — the metadata is stripped directly from the file without touching or recompressing the image data, so quality is unchanged. For photos taken in portrait orientation, a one-time high-quality re-encode is applied automatically so the photo keeps displaying the right way up once the orientation tag is removed.
GPS coordinates, camera make and model, the date and time the photo was taken, software used, and any embedded thumbnail image hidden inside the EXIF data. Other metadata types like XMP or IPTC keywords are not covered by this version.
EXIF data often includes a small embedded thumbnail image in addition to the text fields, which can add anywhere from a few kilobytes to over 50KB depending on the camera or phone. Removing it shrinks the file by exactly that amount.
This version supports JPG and JPEG files, which is where GPS and camera metadata most commonly appears. Support for other formats may be added later.
Yes. Your photos are never uploaded anywhere. The file is read and processed entirely in your browser, and the cleaned version is generated locally before you download it.
Yes, and this is a commonly overlooked risk. Some cameras and editing software store a small embedded thumbnail inside the EXIF data that reflects the original, uncropped photo — meaning content you cropped out or edited away can still be hidden inside the file. Removing EXIF data removes that embedded thumbnail too.

Related tools

Image Compressor JPG to PNG JPG to WebP