Drop a photo and the Advanced panel is already open with Keep EXIF metadata off. Download: the file leaves without EXIF, GPS, XMP or IPTC, upright and optimised, because stripping is the default here. One of the image tools.
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How it works
Drop, strip, download
Three steps, no account. The file leaves smaller than it arrived.
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Drop
Drop a photo. The Advanced panel is open with Keep EXIF metadata off.
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Strip
Nothing to press: stripping is the default. Turn the switch on only to keep it.
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Download
The file leaves upright and optimised, with no EXIF, GPS, XMP or IPTC.
What is in my photo's metadata?
Wikipedia’s Exif article lists the camera make and model; the orientation, aperture, shutter speed, focal length, metering mode and ISO; the local date and time; and, from a GPS-enabled camera, the exact location and time plus the device’s unique ID. It also notes that editing software sometimes fails to update the embedded thumbnail, so a face or a licence plate you blanked can survive in the thumbnail. The standard is published by JEITA and CIPA: version 3.0 in May 2023, 3.1 in January 2026. Two other blocks, XMP and IPTC, carry editing and captioning fields, and the engine strips those too.
How do I remove EXIF and GPS from a photo?
Drop it, leave Keep EXIF metadata off in the open Advanced panel, and download: the file leaves without EXIF, GPS, XMP, IPTC or the ICC profile. Stripping is the compressor’s default on every download, so there is no separate remover to remember. Here is the proof on oriented.jpg, a small copy of our reference photo stored on its side with an orientation tag of 6: 33.6 KB in, 18.3 KB out, upright at 267 × 400.
File
Metadata
Pixels
Size
oriented.jpg, as stored
EXIF, orientation 6
400 × 267, stored sideways
33.6 KB
Downloaded copy
None
267 × 400, upright
18.3 KB
Source: oriented.jpg, stored 400 × 267 with EXIF orientation 6. The default run, nothing set: metadata stripped, the turn baked into the pixels, the file optimised.
Every byte count is the size of the actual file our engine produced from the named source, the same bytes you would download, not an estimate. The reference photo is one of our own photographs, an iguana on a branch, and the camera photo is a real one too. Drop your own file into the tool above to rerun any of them. How we measure names the sources and the settings.
Every download strips EXIF data by default
The engine never hands back an original that still carries metadata: a file with EXIF, XMP, IPTC, an ICC profile, a comment or data after the picture always gets the stripped re-encode, even when the result is a few bytes larger than the input. Every page on the site, the converters included, opens with the switch off; the panel shows it either way, and one tap keeps the camera fields when you want them.
EXIF viewer, EXIF data viewer: what we strip, listed before you download
Most people who search for an EXIF viewer or an EXIF data viewer want to know one thing: is my location in this photo? The table above answers it for our reference file, and your own result lists what came off yours. View EXIF data without uploading anything: right-click a file and open Properties on Windows or Get Info on a Mac, where the camera, the date and the GPS coordinates are shown. Then come back and strip them here, or tick Keep EXIF metadata if the capture dates are the point.
Does removing metadata change the picture or the quality?
The pixels are re-encoded once, optimised, so the download is a fresh file rather than the original with a block cut out. Wikipedia’s Exif article explains why a pure strip could be lossless: the block sits in its own APP1 segment beside the compressed pixel data. We re-encode anyway, because the same pass optimises the file and honours the orientation, and the result row shows the size and a compare view rather than a promise.
Clear EXIF data, keep the colours
The ICC colour profile goes with the rest, and the colours still hold: the engine converts a wide-gamut JPG, PNG, WebP or AVIF to real sRGB before the strip, so the photo renders the same without a profile. Turn Keep EXIF metadata on and the camera fields stay; the file then carries a standard sRGB profile, not the original wide-gamut one.
Will stripping EXIF data turn my photo sideways?
Not here: the engine rotates the pixels before it removes the Orientation tag, so the photo stays upright everywhere. MDN’s page on CSS image-orientation explains the trap. Its initial value is from-image, so browsers honour the tag by default: a photo stored sideways with an orientation tag looks upright until a remover deletes the tag without turning the pixels. Then it lies on its side in every viewer. oriented.jpg is that case: stored 400 × 267 with orientation 6, it leaves 267 × 400 with no tag, upright in a viewer that reads EXIF and in one that does not.
Which sites remove metadata when I upload, and which keep it?
Few say so themselves, so the platforms’ own words come first, then the test reports. X’s help page says EXIF may be referred to while a photo is processed and is not available to people who view the photo on X. Google Photos’ sharing page says that albums, links and conversations do not include location details by default, and that estimated locations are never shared. It adds that people may still guess from landmarks in the picture. Flickr’s help says it keeps EXIF and lets you hide it from others. Meta’s privacy policy lists metadata about content among what it collects: a statement that it reads the data, not that it strips it. Then the vendors. Test reports from several metadata-tool makers say Instagram, Facebook, X, TikTok, LinkedIn, Reddit and Signal strip EXIF from the file others can download, because the image is re-encoded. The same reports say WhatsApp and Telegram keep it when a photo is sent as a document, that Discord keeps it on attachments, and that iMessage, Google Photos originals and Flickr keep it. Those are tests, not the platforms’ own statements. Strip before you upload and the list stops mattering.
How do I remove location from a photo on iPhone?
Apple’s personal safety guide, published September 2026, covers one photo: open it in Photos, tap More, tap Adjust Info, tap Adjust Location, then tap No Location. To stop the Camera app recording the location at all: Settings, Privacy & Security, Location Services, Camera, then Never. The same guide explains that with Location Services on, the Camera app uses cellular, Wi-Fi, GPS and Bluetooth to work out where a photo was taken. Sharing is where Apple’s guides now differ. The personal safety guide still says to tap Options in the share sheet and turn off Location, and so does the iPhone User Guide for iOS 26. The iOS 27 edition of that guide lists only Keywords, the file format and All Photos Data under Options. On iOS 27, check Options before you send; if no Location switch shows, remove the location from the photo first. Those steps leave the camera fields; for a file with nothing left, drop it here.
How do I remove EXIF on Android and in Google Photos?
Google Photos’ help page says you can only change or remove estimated locations and locations you added by hand. If a location was automatically added by your camera, you cannot update or remove it in Google Photos. So the file on the phone keeps its GPS, and the app hides it rather than deleting it. Its sharing page says a shared link, album or conversation does not include location details by default, other than partner sharing. That covers sharing through the app; a file you send another way carries whatever is in it. To strip the file itself, open this tool in Chrome on the phone, drop the photo and download the copy.
How do I remove properties and personal information in Windows?
Right-click the file, choose Properties, open the Details tab and click Remove Properties and Personal Information. The dialog offers two choices: create a copy with all possible properties removed, or remove the following properties from this file, where you tick the fields yourself. The route comes from a Microsoft Q&A reply by a Microsoft support specialist, because no first-party Windows article turned up. The same reply notes that some files show their properties as locked. The dialog leaves the pixels as they are and does not optimise the file. For a folder of photos, drop the lot here.
When you should keep the metadata
A photographer's portfolio or a client delivery?
Copyright, credit and capture dates live in the metadata. Turn Keep EXIF metadata on in Advanced settings and the fields travel with the file.
A file for print?
Colour holds without the profile: we convert JPG, PNG, WebP and AVIF sources to real sRGB before the strip. Some print pipelines still want an explicit tag; Keep EXIF metadata ships one, standard sRGB.
An archive you may need to search later?
Strip the copies you share and keep the originals as they are. The date, the lens and the place are the archive.
Developers get the same default: every job through the developer API strips metadata unless stripMetadata is set to false. Related: Rotate image · Compress JPG
Questions, answered
Short answers specific to this tool. Try it above and the editor settles the rest.
Q:What is EXIF data and why should I remove it?
EXIF is the block of metadata a camera writes into a photo. Wikipedia's Exif article lists the camera make and model, orientation, aperture, shutter speed, focal length and ISO, plus the local date and time. From a GPS-enabled camera it adds the exact location and the device's unique ID. Remove it before a listing, a profile or a forum post, so the file says nothing about where you were.
Q:Does removing EXIF data reduce image quality?
The download is a fresh, optimised encode of the pixels, not the original with a block cut out. The bytes change, and the picture is re-encoded once at high quality. On oriented.jpg, a copy of our reference photo, 33.6 KB with its EXIF became 18.3 KB without it. The compare view shows the result beside the original before you download.
Q:Are the GPS coordinates removed from my photos?
Yes. GPS lives inside the EXIF block, and the engine strips EXIF, XMP, IPTC and the ICC profile by default on every download, with the Keep EXIF metadata switch off. Comments and data hidden after the picture go too. A file that carries any of them always gets the stripped re-encode: the engine never hands back an original that still carries metadata, even when the stripped copy is a few bytes larger.
Q:Do Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp or X remove EXIF data when I upload?
X's help page says EXIF is not available to people who view the photo on X. Meta's privacy policy says it collects metadata about content, which is a statement that it reads the data, not that it strips it. Test reports from metadata-tool vendors say Instagram and Facebook re-encode the public file and WhatsApp keeps EXIF when a photo is sent as a document. Strip first and the question stops mattering.
Q:How do I remove location data from a photo on iPhone?
Apple's personal safety guide covers one photo: open it in Photos, tap More, tap Adjust Info, tap Adjust Location, then tap No Location. To stop the camera recording the location: Settings, Privacy & Security, Location Services, Camera, then Never. The share sheet's Location switch under Options is in Apple's iOS 26 user guide but not in its iOS 27 edition. Drop the file here to remove everything.
Q:How do I delete EXIF data on Android?
Google Photos' help page says you can only change or remove estimated locations and ones you added by hand; a location the camera added cannot be removed in Google Photos. So the file keeps its GPS. Its sharing page adds that links, albums and conversations do not include location details by default. To strip the file itself, open this tool in Chrome on the phone and drop the photo.
Q:How do I remove properties and personal information in Windows?
Right-click the file, choose Properties, open the Details tab and click Remove Properties and Personal Information. The dialog offers two choices: create a copy with all possible properties removed, or remove selected properties from this file. The route comes from a Microsoft Q&A reply by a Microsoft support specialist; some files show their properties as locked, and the dialog leaves the pixels as they are.
Q:Can I stop my phone from recording GPS in photos?
On an iPhone, yes. Apple's personal safety guide says to open Settings, Privacy & Security, Location Services, Camera, and tap Never. After that the Camera app no longer records where a photo was taken. Photos you already have keep their location until you remove it. Stripping the file before you share it covers every phone and every photo already taken.
Q:How do I remove metadata from multiple photos at once?
Drop up to 50 photos on the tool in one go. Each one is re-encoded with its metadata stripped, because that is the default for every file in every run. The batch downloads as one ZIP with the filenames kept. Nothing to tick per file: the Keep EXIF metadata switch is off unless you turn it on, and it applies to the whole run.
Q:Is it safe to upload private photos to an EXIF data remover?
Here, the file travels over HTTPS, is processed, and is wiped automatically: we keep nothing, archive nothing and use nothing for anything else. No account is needed, so the upload is not tied to a name. The stripped copy you download is the only copy that persists, and it is yours. Ask the same questions of any remover before you trust it with a private photo.
Q:Does removing metadata clear AI generation tags (C2PA)?
A label stored in the file's metadata does not survive a stripped download, because the output is a fresh encode with no metadata copied from the input. We do not target those labels in particular, and a label baked into the pixels as a visible mark stays. If you need a content credential kept, keep the original file rather than a stripped copy.
Q:Can I view the EXIF data before I delete it?
Not in this tool: it removes rather than displays. Your system shows the fields. On Windows, right-click the file, choose Properties and open the Details tab, the same place the Remove Properties dialog lives. On an iPhone, the photo's info panel shows the location, which Apple's guide adjusts through Adjust Info. Check there, then drop the file to strip it.
Q:Will removing EXIF rotate my photo sideways?
Not here: the engine rotates the pixels before it removes the Orientation tag, so the photo stays upright everywhere. Our file oriented.jpg, a copy of our reference photo, is stored 400 × 267 with an orientation tag of 6. It leaves 267 × 400 with no tag, upright in a viewer that reads EXIF and in one that does not. A remover that only deletes the tag turns such a photo on its side.
Q:Do you keep my photo after I erase its EXIF data?
No. We keep nothing: files are processed and wiped automatically, never archived and never used for anything else. Every download leaves without EXIF, GPS, XMP or IPTC unless you turn Keep EXIF metadata on. There is no account, no watermark and no charge, and the same daily allowance as every tool on the site counts beside the tool.
