Remove EXIF data from your photos
Delete the hidden GPS, camera and date information your photos carry, without touching the picture.
JPG, PNG and WebP files are rewritten without their metadata, so the image itself is untouched: same pixels, same quality.
Every photo your phone takes carries a second, invisible file inside it: where you were down to a few metres, which camera took it, the exact second, the lens, sometimes your name and the serial number of the body. Send that photo to a marketplace buyer or a forum, and you send all of it too.
This tool rewrites the file without those blocks. For JPG, PNG and WebP that happens without re-encoding — the compressed image data is copied across byte for byte, so there is no quality loss whatsoever, and the file just gets a few kilobytes lighter.
One thing is deliberately kept: the orientation flag, which tells viewers whether the photo was taken sideways. Removing it is what makes "cleaned" photos suddenly appear rotated.
How to use it
- Drop in one photo or a whole batch.
- Each file is rewritten without its metadata; the note under each one says how much was removed.
- Download them individually, or all at once as a ZIP.
Frequently asked questions
What exactly is removed?
The EXIF block (camera, lens, exposure, date, GPS, serial numbers), XMP blocks written by editing software, IPTC/Photoshop blocks, PNG text chunks and any comment fields. The colour profile is kept, because it affects how the image looks rather than who took it.
Does removing metadata reduce the quality?
No. For JPG, PNG and WebP the pixels are never decoded or re-encoded — the file is rebuilt with the metadata sections left out. HEIC and AVIF are the exception: they can only be cleaned by converting them, so those are saved as JPG.
Does it really remove the GPS location?
Yes, the whole GPS block goes, including latitude, longitude, altitude and the direction the camera was pointing. Use our EXIF viewer first if you want to see what your photo is carrying.
Don’t social networks strip this anyway?
Most big platforms do strip EXIF when they re-encode your upload, but messaging apps, email attachments, cloud links, marketplaces and forums often pass the original file through untouched. The safe assumption is that whatever you attach directly still has everything in it.
Can the data be recovered from the cleaned file?
No. The bytes are not in the downloaded file at all, so there is nothing to recover from it. Your original file on your device is of course unchanged.
Are my photos uploaded?
No. The whole thing happens in your browser, which is rather the point for a privacy tool.
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