See and remove the metadata in a photo
Choose a photo to see what it says about you: where it was taken, when, and on what. Then download a copy with that removed. The photo stays on your device.
What photo metadata can reveal
Phones and cameras write EXIF data into every photo: the exact GPS position, the date and time to the second, the device model and often the software that edited it. Most messaging apps strip it when you send a photo, but email, cloud links, marketplaces and many websites pass the original file on untouched. What your photos reveal about you goes through each field.
How the removal works
For JPEG, PNG and WEBP the page removes the metadata blocks and leaves the image data exactly as it was, so there is no loss of quality. It keeps two things: the colour profile, so the photo looks the same, and the orientation, so a portrait photo does not open on its side.
HEIC cannot be edited that way in a browser, so for HEIC the page offers a JPG copy without metadata instead. To keep a HEIC as HEIC, see how to remove EXIF from HEIC without losing quality.
FAQ
Is my photo uploaded?
No. It is read and cleaned inside your browser, and neither the photo nor its details are sent anywhere. A map of the location opens only if you ask for one.
Does removing metadata reduce quality?
Not for JPEG, PNG or WEBP: the image data is copied byte for byte. The HEIC option re-encodes the picture as a JPG, which does.
Which fields are removed?
EXIF (including GPS, camera, lens and dates), XMP, IPTC, comments and PNG text chunks. The colour profile and the orientation are kept.
Why does the viewer show no metadata for my photo?
Many apps and websites already strip it. Screenshots and images saved from social networks usually have little or none.
Cleaning photos on a Mac?
Metadata Remover cleans whole folders at once, keeps HEIC as HEIC without recompressing it, and shows you each field before it goes.
See what Metadata Remover does
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