Image Metadata Remover
Remove EXIF metadata before downloading
100% free. Runs entirely in your browser - your files and data never leave your device and nothing is uploaded to any server.
Click or drag an image here
EXIF data (GPS, camera info, etc.) will be stripped
About this tool
Every photo your phone takes carries a hidden block of data alongside the image. Most of it is harmless - camera model, exposure settings, orientation. One field is not: GPS coordinates, accurate to within a few metres, recording exactly where the picture was taken. Combined with the timestamp, that is a precise record of where you were and when, travelling inside a file you share without thinking about it. People have been located from a photo of a pet posted online, because the coordinates pointed at their home. Social platforms usually strip EXIF on upload, which lulls people into assuming it is always removed - but photos sent by email, messaging apps, cloud links, or uploaded to a marketplace listing or forum frequently keep everything. Stripping metadata before sharing takes one step and removes the risk entirely. This runs in your browser, which is the only sensible design for a privacy tool - your photos are never uploaded.
Clean up a photo before sharing it
Strip the data you did not mean to publish, hide anything private, then shrink it for chat.
- 1Remove metadataGPS location and camera details are embedded by default.You are here
- 2Blur facesObscure anyone who did not agree to be posted.Open
- 3CompressGet it small enough to send instantly.Open
How to use this tool
- Add your photosDrop in one or several. They are read locally and never uploaded.
- Strip the metadataThe image is re-encoded without its EXIF block, removing GPS, timestamps and camera details.
- Download the clean copiesThe visible image is unchanged - only the hidden data is gone.
- Share the stripped versionKeep your originals if the metadata is useful to you for organising your own library.
Does Instagram keep photo metadata?
Instagram, Facebook, X and WhatsApp remove EXIF data, including GPS location, from the copy that other people can download. The platforms themselves may still read it when you upload. Email, cloud storage links, AirDrop and file-sharing sites usually pass the original file on with all its metadata.
Removing metadata here strips GPS, camera details and timestamps before the photo leaves your device, whatever you share it through. To stop your phone recording location in the first place, turn off location access for the camera app.
Key features
- Removes GPS coordinates, which is the field that genuinely matters for personal safety.
- Removes timestamps and camera details that reveal more than most people intend.
- Runs on your device - a privacy tool that uploaded your photos would defeat its own purpose.
- Batch processing, so a set of photos is one operation.
- The visible image is untouched; only hidden data is removed.
Common uses
- Posting photos to a marketplace listing, where the location would otherwise be your home.
- Sharing pictures of children or family publicly without revealing where they were taken.
- Sending photos to a client or stranger without disclosing your equipment and habits.
- Uploading to a forum or community site that does not strip metadata.
- Publishing images on your own website, where nothing strips it automatically.
Tips for better results
- Strip before sharing anywhere outside a major social platform. Email, messaging and direct uploads commonly preserve everything.
- Keep your originals. Metadata is genuinely useful for sorting your own library by date and place.
- To stop location being recorded at all, turn off location access for the camera app in your phone settings.
- Screenshots contain no camera EXIF, which is one reason people share those instead when location matters.
- To check what a photo currently contains before deciding, the Image Metadata Viewer shows every field.
Mistakes to avoid
- Assuming all platforms strip EXIF. Many do; email, messaging apps and direct website uploads often do not.
- Sharing property or marketplace photos with coordinates intact, which publishes your address to anyone who looks.
- Stripping the originals rather than copies, losing date and location data that helps organise your own photos.
- Believing a visible crop removes location. Cropping changes pixels; the metadata block is separate and survives.
- Uploading photos to a server-based metadata remover, which hands the very data you are trying to protect to someone else.
Frequently asked questions
Camera/lens info, exposure settings, timestamps, and GPS coordinates embedded in the file's EXIF data - anything beyond the actual visible pixels of the photo.
No - only the hidden metadata is stripped; the visible image content is unchanged.
For anything taken at home or another personal location, yes. GPS metadata pinpoints where a photo was taken to within a few metres, and anyone can read it from the file properties in seconds.
The major ones generally do on upload. But email attachments, messaging apps, cloud share links, marketplace listings and direct website uploads frequently keep everything - which is exactly where people assume they are protected and are not.
No. Everything runs in your browser. A privacy tool that uploaded your photos to remove location data would be handing over the very information you are trying to protect.
Turn off location permission for the camera app in your phone settings. New photos then carry no GPS data at all, though existing ones still need stripping.
Photos sent normally on WhatsApp are compressed and typically lose their EXIF, but files sent as documents keep everything. Email attachments and cloud links also keep the original metadata.
Yes. Photos taken at home can reveal your address through GPS. Strip metadata before posting items on marketplaces or classified sites.
Slightly - the file gets a little smaller, because the metadata block and any embedded thumbnail are gone. The visible image stays the same.