Remove EXIF Data From Image

Free tool to strip EXIF metadata (GPS location, camera info) from a photo online. Lossless: your image and its format stay identical. Private, in your browser.

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What the Remove EXIF tool does

Photos from phones and cameras often carry hidden EXIF metadata, which can include the exact GPS location where the picture was taken, the device model, and the date and time. Before you share or upload a photo, you may want that information gone. This tool removes the embedded metadata losslessly: it edits the file bytes to drop only the metadata segments, so the image pixels and the original format stay exactly the same. There is no re-encoding, no quality loss, and no resizing. On a JPEG it clears EXIF, XMP, and IPTC; on a PNG it clears the text and eXIf chunks. Typically only a few bytes to a few kilobytes are removed.

How to use it

  1. Drop your photo (JPEG or PNG) onto the upload area, or click to browse.
  2. The tool strips the metadata instantly and shows how much was removed, for example “37 B removed” (or lets you know the file was already clean).
  3. Click Download clean image to save the cleaned file, in the same format you started with.

Why it matters

Sharing a photo with its location attached can reveal where you live, work, or travel. Stripping EXIF is a simple privacy step before posting online or sending a file. Fittingly, this tool protects your privacy twice over: the cleaning runs entirely in your browser, so the original photo and its location data are never uploaded anywhere. There is no sign-up and no limit.

Frequently asked questions

What metadata does this remove?
It strips the embedded EXIF block (which can include GPS location, camera model, and date taken), plus XMP and IPTC on JPEGs and text chunks on PNGs. The ICC colour profile is kept, so your colours stay exactly the same.
Does it change my image quality?
No. Removal is lossless: only the metadata bytes are deleted, and the image is never re-encoded. The pixels are identical to the original, with no recompression, quality loss, or resizing.
Does it keep a PNG as a PNG?
Yes. The original file format is preserved. A JPEG comes back as a JPEG and a PNG comes back as a PNG, byte-for-byte identical apart from the metadata that was removed.
Is my photo uploaded to a server?
No. The metadata is edited out entirely in your browser, so your photo and its location data never leave your device.

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Last updated: June 17, 2026