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Remove EXIF data and GPS location from photos
Photos carry hidden details: where they were taken, the camera's serial number, when, and sometimes a thumbnail of the uncropped picture. Remove them before you post or send a photo.
Runs in your browser. Nothing you type or open on this page is uploaded; it works with your connection switched off once the page has loaded.
Your photo never leaves this device. It is cleaned in your browser.
Choose a photo to start.
How to use it
- Choose a JPEG or PNG photo. It is opened by this page in your browser; it is not uploaded.
- Read what was found and removed: GPS position, camera details, dates, thumbnails and so on.
- Download the cleaned copy and share that one. Your original file is not changed.
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Questions
Does my photo leave my device?
No. The photo is read and cleaned by JavaScript in this page, in your browser, and the cleaned copy is saved from there. Nothing is uploaded to us or anyone else; once the page has loaded, it works with your connection switched off.
What is removed?
EXIF (GPS position, camera make, model and serial number, date and time, software), XMP and IPTC captions and keywords, comments, embedded thumbnails and preview images, PNG text and time chunks, and anything stored after the end of the image (some phones put a second picture or a short video there).
Does it lower the quality?
No. The image data is copied byte for byte, not re-compressed, so the cleaned photo has exactly the same pixels as the original. Only the metadata around it is left out, so the file gets a little smaller.
Why keep the orientation and the colour profile?
Phones often save photos sideways and use an orientation tag to show them upright; without it the photo may appear rotated. The colour profile keeps colours accurate. Neither says anything about you or where the photo was taken, but you can untick both.
Which formats work?
JPEG and PNG, checked from the file's contents rather than its name. HEIC, WebP and RAW files are not supported here. If your iPhone saves HEIC, Settings, Camera, Formats, “Most Compatible” makes it save JPEG instead.
Do social networks remove this anyway?
Many strip it from the copy they show, but not every site, messaging app or email does, and the site that received the original may keep it. Removing it yourself first means it is never sent.