View & Remove EXIF Data
See what your photos reveal — including where they were taken.
About this converter
Every photo your phone or camera takes carries a block of hidden metadata called EXIF. It records the camera model, the exact date and time, the settings used — and on most phones, the GPS coordinates of where the photo was taken, accurate to a few metres.
That matters because the data travels with the file. Posting a photo taken at home to a marketplace listing, a forum or a dating profile can publish your address without you realising. Most large social networks strip EXIF on upload, but file sharing, email attachments and smaller sites generally do not.
This shows you exactly what your photos are carrying and lets you strip it out, from JPEG, PNG and WebP files alike. And because everything happens on your own device, the photos you are checking for privacy reasons are never sent to anyone — which would rather defeat the point.
Frequently asked questions
Does removing EXIF change the image itself?
No. The file is rebuilt without its metadata segments and the compressed image data is copied across untouched — the photo is never re-encoded, so there is no quality loss whatsoever.
Which file types does this work with?
JPEG, PNG and WebP. Each keeps its metadata in a different place, so each is handled separately — in every case the picture itself is copied across untouched. TIFF and HEIC are not supported: TIFF stores its metadata in the directory the file is built from rather than in a block that can be lifted out, and HEIC cannot be read here at all.
What about a HEIC photo from my iPhone?
Converting it strips the metadata anyway. HEIC to JPG redraws the picture rather than copying the file, and nothing hidden survives that — so the JPG you get back carries no GPS, no camera model and no timestamp. The same is true of every conversion here.
Do social networks already remove this?
The large platforms usually strip EXIF when you upload. Email attachments, cloud file links, messaging apps that send "as file", and most smaller websites do not.
Can removed EXIF be recovered?
Not from the stripped copy. Keep your original if the capture date or camera settings matter to you.
Do my photos get sent anywhere?
No — and on this tool above all others. The photos you are checking for hidden location data never leave your device, which would rather defeat the point.