Photo Metadata Remover
Remove EXIF data and other metadata from your photos online, free — GPS location, date, and phone model. No quality loss: the metadata is cut out of the file without re-encoding the image. And no uploads — photos are cleaned right in your browser.
Drop your photos here,
click to choose files, or
paste them from the clipboard (Ctrl + V)
JPG, PNG & WebP • multiple photos at once
Metadata gone in seconds
EXIF, GPS & XMP • No quality loss • All in your browser
What your photos reveal about you
Every photo from a phone or camera carries an invisible bundle of data — EXIF metadata. It holds the exact date and time the photo was taken, the phone make and model, the exposure settings, and — with location on — the GPS coordinates of where it was taken. A photo of furniture in a marketplace listing can give away your home address; a photo of your dog, the route you walk every day. Editors add further layers: XMP records of edits (and of AI provenance, for generated images), IPTC author data, and comments. To see exactly what your photo contains, there's the companion EXIF data viewer — here, you clean it.
How to remove metadata from a photo
Upload the photo (or drag and drop it, or paste it from the clipboard with Ctrl + V) and the tool immediately shows everything hiding inside it — including the GPS location with a map link. Click Remove metadata and download the clean photo; it works with several photos at once, downloaded together in one ZIP. The entire EXIF block is removed, including GPS, along with XMP and IPTC metadata and file comments. Supported formats are JPG, PNG, and WebP — iPhone photos (HEIC) get converted first by the HEIC to JPG converter.
No quality loss — no re-encoding
Most online tools "remove" metadata by re-encoding the whole photo — and image quality drops every time. This tool works differently: it cuts the metadata out of the file at the binary level and copies the image data byte for byte, so the resulting photo has exactly the same quality as the original — it's just smaller by the removed data. One exception: portrait photos store their rotation only in EXIF, and removing it would leave them lying sideways. By default the tool rotates them physically (one high-quality re-encode); if you want guaranteed untouched pixels, turn off Keep photo rotation.
When metadata gets removed for you — and when it doesn't
Facebook, Instagram, and X strip metadata from uploaded photos — but on their servers, so your location and time are handed over during the upload anyway. By contrast, an e-mail attachment, a ZIP archive, file-sharing services, a marketplace listing, or a photo on your own website reaches the recipient with everything the file contains. Cleaning is worth it before selling things online (photographed at home), before sending photos to strangers, when publishing on your own site, and when handing over files where you'd rather not reveal the time or the software they went through.
Removing metadata on Windows, iPhone, and Android
You can do it without a tool, just less thoroughly. Windows: right-click the file → Properties → Details tab → "Remove Properties and Personal Information" — but it removes only part of the data and often leaves XMP in place. iPhone: when sharing a photo, tap Options and turn off Location — the rest of the metadata stays. Android: Google Photos can hide the location only when sharing via link. An online tool cleans everything at once, in bulk, with nothing to install — and since it runs in your browser, the photo never leaves your computer. Afterwards, check the result in the EXIF data viewer.
Metadata removal FAQ
GPS location, photo quality, and what social networks strip on their own.
How do I remove metadata from a photo?
Upload the photo to the tool above (or drag and drop it, or paste it with Ctrl + V). You'll immediately see everything the photo contains — date, phone model, and GPS location with a map link. Click Remove metadata and download the clean photo; with several photos at once, everything downloads in a single ZIP.
What does a photo reveal about me?
A phone photo typically carries the exact date and time it was taken, the phone make and model, the exposure settings — and, with location services on, the GPS coordinates of where it was taken, which can give away your home or workplace address. Editors add XMP and IPTC records about edits and authorship on top.
Will removing metadata reduce the photo quality?
No. The tool cuts the metadata out of the file at the binary level — the image itself is not re-encoded, so the pixels stay byte-for-byte identical and the quality does not change at all. The one exception is portrait photos whose rotation lives only in EXIF: so they don't end up sideways, they are physically rotated by default, which requires one high-quality re-encode. You can turn that option off.
Don't Facebook and Instagram remove metadata automatically?
Big social networks (Facebook, Instagram, X) do strip metadata from uploaded photos — but only on their servers, so they still receive your location. With e-mail, file-sharing services, ZIP archives, marketplace listings, or your own website, the photo travels with its metadata intact. Clean it before sharing that way.
Does it remove GPS location and AI edit records too?
Yes. The tool removes the entire EXIF block including GPS coordinates, plus XMP metadata (which covers edit history and AI provenance records), IPTC/Photoshop records, and text comments in the file. Optionally you can remove the ICC color profile as well — but that isn't private data, so it's kept by default.
Is the tool free, and are my photos safe?
Yes. It's completely free, with no sign-up and no limits. Photos are never uploaded — the cleaning happens right in your browser, which matters double for a privacy tool: a photo you're scrubbing shouldn't end up on someone else's server. For iPhone photos (HEIC), convert them first with the HEIC to JPG converter.
Just want to look first? Open the EXIF data viewer — it shows the date, camera, and GPS location on a map.