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Remove EXIF data and location from photos

See what a photo gives away, such as where it was taken and on which phone, then save a clean copy. Only the metadata goes: the picture is copied byte for byte, so no quality is lost.

Location warning before you share
Lossless: the photo is not re-saved
Up to 50 photos, one ZIP

Drop photos to check and clean JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC or AVIF, up to 50 at once. Your photos stay on this device. Choose photos

What to do with the metadata

Keep the rotation tag, so sideways phone photos still show upright

How to remove metadata from a photo

Add your photos
Drop one photo, or up to 50 JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC and AVIF files at once. They are read in your browser and never uploaded.
Check what each one reveals
A red box appears when a photo holds GPS coordinates. Below it: the date, the phone or camera, serial numbers, names and any hidden preview.
Choose what to remove
Remove all metadata, remove only the location, or keep a photo as it is. The choice applies to every photo, and each photo can have its own.
Download the clean copies
Save each photo, or all of them in one ZIP. Every copy is read again to confirm that no location is left in it, and a photo that could not be cleaned stays out of the ZIP, with a note saying why.

Only want to look? Image metadata viewer: Read the EXIF, GPS, XMP and IPTC data in a photo: place, date, camera and edits.

What a photo can reveal, and what each option removes

Phones and cameras write details into every photo, and editing apps add more. This is what the tool looks for and what happens to it.

Data	Where it is stored	Remove all	Location only
GPS coordinates, altitude and direction	EXIF GPS block, XMP	Removed	Removed
Place names such as city and country	XMP, IPTC	Removed	Removed
Date, time and time zone	EXIF, XMP	Removed	Kept
Phone or camera model, lens and settings	EXIF	Removed	Kept
Serial numbers, owner name, unique image ID	EXIF	Removed	Kept
Names of tagged people, author, copyright	EXIF, XMP, IPTC	Removed	Kept
Captions, keywords, comments and AI prompts	EXIF, XMP, IPTC, PNG text	Removed	Kept
Editing apps and edit history	EXIF, XMP	Removed	Kept
Hidden preview of the photo	EXIF thumbnail, JFIF, Photoshop data	Removed	Kept
Motion photo video or extra images	Attached to the end of the file	Removed	Removed if they hold a location
Color profile and rotation tag	ICC block, EXIF	Kept	Kept
AI label	XMP	Kept	Kept
Content Credentials	C2PA	Kept, unless they record a location	Kept, unless they record a location

Lossless: why the photo stays exactly the same

A JPG file is a row of blocks. The metadata blocks (EXIF, XMP, IPTC and comments) come first, then the compressed picture. The tool copies the picture block as it is and leaves the metadata blocks out, so the image is never decoded or compressed again. PNG and WebP files are built from chunks in the same way: we drop the text, EXIF and XMP chunks, keep the image chunks untouched and update the WebP header that lists which chunks are present.

HEIC files, which recent iPhones save unless Camera Formats is set to Most Compatible (Apple), and AVIF files work differently. An index near the start records where each part of the file sits, byte by byte. So instead of cutting anything out, we overwrite only the EXIF and XMP parts with zeros or blank spaces. Every position in the index stays correct, the picture data is not touched, and the file keeps its size.

Opening a photo in an editor and saving it again also drops most metadata, but a JPG then goes through compression a second time and loses a little detail. In our test, cleaned copies of JPG files (baseline, progressive and CMYK), PNG files, WebP files and AVIF files decoded to exactly the same pixels as the originals, and their compressed image data was identical byte for byte.

After cleaning, the tool reads each new copy again with the same parser and tells you if any GPS coordinates, place names or other location data are still there. A copy like that is left out of the ZIP.

Remove location on iPhone, Android and Mac

Your phone can do part of the job. The built-in options differ in what they change and what they leave behind.

Device	Built-in option	What to know
iPhone and iPad	Open the photo, tap More, then Adjust Location (in iOS 27, tap Adjust Info first), then No Location (Apple, Apple).	Changes the photo in your library. Options in the share sheet can also turn off Location for one share (Apple). Apple's iOS 27 iPhone guide no longer lists that switch (Apple), so check before you rely on it.
New iPhone photos	Settings, Privacy and Security, Location Services, Camera, then Never (Apple).	Only affects photos taken from then on.
Android with Google Photos	Open the photo, tap More, then Edit, to change or remove a location (Google).	Google Photos can only remove estimated or manually added locations, not one the camera recorded.
New Android photos	Turn off the location option in the camera settings, called Save location on Google phones and Location tags on Samsung phones (Google).	The name of the option differs by phone maker.
Mac	In Photos, choose Image, Location, Hide Location (Apple). In Preview, Tools, Show Location Info shows whether a file has GPS data (Apple).	Preview grays out Show Location Info when a file has no location.
Any phone or computer	Drop the photo on this page, choose Remove location only or Remove all, and download the copy.	Works in the browser with JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC and AVIF files, and leaves the original file as it was.

What we keep, and why

The color profile stays, because without it photos taken in a wide color space, as many phones do, can look dull or shifted. It describes colors, not you.

The rotation tag stays unless you untick it. Phones often store a photo sideways and record how to turn it, so removing the tag can make a portrait photo show up on its side. The tag holds one number and nothing personal.

An AI label and Content Credentials stay too. They record that an image was made or edited with AI, and removing them would let an AI image pass as a real photo. Changing the file does mean the credentials will show that it was edited after signing.

There is one exception. Content Credentials can hold a copy of the location as well. When they do, removing the location removes the Content Credentials too, and the result says so, because a copy cleaned of its location should not still carry it.

Sources

Questions

Does removing EXIF data reduce image quality?

Not with this tool. It removes the metadata blocks and copies the compressed picture unchanged, so the photo is never compressed again. In our test, cleaned JPG, PNG and WebP copies decoded to exactly the same pixels as the originals. Re-saving a JPG in an editor is different, because it compresses the picture a second time.

How do I remove the location from a photo on iPhone?

In Photos, open the photo, tap More, then Adjust Location (in iOS 27, tap Adjust Info first), and choose No Location (Apple). To stop new photos from recording it, set Location Services for the Camera to Never. To clean a copy instead and keep your library as it is, open this page in Safari, choose the photo and pick Remove location only. Safari's photo picker can leave the location out of the copy it hands to a web page: since iOS 17, an Options menu in the picker controls whether it is shared (WebKit). If the check finds no location in a photo that has one, choose it again and allow the location in that menu.

How do I remove location from photos on Android?

Google Photos can only remove a location it estimated or one you added, not a location your camera recorded (Google). For those, open this page in Chrome, choose the photos from your gallery, pick Remove location only and download the copies. Turn off the location option in your camera settings to stop it for new photos.

Does WhatsApp or Instagram remove EXIF data?

The apps do not publish a full list of what they keep, and it can change. Photos you post or send as normal pictures are usually processed into new, smaller files, which tends to drop most metadata, but files sent as documents or email attachments arrive exactly as they were, with every detail inside. Removing the metadata yourself first is the only way to be sure.

Does a screenshot remove metadata?

A screenshot is a new image, so the original photo's GPS coordinates, camera details and hidden previews are not copied into it. It can still carry a few details of its own, such as when it was taken. It also loses pixels and quality, while this tool keeps the photo exactly as it was.

Can I remove the location but keep the date and camera details?

Yes. Choose Remove location only. It removes the GPS block, place names and any attached video or image that records a location, and keeps the date, the camera and the settings, so photo apps can still sort the photo by date.

Can it remove EXIF data from HEIC photos?

Yes. HEIC and AVIF photos are cleaned in place: the EXIF and XMP parts are overwritten with blanks and the picture data is not touched, so the file keeps its size and its format. Many HEIC files also carry a small preview image as part of the picture, and that stays.

Why do photos turn sideways after removing EXIF data?

Many phones save the pixels sideways and add a rotation tag that tells apps how to turn the photo. Tools that delete every tag delete that one too. Here the rotation tag is kept by default, as a tiny block that holds only that number. Untick the option if you want it gone as well.

Does it remove AI labels or Content Credentials?

Usually not. If a file carries the standard label that says it was made with AI, or signed Content Credentials, we keep them, because stripping them would let an AI image pass as a real photo. The exception is Content Credentials that record where the photo was taken: removing the location removes them too, and the result tells you. Check any image with the AI image checker.

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