How to remove metadata from a photo
- Add your photos. Drop them on the box above, or click Choose photos. JPG, PNG, WebP and HEIC work, many at a time.
- Check what was found. Each photo shows its location, date and camera if it has them, and how many other details it carries.
- Download the clean copies. The cleaned photos are ready straight away. Download them one by one or as a zip file, or send them to your other device.
What is photo metadata?
Phones and cameras write extra information into every photo, called EXIF: the date and time, the phone or camera model, lens and exposure settings, and on phones usually the exact GPS location. Editing apps can add more, such as XMP and IPTC fields with names and descriptions.
None of it shows in the picture, but anyone who has the file can read it with a free viewer.
Why remove the location from photos
The GPS position in a photo taken at home points to your home within a few meters. Big social networks usually remove it when you post, but the original file often keeps it: sent by email, as a document in a chat app, through a cloud link or on a marketplace listing.
Removing it before you send is the only way to be sure.
What gets removed and what stays
- Removed: location, date and time, phone and camera details, lens and exposure settings, author and copyright fields, comments, editing software, and the small preview picture hidden inside the file.
- Kept: the picture itself, byte for byte, so JPG, PNG and WebP photos lose no quality. The color profile and the rotation stay too, so colors look the same and the photo stays the right way up.
- HEIC photos are saved as JPG, because HEIC can’t be cleaned in the browser without converting it.
- Motion photos from Samsung and Pixel phones keep the still picture; the short video inside is removed.
- Videos carry the same details: remove metadata from videos. To only look without changing anything, use where was this photo taken.
Remove location on iPhone and Android
- iPhone: in Photos, tap Share, then Options at the top, and turn off Location. This only applies to that share, and some apps get the photo without asking.
- Android: Google Photos can leave the location out of photos you share by link (in its privacy settings). Photos sent as files keep it.
- Either way, you can check a photo by adding it here: if it shows a location, it still has one.
Private by design
Everything happens in your browser. Your files are never uploaded, so this works the same with the internet switched off once the page has loaded.
Questions
How do I remove metadata from a photo?
Add the photo to the metadata remover on this page and download the clean copy. It removes the location, date, camera details and every other EXIF, XMP and IPTC field.
Does removing EXIF data reduce photo quality?
No. For JPG, PNG and WebP only the metadata is taken out and the picture stays byte for byte the same. HEIC photos are saved as high quality JPG.
How do I remove the location from a photo on iPhone?
When sharing from Photos, tap Options at the top of the share sheet and turn off Location. To be sure the file has none, add it to this page and download the clean copy.
How can I tell if a photo has location data?
Add it to this page: it shows the location if there is one. On Windows you can also check the photo’s Properties, Details tab; on a Mac, open it in Preview and choose Tools, Show Inspector.
Is it safe to use an online metadata remover?
This one runs in your browser and never uploads your photos, so nobody else sees them. Tools that upload photos to a server get the very location you want to remove.
Can I remove metadata from many photos at once?
Yes. Add as many photos as you like and download them together as a zip file.
Does it work with videos or PDFs?
Not yet. It works with photos: JPG, PNG, WebP and HEIC.
Updated September 27, 2026