remove EXIF data

strip metadata before sharing · in-browser

“clean the file, keep the picture”

Load a photo, check what it is carrying, then download a copy with every EXIF, GPS, IPTC and XMP tag removed. Your original file is never modified.

Why strip metadata

A photo straight off a phone usually contains the GPS coordinates of where it was taken — often someone's home, school or workplace — plus the device model and serial number and a precise timestamp. Posting it publicly hands all of that to anyone who downloads it. Removing the metadata keeps the image and drops the paper trail.

How to remove EXIF here

  1. Drop the image on the box above.
  2. Review the tags it found so you know what is being removed.
  3. Click download stripped copy. The picture is redrawn and re-encoded with no metadata block at all, then saved as name.stripped.jpg (or .png / .webp).

The file on your device is untouched — you get a separate clean copy.

What gets removed

Everything outside the pixels: EXIF (camera, lens, exposure, dates, serial numbers), GPS location, IPTC, XMP, the embedded thumbnail and MakerNote. The ICC colour profile is also dropped, so the result is treated as sRGB.

Limits

Stripping works on formats the browser can re-encode: JPEG, PNG and WebP. HEIC and RAW files cannot be re-encoded in-browser, so for those, convert to JPEG first or use a desktop tool. Re-encoding a JPEG applies one more round of compression; quality is set to 95% to keep that negligible.

No. You download a new, separate copy with the metadata gone. The original stays exactly as it was on your device.

Yes. The stripped copy has no GPS block and no EXIF at all — verify by dropping the cleaned file back into the tool; it will report no metadata.

Visually no. JPEG and WebP are re-encoded at high quality; PNG is lossless. Colours are written as sRGB since the ICC profile is removed.

Not in the browser — they cannot be re-encoded here. Convert to JPEG first, then strip, or use ExifTool on the desktop.

There is no server to keep anything on. The whole process happens in your browser.