EXIF Viewer & Metadata Stripper
See the camera, the timestamp and the GPS coordinates hidden in a photo — then remove them.
Drop a photo to see what it's carrying
or click to browse, or paste with Ctrl/Cmd+V — drop several at once to strip a whole batch
What this file is carrying
No EXIF metadata found — there's nothing in this file to give away.
Strip it out
The clean copy is made by removing the metadata segments from the file itself, not by re-saving the picture — so the image data comes through bit for bit identical. No quality is lost.
Batch queue
About this EXIF viewer and stripper
Almost every photo taken on a phone or a camera carries a block of EXIF metadata riding alongside the pixels: which camera and lens took it, the exposure settings, the exact date and time — and, on most phones with location services on, the GPS coordinates of where you were standing. None of that is visible in the picture, and all of it travels with the file when you post it to a marketplace listing, attach it to an email, or send it to someone you don't know well.
Drop a JPEG or PNG above and this tool reads that block out and shows you exactly what is in there. If the file has coordinates, they're called out at the top with a link to the spot on a map, because seeing your own front door on a map is more persuasive than a row in a table.
Stripping is lossless here
Most "remove EXIF" tools work by re-saving the photo, which quietly re-compresses it and throws away real image detail every time. This one doesn't. A JPEG is a chain of segments and a PNG is a chain of chunks; the metadata lives in its own segments (APP1 for EXIF, APP13 for IPTC, COM for comments) or chunks (tEXt, iTXt, eXIf, tIME). Those are cut out of the byte stream and everything else — including the compressed image data itself — is copied through untouched. The picture that comes out is bit-for-bit the picture that went in, minus the metadata.
How to remove EXIF data from a photo
- Drop, browse to, or paste a JPEG or PNG into the box above.
- Read what's in the table — camera, lens, date, exposure, and any GPS coordinates.
- Click Download stripped copy for a clean version of the same image.
- Got a folder of them? Drop several at once and use the batch queue to strip them all and download a ZIP.
FAQ
Does removing EXIF reduce the image quality?
No. The metadata is removed at the byte level and the compressed image data is copied across unchanged, so the stripped file decodes to exactly the same pixels. This is the main reason to use a dedicated stripper rather than re-saving the photo in an editor.
Does my photo get uploaded to check it?
No — the file is read with your browser's own File API and parsed in this tab. There is no server to send it to. That matters more here than on any other tool on this site: the whole point is the data you're trying not to share.
Why does my photo have no EXIF at all?
Screenshots, images exported by many design tools, and anything already processed by a social network usually have no EXIF — most platforms strip it on upload. A photo straight off a camera or phone almost always has it.
What about orientation — will my photo end up sideways?
The EXIF orientation tag is removed along with everything else, so a photo that relied on it to display upright may appear rotated in some viewers. If that matters, run it through the rotate tool first to bake the correct orientation into the pixels.
Can it handle WebP, HEIC or GIF?
Not yet — JPEG and PNG only, because those are the two formats where the metadata can be removed losslessly with confidence. Convert other formats to JPEG with the converter first; canvas re-encoding drops the metadata anyway.
