Every photo from a phone or a camera carries hidden details: when it was taken, on what device and, often, exactly where. They travel with the file when you post it, sell something online or send it to a stranger, and anyone can read them.
This EXIF remover shows you what a photo carries, then lets you remove the image metadata in one step: the EXIF data and the other details. A JPG, PNG or WebP is not saved again, so the picture itself stays exactly the same, pixel for pixel. It runs in your browser: the photo and its details never leave your device.
What is EXIF data, and what can it reveal?
EXIF data is the block of details a camera or phone writes into a photo: the camera, the date and time and, often, the GPS location. Other blocks, called XMP and IPTC, can sit next to it. When you open a photo here, Found in this photo lists what it holds, and leaves out what is not there:
| Line | What it is | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Location | The GPS position, as latitude and longitude | It can point to your home, your school or your workplace |
| Taken | The date and time on the camera's clock | It shows when you were somewhere |
| Camera | The make and model of the camera or phone | It links photos to one device |
| Software | The app or firmware that saved the photo | It shows which app saved or edited it |
| Author and copyright | Names written by the camera or an app | It can carry your real name |
| Thumbnail inside | A small preview stored in the file | It can show the photo as it was before an edit |
| Colour profile | How the colours should be shown | Not personal, which is why you can keep it |
For photo privacy, the location is the one most people worry about, and the chip on the picture says Location found or No location as soon as the details are read. To see every single field, open the photo in View EXIF data.
Some apps and sites take these details out when you upload a photo, others keep them, and you cannot always tell which. For photo privacy, it is safer to remove metadata from a photo yourself, before it leaves your device. Then it does not matter what the next app does.
How to remove metadata from photos
- Press Select images and choose a photo, or several. JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC, AVIF and TIFF photos open.
- Read Found in this photo to see what it carries.
- Under Remove, keep Everything, or pick Location only for a JPG.
- Leave Keep the rotation and Keep the colour profile on, unless you have a reason not to.
- Check the Result line, for example JPG · same pixels · 2.31 MB → 2.28 MB.
- Press Remove details, then save. The file name ends in _no-exif.
If the photo carries nothing at all, the button is blocked with the reason: Nothing to remove: this photo has no EXIF, GPS or other details. That is good news, and you can share it as it is.
Everything, Location only and the two Keep switches
The panel has few settings, and the defaults suit most people. Here is what each one does:
| Setting | What it does | When to change it |
|---|---|---|
| Remove: Everything | Takes out the EXIF, GPS, XMP and IPTC details, comments and the thumbnail | The default, and the safest choice before you share |
| Remove: Location only | Takes out only the GPS details and keeps the rest | When you want the date and camera kept. JPG only |
| Keep the rotation | Keeps the one detail that says which way up the photo is | Rarely: without it, a phone photo can turn on its side |
| Keep the colour profile | Keeps the colours exactly as they look now | Rarely: it holds nothing personal |
Location only has its own page, remove location from photo, which explains how it keeps every other detail byte for byte. The Keep switches are there for photos cleaned in place, which are JPG, PNG and WebP, and each of them keeps its rotation that way. A HEIC, AVIF or TIFF photo is saved as a JPG, which is drawn upright and carries no details at all.
Remove metadata from JPG, PNG and WebP without re-saving
Many ways to remove image metadata open the photo and save it again, and for a JPG that means compressing it a second time, which costs a little quality. Here, a JPG, PNG or WebP is not re-saved. The picture data is copied byte for byte and only the blocks of details around it are left out, so the panel says: The picture is not re-saved. Every pixel stays exactly the same.
When you remove EXIF data this way, the file only gets a few KB smaller: the size of the details that went. The Result line shows the exact sizes before and after, and the words same pixels.
- A JPG loses its EXIF, XMP and IPTC blocks, comments and the thumbnail. Some phones add data after the photo, such as a second picture; that goes too, because it can hold details of its own.
- A PNG loses its EXIF, text notes and saved date. With Keep the rotation on, a turned PNG keeps only which way up it is. The colour information it needs to show correctly stays.
- A WebP loses its EXIF and XMP blocks. With Keep the rotation on, a turned WebP keeps only which way up it is.
- A HEIC, AVIF or TIFF photo cannot be cleaned without re-saving, so it is saved as a JPG at high quality, with none of the details.
If you also want the photo smaller, Compress image removes the camera and location details too, as part of compressing.
Strip EXIF from a batch before you share
To strip EXIF from a whole set, select up to 100 photos at once. They all get the same settings, the button reads Clean 12 pictures or however many you chose, and Save all as ZIP saves them together.
The done screen tells you what went from each photo, for example Removed: location, camera, date · 2.28 MB. A photo that had nothing to remove is passed through untouched, and its row says Nothing to remove. For a photo in the HEIC format, the row adds saved as a JPG.
This EXIF remover reads and cleans your photos inside your browser. Neither the photos nor their details are sent anywhere, and the tool is free, with no account. The privacy page explains what the site does and does not collect.
Remove the details from your photos now
To remove image metadata before you share a photo, open it, read Found in this photo, keep Remove on Everything and press Remove details. A JPG, PNG or WebP keeps every pixel; only the hidden details go.
Select your photos above. It is free, and nothing leaves your device.
