Behind every photo from a camera or a phone is a list of details you cannot see: the device, the lens, the settings, the date taken and often the exact place. That photo metadata is useful when you sort pictures, learn from your settings or check where a picture came from. It is also worth a look before you share one: view EXIF data first and you know what the picture gives away.
This EXIF viewer works as a photo metadata viewer and EXIF reader in one: it opens a photo and lays all of it out, a short Summary first, then every field, grouped and searchable. You can copy the lot or save it as a file. The photo is read inside your browser, so neither it nor its details leave your device.
What the Summary shows
When you view EXIF data here, the Summary at the top of the panel picks out the lines most people look for. A line that the photo does not have is left out, so a short Summary means a photo with few details.
| Line | What it shows | Looks like |
|---|---|---|
| Camera | The make and model of the camera or phone | The model name, as the maker writes it |
| Lens | The lens, when the camera records it | A lens model or its focal range |
| Taken | The date and time the photo was taken | 2026-10-19 18:42:10 |
| Exposure | Shutter speed, aperture, ISO and focal length | 1/250 s · f/2.8 · ISO 100 · 26 mm |
| Picture size | The width and height in pixels | 4032 × 3024 |
| Location | Latitude and longitude, and the height when recorded | Six decimal places, then the height in metres |
The Taken line is the quickest way to see when a photo was taken: it shows the date and time from the camera's own clock.
A chip on the picture also says Location found or No location as soon as the details are read, so you can tell at a glance whether a photo gives away where it was taken.
People open an EXIF viewer for all sorts of reasons:
- to find the date taken of an old photo, or put a set of scans in order;
- to learn from a photo they like, by reading its shutter speed, aperture and ISO;
- to check whether a picture they received is a camera original or a screenshot;
- to see what a photo would give away before they post it.
How to check photo metadata in your browser
- Press Select image and choose a photo. JPG, PNG, WebP, AVIF and TIFF photos open, and so do iPhone HEIC photos.
- Read the Summary at the top of the panel.
- Type part of a name in Find a field, such as ISO or GPS, to look up one detail.
- Scroll All details for every field, grouped. Press Show every field when the list is long.
- Press Copy all to put everything on the clipboard, or pick Text, JSON or CSV under Save as and press Save the details.
The saved file is named after your photo with _exif on the end, such as holiday_exif.txt, and the done screen says Your details are ready. The Result line shows the format and how many fields the file will hold, for example TXT · 84 fields.
Every field, grouped
Under All details, every field the photo holds is listed with its value, in groups. The first 40 fields show straight away; Show every field reveals the rest, and the saved file always has them all.
| Group | What it usually holds |
|---|---|
| Camera | The make and model, the software, the orientation and the date the file was changed |
| Photo | The exposure settings, the lens, the flash and the date taken |
| Location | The GPS position, height, direction and time, when the camera records them |
| XMP | Details written by editing apps, such as ratings, labels and edit history |
| IPTC | Captions, keywords, credits and copyright, often added by photographers |
| Colour profile | How the photo's colours should be shown |
Find a field filters the list by the field's name as you type, which is quicker than scrolling when a photo has a long list. If nothing matches, the panel says No field has that in its name.
Dates are shown as the camera wrote them, on its own clock, whatever time zone you are in now. If the camera's clock was wrong, the date taken is wrong by the same amount.
Copy or save the photo metadata
Copy all puts every field on the clipboard as plain text, ready to paste into a message or a note. If your browser blocks the clipboard, save a file instead. Under Save as, you choose the kind of file:
- Text: easy to read, with each group under its own heading and one field per line. The same text Copy all gives you.
- JSON: the Summary and every group, for scripts and apps that read structured data.
- CSV: one row per field, with the columns group, field and value, which opens in any spreadsheet.
A CSV is handy for comparing settings between photos: view EXIF data for each one, save each as CSV, and put them side by side. Seen enough and want the details gone? The note at the foot of the panel opens Remove EXIF data with the same photo.
When a photo shows few or no details
Many apps and sites take the details out when a photo is shared or saved again, so a downloaded picture, a screenshot or a photo sent through a chat app often has none left. Then Save the details is blocked with the words: This picture has no EXIF or other details to show.
- A photo edited and exported by an app may keep only some fields, such as the software and the date.
- A photo taken with location switched off has no Location line and no Location group.
- The private notes some camera makers add, and free-text comments, are not listed.
- If the file is damaged or unusual, the panel says The details of this picture could not be read here.
In the saved JSON, the summary marks whether the file holds a small preview picture. For a TIFF with more than one page, the second page counts as that preview.
To share a photo without its location but keep the date and camera, use Remove location from photo. The rest of the tools for photos are under Compress & clean.
See what your photo carries now
To view EXIF data, open a photo and read the Summary, then use Find a field or All details for the rest. Copy it all, or save it as Text, JSON or CSV to keep or compare.
Select a photo above. It is free, and the details never leave your device.
