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Free EXIF & GPS Metadata Viewer + Remover
A free, private EXIF metadata viewer and remover that runs entirely in your browser. Reading is powered by exifr, described by its author Mike Kovarik as the fastest and most versatile JavaScript EXIF reading library, so this page extracts metadata from JPEG, TIFF, HEIC, AVIF, and PNG images in about a millisecond by reading only the bytes it needs. It surfaces every tag it can find: EXIF camera settings, GPS latitude and longitude, capture timestamps, camera make, model and serial number, lens information, editing software, and XMP and IPTC fields such as artist, copyright, and captions. The GPS coordinate is highlighted as a privacy risk with a one-click link to an exact map location, and device and identity fingerprints are called out separately. Because exifr reads metadata but cannot write or delete it, this tool removes metadata a different way: it re-encodes your image through an HTML canvas, drawing the decoded pixels into a fresh JPEG or PNG that carries no EXIF, GPS, XMP, or IPTC segments at all. You get a clean copy to download. Nothing is uploaded, no account is required, and nothing is logged: both the parse and the re-encode happen on your device.
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See exactly what your photos reveal, powered by exifr
Every photo your phone or camera takes can carry a hidden layer of metadata: the GPS coordinate where it was shot, the exact date and time, the camera make, model and serial number, the lens, and the editing software that touched it. This tool reads all of it in your browser using exifr, which its author Mike Kovarik describes as the fastest and most versatile JavaScript EXIF reading library. Because exifr reads only the bytes it needs, parsing is fast, around a millisecond per file, even for large images.
The result is laid out so the privacy risks are impossible to miss. The GPS latitude and longitude are highlighted with a one-click link to the exact spot on a map, and device and identity fields such as serial number, artist, and copyright are flagged on their own. Every remaining tag is listed in a table with readable labels, and you can copy the complete metadata as JSON in one click.
How metadata removal works without re-uploading
exifr is a reading library, so it cannot delete tags on its own. This tool removes metadata a different and fully local way: it draws your decoded image onto an HTML canvas and re-encodes the pixels with canvas.toBlob into a brand new JPEG or PNG. The canvas output contains only the image data, with no EXIF, GPS, XMP, or IPTC segments attached, so the file you download is genuinely clean.
Choose JPEG for the smallest file (transparency is flattened onto white and the image is recompressed at high quality), or PNG to preserve transparency losslessly. Either way, the visible picture is preserved while the hidden data, including the GPS location, is gone. The clean copy is generated on your device and offered as a direct download.
Private by design: nothing leaves your browser
Unlike many online metadata tools that upload your image to a server, this tool does everything locally. Reading uses the open-source exifr library, released under the MIT License with zero dependencies, and stripping is a pure in-browser canvas operation. Your image, its metadata, and any GPS coordinate never leave your device, and nothing is logged or stored remotely.
You can verify this at any time by opening the Network tab in your browser DevTools while inspecting or cleaning a photo: you will see no request carrying your image. That makes the tool safe for sensitive photos, personal pictures, and screenshots you intend to share publicly. Strip the metadata first, then share with confidence that your location and device fingerprint are not coming along for the ride.
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Who actually needs to check or strip this data
Online sellers stripping GPS from listing photos so a marketplace post does not reveal exactly where an item, or the seller, is located, and people leaving an abusive relationship or dealing with a stalker use it as one part of a broader safety practice, since a single shared photo with embedded GPS has been used in real cases to locate someone. Journalists and open-source investigators use the reader side to verify a photo's claimed origin by checking its timestamp, camera model, and edit history.
It also matters for anyone selling a used phone or camera with sample photos still on it, real estate agents and photographers who want to confirm a client's privacy is protected before publishing listing photos, and parents sharing kids' photos publicly who want the home address left out of the file.
How this compares to ExifTool and built-in OS tools
ExifTool, a well-known command-line utility, can read and directly edit or strip metadata without recompressing the image, which is genuinely more capable for professional workflows, but it requires installing software and using a terminal. Some operating systems and photo apps offer a basic "remove location" toggle when sharing a photo, but that often strips only the GPS tag and leaves camera, timestamp, and software metadata intact.
This tool trades ExifTool's lossless, surgical editing for something more accessible: no install, a full readable list of every tag exifr can find, and a one-click clean copy, at the cost of a JPEG re-encode that recompresses the image slightly. For a quick check-and-strip before sharing a photo, that tradeoff is usually the right one; for professional archival workflows that need lossless metadata editing, ExifTool remains the more precise tool.
Turning off GPS tagging at the source
Cleaning photos one at a time after the fact works, but it is easy to forget. Most phones let you disable location tagging for the camera app specifically, on iPhone under Settings, Privacy, Location Services, Camera, and on Android under the Camera app's own settings or the system location permissions, without turning off location for every other app.
Turning that off means new photos never carry GPS data in the first place, so this tool becomes something you use for older photos already on your device, photos received from someone else, or as a final check before publishing rather than a step you need for every single picture you take going forward.
How It Works
Drop in or choose a photo: a JPEG, PNG, TIFF, HEIC, or AVIF file from your device.
exifr reads every metadata segment locally and the tool lists all tags, flagging GPS location and camera or identity fields as privacy risks.
Click Download clean JPEG or PNG to get a re-encoded copy with all EXIF, GPS, XMP, and IPTC metadata stripped out.
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Key Features
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Limitations
- exifr only reads metadata and cannot edit or delete it, so removal works by re-encoding the image, which recompresses it: a stripped JPEG is lossy and may differ slightly from the original
- Re-encoding through a canvas keeps the visible pixels but discards everything else, including the embedded color profile and any orientation tag, so very large images may also use more memory during processing
- Some HEIC and AVIF files depend on the browser being able to decode that format for the preview and re-encode step, which is not guaranteed in every browser
- Only the first selected image is processed at a time: there is no bulk or folder mode in this single-page tool
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this EXIF viewer and remover free?
Yes, it is completely free with no limits. You can inspect and strip metadata from as many photos as you like without paying, signing up, or installing anything. Reading is built on exifr, an open-source library released under the MIT License with zero dependencies, so both the tool and its parsing engine are free to use and free to inspect.
Is my photo uploaded to a server?
No. Both steps run entirely on your device inside the browser. exifr reads the metadata locally, and the cleaned copy is produced locally by re-encoding the image through an HTML canvas. No image, metadata, or coordinate is ever uploaded, stored remotely, or logged. You can confirm this by opening the Network tab in your browser DevTools while using the tool: you will see no request carrying your image.
How does it remove EXIF and GPS data if exifr only reads metadata?
exifr is a reading library, so it cannot write or delete tags. To strip metadata, the tool draws your decoded image onto an HTML canvas and re-encodes it with canvas.toBlob to a new JPEG or PNG. The canvas output contains only the pixels, with no EXIF, GPS, XMP, or IPTC segments attached, so the downloaded copy is metadata-free. The trade-off is that JPEG re-encoding is lossy, so the clean copy is a recompressed version of your original.
What metadata and image formats can it read?
It reads every segment exifr supports: TIFF based EXIF and GPS, Interoperability, XMP and Extended XMP, IPTC captions and copyrights, ICC color profiles, JFIF, and PNG IHDR. It handles the formats exifr parses: JPEG, TIFF, HEIC, AVIF, and PNG. In practice that means camera settings, GPS coordinates, timestamps, camera make, model and serial number, lens details, editing software, and authorship fields are all surfaced when present.
Do I need to install an app or extension?
No. There is nothing to install. The tool is a single web page that loads the exifr library and runs in any modern browser on desktop or mobile. Just open the page, choose a photo, read the metadata, and download a clean copy.
Why does it warn me about GPS location?
Many phones and cameras embed the exact latitude and longitude where a photo was taken directly into the file. Anyone you share that photo with can extract the coordinate and pinpoint your home, workplace, or current location. The tool highlights GPS data prominently, links it to a map so you can see exactly what is exposed, and lets you strip it out before sharing.
Is the first load slow, and does it work offline?
The first load fetches the exifr library, which is small: about 22 KB gzipped for the full build, and smaller for the lite and mini builds. After that, parsing is fast, roughly a millisecond per file, because exifr reads only the bytes it needs. The parsing and stripping run locally, but the page and library must load first, so you need a connection for the initial load. Once loaded, processing an image needs no further network access.
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