How to Remove EXIF Metadata From Your Photos
Photos carry hidden data like GPS location and camera details. Here's why that matters for privacy and how to strip it before sharing.
What EXIF data reveals
Every photo your phone or camera takes embeds EXIF metadata — hidden tags that can include the exact GPS coordinates, the date and time, and your camera or phone model. Post that photo online and you may be sharing where you live or work without realizing it.
Strip metadata before sharing
Open the EXIF Metadata Remover, drop in your photo, and download the cleaned copy. It re-encodes the image to remove all metadata locally — nothing is uploaded — while keeping the original resolution and colours.
Does removing EXIF reduce photo quality?
No. EXIF tags are separate from the image pixels, so stripping them has zero effect on how the photo looks. You get the same visible image without the hidden location and device data.
Sharing to the web afterwards? You can also compress the image to make it load faster once the metadata is gone.
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