Image tools
Remove EXIF data from a photo
Location, camera, date, serial numbers — gone. The image itself is not re-encoded.
Drop photos here — as many as you like
JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC · nothing is uploaded
How it works
- 1Choose one photo or a whole folder, or drag them onto the box.
- 2Each file is read in your browser — location, camera, dates, software, comments, embedded thumbnails.
- 3The metadata blocks are cut out of the file. The image data is copied byte for byte, so nothing is re-compressed.
- 4Download each photo, or all of them as a zip.
Specification
- Removes
- EXIF (camera, date, GPS, serial numbers, thumbnail), XMP, IPTC, comments, vendor blocks
- Keeps
- The pixels byte for byte; the colour profile and the rotation flag unless you untick them
- Formats
- JPG, PNG, WebP; HEIC is converted to JPG
- Batch
- Any number of files, downloadable as one zip
- Uploads
- None — the photos never leave your browser
Questions
What exactly gets removed?
Everything that is not the picture: the EXIF block (camera make and model, lens, exposure, date and time, GPS position, serial numbers, the embedded thumbnail), XMP and IPTC blocks (editing history, keywords, captions, author), comments, and vendor blocks such as an embedded second image. What stays is the pixel data, exactly as it was, and — unless you untick them — the colour profile and the rotation flag.
Why keep the rotation flag?
Phones usually store photos sideways and write one tag telling viewers to rotate them. Strip everything and that photo shows up lying on its side. Keeping only that one tag costs nothing and reveals nothing, so it is on by default.
Does this reduce the quality?
No. The metadata is cut out of the file and the compressed image data is copied unchanged, so the pixels are identical. The file gets a little smaller — by however much metadata it carried.
Does the location really go?
Yes. GPS is stored inside EXIF, and the whole block is removed. You can check: open the result in the EXIF viewer and it reports nothing.
What about HEIC photos from an iPhone?
Browsers cannot save HEIC, so those are decoded and saved as JPEG at quality 92, which drops their metadata as a side effect. To keep HEIC and only remove the location, use the Photos app's share sheet with Location switched off.
Are my photos uploaded anywhere?
No. Reading and rewriting both happen inside your browser, and the page keeps working with the network switched off. Nothing is sent to a server.
Is this the same as "exif remover"?
Yes. It also gets called "remove metadata from photo" and "remove location from photo" and "strip exif data". They all describe this one job, and this page does it.