EXIF Viewer & Remover
View photo EXIF metadata (camera, date, GPS location) and remove it losslessly — fully in your browser.
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Get to know this tool
The EXIF Viewer & Remover shows you everything a photo silently records about you — camera model, capture time, exposure settings, and often the exact GPS coordinates of where it was taken — and lets you strip all of it with one click. The photo is read and cleaned entirely in your browser; it is never uploaded, which matters precisely because this is a privacy tool.
What is EXIF data and why should you care?
Every photo taken with a phone or digital camera carries an invisible block of metadata called EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format). It typically includes the device make and model, the exact date and time, lens and exposure settings, editing software, and — if location services were on — GPS coordinates accurate to a few meters. When you share the original file, all of that travels with it. A photo of your living room can reveal your home address; a marketplace listing can reveal where you live.
Key Features
- Full Metadata Readout: Parses the EXIF block (IFD0, Exif IFD, and GPS IFD) and lists tags grouped by device, photo settings, and location.
- GPS Alert: If location data is present, a prominent warning shows the decoded coordinates so you know exactly what you'd be sharing.
- Lossless Removal: Metadata segments are cut out of the JPEG file directly — the compressed image data is never re-encoded, so quality is 100% identical.
- Color-Safe Cleaning: The ICC color profile and JFIF header are kept, so the cleaned photo renders exactly like the original.
- Size Comparison: See how many bytes the metadata occupied before downloading the clean copy.
- 100% Client-Side Privacy: The file is read with the File API in your browser; nothing is uploaded anywhere.
How to Use the EXIF Viewer & Remover
- Drag & drop a photo (JPEG) onto the drop zone or choose one with the file picker.
- Review the metadata list — check the GPS section in particular.
- Click Download Clean Copy to save a metadata-free version of the photo.
- Share the clean copy instead of the original.
Why Choose This Tool?
Uploading a private photo to a website to remove private data from it is self-defeating. This tool does the entire job locally, and its removal is lossless: unlike tools that re-save the image (recompressing and degrading it), it surgically removes the metadata segments and leaves every image byte untouched.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Is my photo uploaded to a server?
No. The photo is read locally in your browser, parsed in memory, and the cleaned copy is generated on your device. No network request ever carries your image.
Does removing EXIF reduce image quality?
No. The tool removes metadata segments from the file structure without touching the compressed image data — the cleaned photo is pixel-for-pixel identical to the original.
Which metadata is removed, exactly?
The EXIF/XMP block (camera, dates, GPS), IPTC/Photoshop records, and JPEG comments. The JFIF header, ICC color profile, and Adobe color markers are kept so the image still displays correctly everywhere.
Why does my PNG or WebP show no EXIF?
EXIF lives almost exclusively in JPEG (and some TIFF/HEIC) files. Screenshots and most PNG/WebP exports never contained it in the first place — the tool tells you when a file is already clean.
Do social networks strip EXIF for me?
Major platforms usually remove metadata from displayed images, but they read it first, and files shared via email, messaging apps, or cloud drives typically keep it. Cleaning before sharing is the only way to be sure.