EXIF Viewer & Remover
Image Tools
View the hidden metadata (EXIF) in your JPEG photos — camera, lens, exposure, GPS coordinates, timestamps — and strip it before sharing publicly. Runs in your browser.
Runs entirely in your browserAbout EXIF Viewer & Remover
Every photo your phone or camera takes embeds EXIF metadata into the file: which camera, which lens, exposure settings, the exact date and time, and — most importantly for privacy — the GPS coordinates of where you stood when you pressed the shutter. Sharing a photo with EXIF intact can broadcast your home address, your child's school, the location of an event you didn't intend to make public. Most social media platforms strip EXIF on upload, but messaging apps, cloud-share links, and direct email attachments often do not.
This tool reads all EXIF tags via the `exifreader` library, groups them by category (Camera / Image / Date & Time / GPS / Other), highlights the presence of GPS coordinates with a clear warning, and links to OpenStreetMap so you can verify the location without us embedding a third-party map. The strip buttons use `piexifjs` to rewrite the JPEG without metadata — either all EXIF or just the GPS section if you want to preserve camera-info for archival reasons. Everything runs locally; your photo and its embedded location never leave your device.
How to use
- 1
Drop a JPEG photo
Drag and drop a .jpg or .jpeg file (EXIF lives in JPEG/TIFF; PNG and WebP don't carry standard EXIF).
- 2
Review the metadata tabs
Tabs break the tags into Camera, Image, Date & Time, GPS, and Other. The count next to each tab tells you how many tags are in that section.
- 3
Check for GPS coordinates
If GPS is present, a yellow warning banner appears and the exact coordinates show below with an OpenStreetMap link. This is the most privacy-sensitive piece of EXIF data.
- 4
Strip EXIF before sharing
Click 'Strip ALL EXIF' for a fully clean copy. 'Strip GPS only' keeps camera and date info but removes the location. The cleaned file downloads automatically.
Examples
Typical phone photo
Output
Camera section: Make=Apple, Model=iPhone 15 Pro, LensModel=iPhone 15 Pro back triple camera 6.86mm f/1.78, ISO=64
Date section: DateTimeOriginal=2025-08-14 18:42:13
GPS section: 40.7580, -73.9855 (Times Square — DON'T share this raw!)After 'Strip ALL EXIF'
Output
All metadata tags removed; only the image pixels remain. File size drops by a few KB.Frequently asked questions
Why does my photo's EXIF show a different time than I expect?+
Most cameras and phones write the local time at capture into `DateTimeOriginal`, without a time zone. If you traveled and didn't update the camera clock, the timestamp could be hours off. Newer phones write a separate `OffsetTimeOriginal` tag with the time zone — look for it in the Date & Time tab.
Will my edited photo be lossy after stripping EXIF?+
No. `piexifjs` only rewrites the metadata segments of the JPEG file — the actual image data (the compressed pixel blocks) is left untouched. You won't see any quality degradation.
Do social media platforms already strip EXIF?+
Most do: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, TikTok strip GPS and most EXIF on upload. Many messaging apps (WhatsApp, Signal, iMessage) do NOT — they pass the original file through. Email attachments, cloud-share links (Dropbox, iCloud), and AirDrop all preserve EXIF. When in doubt, strip first.
Why JPEG only? What about PNG, HEIC, WebP?+
EXIF was standardized for JPEG and TIFF. PNG has its own metadata format (rarely used). HEIC carries EXIF but needs a different extraction library. WebP can carry EXIF but the tooling is sparser. For now this tool focuses on the most common case — JPEG photos from phones and cameras.
Is there any reason to keep EXIF?+
Yes — archival, legal evidence (court contexts require unmodified files), photography portfolios (camera/lens info is interesting to other photographers), and stock-photo sites (some require date/camera fields). 'Strip GPS only' preserves the useful camera-info parts while removing the privacy-sensitive location.
Is my photo uploaded anywhere?+
No. The image stays in your browser. EXIF parsing and stripping both run via JavaScript libraries on your machine. Verify in DevTools Network tab: no requests are made while you use the tool.
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