Photo metadata remover

Remove the GPS location, camera details, dates and other hidden data from your photos before you share them. It runs in your browser: your photos are never uploaded, and the picture itself isn't recompressed.

Choose photosor drop them here. It stays on your device: nothing is uploaded.

What gets removed

EXIF data: GPS location, date and time, camera and lens, serial numbers, the software used.
XMP and IPTC data: authors, captions, keywords, editing history.
Comments, thumbnails and extra embedded images (such as depth or HDR maps).

What stays: the picture, exactly as it was, its colour profile, and which way up it should be shown.

How to remove the location from a photo

Choose one or more photos above (JPEG, PNG or WebP).
Check what was found in each and what was removed.
Download the clean copies and share those.

On an iPhone or Android phone

iPhone: when sharing from Photos, tap Options at the top of the share sheet and turn off Location. To stop saving locations, turn off Location Services for the Camera in Settings, Privacy & Security.

Android: in Google Photos, open the photo's details to remove an estimated location; to stop saving locations, turn off the location setting in the Camera app.

These settings remove the location only; this tool removes the other metadata too.

Metadata isn't the only clue

A photo with no metadata can still show where it was taken: buildings, signs, roads and landscapes give places away. That is exactly what photo geolocation reads. Think about what is in the picture, too, before you share it.

Questions

Are my photos uploaded?: No. Everything happens in your browser, and the clean copies are made on your device.
Does it lower the quality?: No. The tool removes the metadata parts of the file and leaves the picture data exactly as it was.
What about HEIC photos from an iPhone?: HEIC isn't supported yet. Share it with Location turned off (see above), or export it as JPEG first.
How do I check that it worked?: The tool reads each clean copy again and shows what is left. You can also check any photo in the photo metadata viewer.