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Your photos carry more than the picture
Every photo your phone takes gets an invisible block of data written into it alongside the image, called EXIF. It usually holds the GPS coordinates where the shot was taken, the date and time, the phone’s make and model, and on some devices a serial number. Upload that photo to a marketplace, a forum or a chat app and all of it travels with you.
The consequence is concrete: photograph a sofa in your own garden, post it for sale, and a stranger can read your home address out of the file. Some platforms strip this data on upload. Many do not, and there is no way to tell which is which before you post.
What this tool does
It opens your file inside your browser, locates the metadata blocks at the byte level and cuts them out. The image data itself is untouched: for JPEG, PNG and WebP no pixel is altered and the file is never re-compressed, so there is no quality loss at all. What gets removed:
- GPS location — latitude, longitude and altitude.
- Device details — make, model, lens, and on some cameras a serial number.
- Timestamps — when the photo was taken and last edited.
- XMP, IPTC and C2PA blocks — the editing history left behind by software.
- Comment fields and PNG text chunks — notes apps write in quietly.
Orientation survives. Strip EXIF wholesale and photos often flip sideways; here the orientation flag alone is written back, so the picture stays upright while the location is gone.
Nothing is uploaded
Your photo is never sent to a server. The whole thing runs in your browser’s memory — disconnect from the internet and the tool keeps working. For a privacy tool this is the only design that makes sense: you should not have to send your location to a server in order to remove it.
How to remove GPS location and EXIF data from a photo
Three steps, no account, no email, nothing to install. You can select several photos at once.
Step 1: Choose your photo
Click the upload area or drag files straight onto it. JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC and AVIF all work — including iPhone `.heic` files.
Step 2: Read the privacy report
The tool parses the file and lists what it found. If there are GPS coordinates, they are shown on a map, so you see exactly what would have leaked before you remove it.
Step 3: Clean and download
Hit clean. The new file is ready instantly; select several photos and they come down as a single ZIP. Your originals stay untouched on your computer.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does this reduce image quality?
Not for JPEG, PNG or WebP. In those formats only the metadata blocks are removed and the image data is copied across byte for byte — the file is never re-encoded, so not a single pixel changes. HEIC and AVIF have to be re-encoded in the browser, so those two are the only formats where a very small quality difference is possible.
Are my photos uploaded to your server?
No. The file never leaves your browser; everything happens in your device’s memory. You can verify it yourself: load the page, disconnect from the internet, and the tool still works.
Can the removed location be recovered?
Not from the file you download — that data is simply no longer in it. Your original photo does stay unchanged on your computer, though, so be careful not to share that copy instead.
How many photos can I clean at once?
The practical limit is your device’s memory. Dozens of photos in one batch is fine, and the results come back as a single ZIP.
Is this for removing content credentials?
No. The tool exists so you can protect your own personal data — your location, your device, when you took the shot — in photos you are about to share. Using it to mislead others about the origin of an image or to work around a platform’s content policy is not supported.
Do screenshots contain location data too?
Screenshots rarely carry GPS, but they very often carry a device model and a timestamp. Dropping one into the tool and reading the report is the quickest way to see what is actually in your file.
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