Client-Side Image Metadata (EXIF) Remover
See the hidden EXIF tags in a photo, then strip them by re-saving it in your browser.
Drop an image to scan and clean
JPEG, PNG and WebP supported, up to about 15 MB. The file never leaves your device.
This tool does two jobs. First it reads the hidden metadata baked into a photo — the EXIF block a camera or phone writes at the moment of capture — and lists what it finds, from the camera model to the exact GPS coordinates. Then it removes that data by redrawing the picture onto an HTML canvas and re-exporting it, so the file you download carries only pixels. Everything happens on your own device; the image is never uploaded.
What is hiding in your photo
Most cameras and phones embed an EXIF record inside every JPEG: the make and model, the software version, the exposure, aperture and ISO, the date and time, and — on a phone with location services on — the GPS latitude and longitude, often accurate to within a few metres. Share that photo publicly and anyone can read those coordinates and map where it was taken, which is why this tool decodes the JPEG's EXIF segment, shows each tag, and flags any GPS coordinates as a threat.
How the stripping works
Clicking Remove Metadata & Download draws the decoded pixels onto a canvas and encodes a brand-new image from them. Because a canvas exporter writes only raw pixel data, every metadata segment — EXIF, GPS, the embedded thumbnail, IPTC and Adobe XMP — is left behind, not copied. The output keeps the same format you loaded. The quality slider (10–100, default 92) controls the JPEG or WebP re-encode; it has no effect on PNG, which is lossless. One helpful side effect: a modern browser applies the EXIF orientation flag as it decodes, so the cleaned image stays the right way up even though the orientation tag is now gone.
What it does and does not promise
The on-screen list is a best-effort reader of the common EXIF tags found in JPEG files, so it may not display every proprietary or XMP field a particular editor added — but re-encoding still removes those fields from the file you download. It is a privacy convenience, not a forensic audit, so always keep the untouched original somewhere safe in case you need the metadata later.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which tags can reveal where a photo was taken?
The GPSLatitude and GPSLongitude tags, with their N/S and E/W references. This tool decodes them to decimal degrees and displays them; phones typically write them accurate to a few metres, so they are flagged as a threat when present.
Does it actually remove the data or just hide it?
It removes it. The download is a fresh file encoded from the pixels alone, so the original EXIF, GPS and other metadata blocks are never written into it — there is nothing left to recover from the new file.
Why were no tags listed for my PNG or WebP?
EXIF lives mainly in JPEG (and TIFF) files, so PNG and WebP images usually have none and the list is empty. Re-encoding still strips any ancillary chunks those formats can carry, so the cleaned copy is still metadata-free.
Will the picture look different after cleaning?
A PNG is pixel-for-pixel identical. A JPEG or WebP is re-encoded at the quality you choose (92% by default), which looks near-identical but adds one lossy generation, so work from your best-quality source.