EXIF Remover

Strip all EXIF metadata from images to protect your privacy — processed 100% locally.

Privacy note: By re-drawing through Canvas, all EXIF data (GPS location, camera model, date taken) is removed. Nothing is uploaded to a server.

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Remove GPS and camera metadata from photos

When you share a photo directly from your phone, it often includes your GPS location, the exact date and time, and the camera model. This tool strips all of that by re-rendering the image through Canvas — only the pixel data survives. To first see what metadata is embedded, use the EXIF Viewer. For general image compression, try the Image Compressor.

Built and maintained by Meet Shah · Last updated 4 August 2026

What this tool is used for

Stripping GPS coordinates from a photo before posting it publicly.
Removing device and software details from an image attached to a ticket.
Cleaning metadata from a batch of photos before handing them to a client.
Removing a timestamp that reveals more than you intend to share.
Producing a clean image for a document where provenance should not travel with it.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does EXIF actually contain?: More than most people expect: GPS coordinates to a few metres, exact timestamp, camera serial number, lens, and often a thumbnail that survives cropping. The GPS and serial are the genuinely sensitive fields.
Do social platforms strip it for me?: Most do on upload — but not all, not on every path, and not for files shared directly over messaging or email. Relying on the platform is exactly the assumption that has deanonymised people, so strip before sharing.
Does the embedded thumbnail update when I edit?: Not always, and this is the subtle risk. Some editors crop the image but leave the ORIGINAL thumbnail in the metadata, so a redacted or cropped-out region can still be recoverable from it.
Is anything lost by removing it?: Yes, and it may matter: colour profile (ICC), orientation, and copyright/author fields. Stripping orientation can make a photo appear rotated, so good removal tools apply the rotation to the pixels first.
Is removal reversible?: No — the metadata is gone from the output file. Keep the original if you may need the capture date or camera settings later, since there is no way to reconstruct them.
Does removing EXIF change the image pixels?: It should not — the metadata is stripped and the compressed data copied through untouched. A tool that re-encodes while stripping degrades a JPEG for no reason, which is worth checking on anything you care about.
What metadata survives a strip?: Often more than expected — XMP and IPTC blocks are separate from EXIF, and some tools remove only one. A file can lose its GPS tag while keeping the photographer's name in an XMP packet.

Common errors and gotchas

Assuming stripping metadata makes an image anonymous. Content, noise patterns and encoding can still identify a source.
Overlooking the embedded thumbnail, which is stored separately and can survive a naive strip.
Removing metadata you needed, such as colour profile or orientation, which changes how the image displays.
Trusting a platform to strip it on upload, since behaviour varies by platform and by upload path.
Stripping the copy while leaving the original in a shared folder.