What this does
Shows you the metadata hidden inside a photo and lets you download a copy with all of it removed. Pick a JPEG, HEIC/HEIF or TIFF and the tool reads the EXIF block, summarising camera make and model, lens, date taken, exposure (shutter, aperture, ISO, focal length), pixel dimensions and — if present — GPS coordinates. A collapsible "Show all EXIF fields" panel lists every tag found. Download clean copy gives you a JPEG containing nothing but the pixels. The file is parsed and re-encoded inside your browser and never sent to a server — which matters when the whole point is that the photo contains your location.
What does EXIF data reveal about me?
More than most people expect. Phone cameras record the GPS position where
the shutter was pressed, the exact date and time, and the device model, so
a photo of your living room can carry your home coordinates. This tool
prints latitude and longitude to five decimal places when it finds them
and shows none when it doesn't, so you know what you would be
sharing before you share it.
How do I remove EXIF data from a photo?
- Choose the file. The summary panel appears with a preview.
- Skim the GPS line and, if curious, expand the full field list.
- Click Download clean copy. The browser decodes the
image, paints it onto a fresh canvas and re-encodes it as a JPEG at
quality 95. The download is named after the original with
-clean.jpgappended, e.g.IMG_4021-clean.jpg.
A canvas has no concept of metadata, so the new file cannot carry EXIF, IPTC or XMP blocks — stripping is a side effect of re-encoding, not a search-and-delete that might miss a field.
Is the clean copy the same quality as the original?
Nearly, but not byte-identical. Re-encoding a JPEG is lossy, so expect a small generation loss at quality 95 — invisible for normal viewing, but keep the original if you plan to edit heavily later. The output is always JPEG, even for HEIC or TIFF input, so any transparency is flattened. The EXIF orientation flag goes with everything else, so check the copy reads the right way up before sharing. Output is capped at 8192 pixels per side and inputs at 50 MB.
Which fields are shown in the full list?
Every tag in the EXIF section whose value is under 200 characters; longer values such as maker notes are left out for readability but still removed from the clean copy. GPS is read from its own block and shown on its own line. IPTC and XMP are not displayed, only stripped.
Why does the clean copy fail for my TIFF?
Reading metadata and re-encoding pixels take different paths. The metadata reader parses the file bytes itself and handles JPEG, HEIC and TIFF alike. The clean-copy step asks the browser to decode the image, and most browsers cannot decode TIFF. HEIC works everywhere because it goes through a WebAssembly decoder (about 2.7 MB, fetched the first time you open a HEIC file). If you only need to inspect a TIFF, the viewer half still works.
What if I want a smaller file, not just a clean one?
The image compressor and the format converter also drop metadata for the same canvas reason, and both offer a quality slider and WebP output. Use this tool when you want to see what is in the file; use those when size is the goal.