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Remove metadata from photos
See what your photos give away before you share them: where they were taken, when, and with which camera or phone. Then save clean copies. The picture itself isn’t changed at all.
or drop them anywhere on this page
Files stay on this device. Nothing is uploaded.
Photos
What each photo reveals. The clean copies keep the picture exactly as it is.
Done
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How to remove metadata from photos
- Choose your photos, or drop them onto the page.
- Read what each photo reveals: its location, the date, the camera and more.
- Select Remove metadata and download the clean copies one by one or as a ZIP.
Questions
Are my photos uploaded anywhere?
No. Your browser reads and cleans them on this device, and they’re never sent to a server. That matters most for photos with a hidden location in them.
What is metadata, and why remove it?
Details saved inside a photo file that you don’t see in the picture: often the exact place it was taken, the date and time, the camera or phone and its serial number, the editing app, and sometimes your name. Anyone who gets the file can read them, so remove them before you post or send photos of your home, your family or anything private.
Does removing metadata reduce quality?
No. The photo isn’t saved again: its picture data is copied byte for byte and only the hidden details are left out. The colour profile is kept unless you turn it off, so colours look the same. The one exception is “Turn the picture upright”, which saves the photo again at high quality.
Why does it ask about photos stored sideways?
Phones often save a photo sideways with a note saying which way is up. Keeping that note, the default, leaves the picture untouched and still upright everywhere; it’s the only detail kept, and it says nothing about you. Or turn the picture upright, and no note is needed.
Does it show the place name, or just coordinates?
Coordinates, plus the place name if the photo has one written in it, as some cameras and photo apps do. Finding a name from coordinates would mean sending them to a map service, and this tool never sends anything.
What about iPhone photos in HEIC format?
Convert them with HEIC to JPG: the JPG files it makes carry no location or other hidden details. Most iPhones also send JPG copies when you share photos, and those work here.