Free Photo Metadata Remover
See what a photo says about where and how it was taken, then remove the camera, date and location tags from a whole batch. Nothing is uploaded.
Your files never leave your browser. Nothing is uploaded.
What photo metadata is
Most cameras and phones write extra information inside each photo file. It is often called EXIF data. It can include the camera make and model, the lens, the date and time, the software used, the photographer's name if one is set, and the GPS position where the photo was taken.
You do not see any of this when you look at the photo. It travels with the file when you send it.
Why remove it
A location tag can point to the exact place a photo was taken. For a listing that may not matter. For a photo taken at your own home, a rental or a client's property, you may not want to share it.
Some sites remove tags when you upload a photo, and some may not. Removing them first means you do not depend on what the site does.
How to remove metadata
1. Add your photos. Drop up to 40 JPG, PNG or WebP files, each up to 50 MB, or choose them from your device.
2. Read the line under each photo. It lists the camera, lens, date, software, author and serial number found in the file, and says if a GPS position is in it.
3. Choose what to do about sideways photos, below.
4. Select Remove metadata. Download each photo or the whole set as a ZIP file.
What is removed and what stays
For a JPG, the tags are cut out of the file. That includes the camera, date, GPS, software, author, comments, embedded previews and any data hidden after the end of the picture. The picture itself is not touched, so there is no loss of quality. The color profile stays, so colors look the same.
For a PNG, the text, time and Exif parts are removed. For a WebP, the Exif and XMP parts are removed.
After cleaning, the tool reads each new file again and reports what it found. If a tag is still there, it saves the photo again from its pixels, which carries none. The line under each photo says which was done.
Sideways photos
Phones often store a photo sideways and add a rotation tag that tells viewers to turn it. If the tag is removed, the photo shows sideways.
The first choice keeps that one tag in a JPG and removes everything else, with no quality loss. The second turns the pixels so the photo is upright, then removes every tag. That re-saves the photo, which compresses it again. A rotated PNG or WebP is always re-saved, because for those formats the rotation is itself a tag.
What this does not remove
Tags are only part of what a photo can reveal. Street signs, house numbers, reflections and faces stay in the picture.
File names can give away an address too. Cleaned files keep the original name with -clean added, so rename them if the name holds an address.
Questions
What is EXIF data?
It is information a camera or phone stores inside a photo file, such as the camera model, the date and time, and sometimes a GPS position. It is not part of the picture you see.
Does removing metadata lower the quality?
Not for most files. For a JPG, PNG or WebP the tags are cut out and the picture is not touched. The tool re-saves a photo only when it has to, for example a rotated PNG, or when you choose to turn the pixels, and it says so on that photo's line.
Are my photos uploaded anywhere?
No. The tags are read and removed by your browser on your own device. Nothing is sent to a server.
Can I see the GPS location before I remove it?
Yes. The line under each photo says if a location is in the file and shows the position, rounded to four decimal places. It is read on your device and goes nowhere.
Does it work on HEIC photos from an iPhone?
Not directly. Convert them with the HEIC to JPG tool first. The JPG it makes has no camera, date or location tags.
Do social sites remove metadata anyway?
Some do and some may not, and their rules change. It is safer to remove the tags yourself before you post.
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Updated October 2026. Open-source licenses