How to remove EXIF and GPS location data from photos
Photos can reveal where and when they were taken. Learn what image metadata contains and how to strip it before sharing.
Quick answer
Open Remove Image Metadata, choose your photos and download clean copies. Each image is re-encoded from its pixels, so EXIF data — including GPS location, device model and timestamps — is not copied.
What's hidden in a photo
- GPS coordinates of where the photo was taken (if location was enabled).
- Date and time, sometimes down to the second.
- Device make, model and lens, and sometimes a serial number.
- Editing software and thumbnails of the original image.
How removal works here
The tool decodes your image to raw pixels, applies the orientation so it still displays the right way up, then encodes a brand-new file. The browser's encoder writes pixels only, so the new file contains no EXIF, GPS or camera tags.
Things to know
- Re-encoding a JPG adds a small amount of compression; quality 92% is used by default.
- Visible content can still identify a location — street signs, landmarks, reflections.
- PDFs have their own metadata (author, title, software). Clean that with PDF Metadata.