EXIF Viewer & Metadata Remover
View an image's EXIF metadata — camera, lens, capture date, and GPS location — then strip every tag and download a clean copy, all in your browser.
EXIF Viewer & Metadata Remover — Drop in a JPEG, PNG, HEIC, or other photo to read its embedded EXIF metadata — camera make and model, lens, capture date and time, dimensions, orientation, exposure, and GPS coordinates. It also re-encodes the image through a canvas to remove every tag, giving you a metadata-free copy to download. Reading and stripping both happen entirely client-side in your browser, so the photo and its location data are never uploaded.
What is EXIF Viewer & Metadata Remover?
The EXIF Viewer & Metadata Remover is a free, browser-based tool that reads the hidden EXIF metadata stored inside photos and then strips it on request. Cameras and phones embed details such as the camera make and model, lens, the exact date and time a shot was taken, image dimensions, orientation, exposure settings, and — most sensitively — the GPS coordinates of where the photo was captured. Photographers, journalists, privacy-conscious users, and anyone sharing images online use it to inspect what a file reveals and to remove that data before posting. Drop in one image to see its parsed metadata laid out field by field, note whether it carries a GPS location, and download a re-encoded copy with all tags removed.
How to use EXIF Viewer & Metadata Remover
- Drop or select a single image onto the dropzone. Reading and cleaning start automatically — nothing is uploaded.
- Read the parsed fields in the Metadata block: camera, lens, date and time, dimensions, orientation, ISO, exposure, aperture, focal length, software, and GPS coordinates when present.
- Check the privacy notice below the metadata; it warns you specifically when the photo contains a GPS location that reveals where it was taken.
- Press Download clean image to save a re-encoded PNG copy with every EXIF and GPS tag stripped out.
- Use Reset to clear the current image and inspect another file.
Examples
Check a phone photo for GPS before sharing
Drop a JPEG straight from your phone. The viewer lists the camera model, capture date, and the latitude/longitude where it was taken, and the warning flags the embedded location. Download the clean copy to share it without leaking where you were.
Inspect a DSLR shot's camera and lens
Load a JPEG from a camera to see the make and model, lens, ISO, shutter speed, aperture (f-number), and focal length parsed from the EXIF — useful for verifying shooting settings or sorting a photo library.
Strip metadata from a screenshot or edited image
Some images carry little or no EXIF; the metadata block then shows that none was found. You can still download a re-encoded copy that is guaranteed to contain no embedded tags.
Frequently asked questions
- What metadata can it read?
- It surfaces the most useful EXIF fields: camera make and model, lens, capture date and time, image dimensions, orientation, ISO, exposure time, aperture (f-number), focal length, software, and GPS coordinates when the photo contains them. It also counts the total number of metadata fields found.
- How does it remove metadata?
- It re-draws the image onto an HTML canvas and re-encodes it as a PNG. Canvas output contains only the raw pixels, so EXIF, GPS, and other embedded tags are dropped. The downloaded copy is metadata-free while the picture itself is unchanged.
- Why does GPS location matter?
- Photos taken on phones and GPS-enabled cameras often embed the exact latitude and longitude where they were captured. Sharing such a file can reveal your home, workplace, or routine, so the tool highlights when a location is present and lets you strip it.
- Are my photos uploaded to a server?
- No. Both reading the EXIF and stripping it run 100% client-side in your browser — the metadata is parsed locally and the clean image is produced with the Canvas API. Your photo and its location data are never uploaded, sent to our servers, or shared with anyone.
- Why is the cleaned image a PNG?
- The cleaned copy is re-encoded as a lossless PNG so it preserves the original pixels exactly and carries no embedded tags. The file may be a different size than the original because the format and compression differ.
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