Remove EXIF data from a photo
Strip camera, lens and GPS metadata before you share a photo. The file is re-encoded on a clean canvas in your browser, so the download is guaranteed to carry no EXIF - and nothing is ever uploaded.
Your photo and its metadata are inspected and cleaned only on your device.
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Detected metadata
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This photo contains GPS location data
Downloading the cleaned version below removes those coordinates before you share the file.
PNG output is lossless - this re-encodes the file cleanly without image quality loss.
How it works: your photo is drawn onto a fresh canvas and exported again. A canvas has no EXIF to carry over, which is why the result is guaranteed clean.
What is EXIF?
EXIF is a block of metadata written into a photo by the camera. It records the make and model, lens and focal length, aperture, shutter speed, ISO, the exact time the shot was taken - and, on many phones, the GPS coordinates of where you stood. It is useful for organising photos but can reveal more than you intend when you share a file.
What gets removed
- Camera make, model and lens information
- Exposure details: aperture, shutter speed, ISO, exposure compensation
- Date and time the photo was taken
- Editing software names
- GPS coordinates - the location where the photo was captured
Why this method is guaranteed to work
Some editors only blank EXIF fields, which can leave fragments behind. This tool never copies the header at all: it redraws the pixels on an empty canvas and exports that. With no metadata in the source canvas, there is nothing left for the file to store.
Frequently asked questions
How do you remove EXIF without uploading my photo?
The file is decoded and re-encoded on a brand-new canvas in your browser. Because the canvas never contains metadata, the saved file cannot contain any EXIF - and nothing is uploaded.
Will removing EXIF change how my photo looks?
Visually no. Re-encoding applies one compression pass, but the pixels stay the same. If you export as JPG the file is slightly recompressed, which is normally invisible at high quality.
Which metadata is removed?
All of it - camera make and model, lens, exposure settings, date, software and any GPS coordinates. EXIF is stored in the file header, and a fresh canvas has no header metadata to keep.
Why do the file size and dimensions stay similar?
Stripping metadata removes only a few kilobytes of header text. The image content is untouched, so pixel dimensions stay the same and the file size barely changes.