EXIF Viewer: what it does
Photos carry more than pixels. A picture straight from a phone usually stores the exact spot where it was taken, the phone model, the date and time to the second, and sometimes the camera’s serial number or a small preview of the photo before it was cropped. Images from editing and AI apps can carry the app’s name, Content Credentials (C2PA) and labels saying the image was made with generative AI. Drop one or many photos here to see everything in plain language: the location with a link to the map, the device, the dates, names, captions and the full list of EXIF fields. Then download a clean copy with all of it removed. The clean copy keeps the picture data byte for byte, so there is no quality loss, and it keeps the colour profile and rotation unless you untick them. The files are read by your browser on your device and never uploaded, which matters for a tool whose whole point is privacy.
How to use it
- Drop one or more photos into the box, paste them, or tap to choose them from your phone.
- Read what each photo reveals: location (with a map link), device, dates, names, editing apps, Content Credentials and AI labels.
- Open “All fields” for the complete list, and keep or untick the colour profile and rotation.
- Download each clean copy, or all of them as one ZIP. The picture itself is not re-compressed.
Tips
- Test with the original from your camera roll. Photos saved from social apps or chats have often been stripped already.
- Before posting a photo of your home, your children or anything you sell from home, check the location row.
- A “hidden preview image” can show the photo before you cropped it. Remove the metadata before sharing edited photos.
- Sending a photo by email, cloud link or “as a document” in a chat app usually keeps every field. Clean it first.
- Selling a camera? Its serial number is in every photo it took, which links your photos together.
Frequently asked questions
What is EXIF data?
EXIF is information a camera or phone writes into each photo: device, settings, date and time, and often the GPS location. Editing apps add their own fields (XMP), and some images carry Content Credentials (C2PA) describing how they were made.
Do Instagram and Facebook remove location data?
Most big social networks remove EXIF data from the copy they show to others. Email, cloud storage links, forums, your own website and files sent “as a document” in chat apps usually keep it all.
Does removing metadata reduce quality?
No. The clean copy keeps the image data exactly as it was, byte for byte; only the metadata blocks are left out. The file usually gets a little smaller.
Which formats can it read?
JPG, PNG and WebP, which covers almost every photo you share. iPhone HEIC photos usually become JPG when you share or export them; convert them first if not.
Are my photos uploaded?
No. The files are read by your browser on your device. Nothing is sent to our servers, and the map link only opens if you click it.