Remove EXIF Data from Photos: what it does
Drop your photos and each one comes back without its metadata: GPS location, phone and camera details, serial numbers, dates, editing-app history, captions, comments, Content Credentials and embedded preview images. Unlike tools that redraw the photo on a canvas and save it again, this one copies the picture data byte for byte and leaves only the metadata out, so the quality is exactly the original and the file is usually smaller. Two things are kept by default because removing them causes problems: the colour profile (without it, colours can look washed out) and the rotation flag (without it, phone photos can turn sideways). Untick either one to remove it as well. Each file shows what was found before you download it, and you can download every clean copy as one ZIP.
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
- Clean photos before uploading them to marketplaces, forums, your own website or a shared cloud folder.
- Keep “rotation” on unless you know the photo is already upright; otherwise portrait phone photos may appear sideways.
- The colour profile holds no personal data. Keep it so colours look the same everywhere.
- Check the summary line: it shows how many files had a location before you cleaned them.
Frequently asked questions
What exactly is removed?
EXIF (including GPS, device, serial numbers and dates), XMP, IPTC, Content Credentials (C2PA), comments, text chunks in PNGs, embedded preview images and extra images stored after the photo, such as depth or HDR maps.
Will the photo lose quality?
No. The compressed picture data is copied unchanged, so the result is pixel-for-pixel identical to the original.
Why is the photo sideways after removing EXIF elsewhere?
Phones often store photos sideways with a rotation flag in the EXIF. Other tools drop that flag too; this one keeps it (and only it) unless you untick “Keep rotation”.
Is my photo uploaded?
No. Everything happens in your browser on your device, which you can check: after the page loads, switch on airplane mode and it keeps working.