EXIF Data Viewer & Remover
View EXIF metadata in photos: GPS location, camera settings, timestamps — then download a privacy-safe copy with all metadata stripped. Free, local.
Every photo carries hidden metadata: the GPS coordinates where it was taken, the camera and lens, exposure settings, timestamps, sometimes the software that edited it. Useful for photographers — a privacy leak when you post photos taken at home or of your kids.
Drop a photo in to read the full EXIF record, then download a clean version with all metadata stripped for public sharing. Both steps run locally in your browser — the photo is never uploaded anywhere.
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EXIF Metadata Viewer & Remover
View and strip EXIF metadata from photos — protect your privacy by removing GPS, camera info, and timestamps
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GPS coordinates, camera settings, timestamps — all visible here.
Download a cleaned version with all metadata removed.
This tool runs 100% in your browser. All computation happens locally on your device — your input is never uploaded to any server. Results are for reference only.
The EXIF container format — illustrated
EXIF lives inside a JPEG as a marker segment (0xFFE1, APP1). The segment payload starts with the six-byte signature Exif\0\0, followed by a TIFF header that declares the byte order (II for little-endian or MM for big-endian) and the magic number 0x002A. That header points to the first Image File Directory (IFD0), which holds camera make/model, orientation, timestamps, and software, plus pointers to two sub-directories: the Exif Sub-IFD (exposure time, f-number, ISO, focal length, white balance) and the GPS IFD (latitude, longitude, altitude — the classic privacy leak). This tool walks those segments directly in the browser, flags the sensitive fields, and then re-encodes the pixels through a fresh canvas so every metadata tag is dropped from the output.
A phone snapshot typically carries 40+ tags. The three circled here — DateTimeOriginal, Software, and every GPS coordinate — are exactly what this viewer highlights as removable before download.
Priya shares smartphone photos to a public blog, and she wants to confirm nothing about her home location or camera is embedded in the files.
- Upload:She drops a 4.8 MB JPEG taken with her phone. The viewer parses the APP1 segment and finds 47 EXIF tags spread across IFD0, the Exif Sub-IFD, and the GPS IFD.
- Review:Camera model, a 1/120s exposure at f/1.8 and ISO 100, DateTimeOriginal, and GPS coordinates at 40.7128°N 74.0060°W are all listed. The GPS and timestamp rows are flagged with a RISK badge.
- Privacy math:The GPS rationals decode to a 6-decimal-degree position — precise to roughly 0.1 m. Posting that file publicly effectively publishes her exact doorstep.
- Clean:She downloads the cleaned copy. The canvas re-encode keeps the pixels but writes a fresh JPEG with no EXIF, IPTC, or XMP, so the 4.8 MB file comes back with every tag removed.
About this EXIF data viewer
This page covers photo metadata remover online, check photo gps location, strip exif before posting, image privacy cleaner — all the same underlying task as EXIF data viewer. The tool above is FreeToolHub's exif viewer embedded in full: every feature works right here, and nothing you process is uploaded to any server.
Frequently asked questions
What information does EXIF data contain?
Typically: GPS coordinates (phone photos), date and time, camera and lens model, focal length, aperture, shutter speed, ISO, flash state, and editing software. Social platforms usually strip EXIF on upload; email, messaging apps that send files, and direct image links often preserve it.
How do I remove EXIF data before sharing a photo?
Load the photo, confirm what metadata it carries, and download the cleaned version — all metadata is stripped while pixels stay untouched. Do this before posting photos taken at your home, workplace, or children's school to public link-sharing contexts.