EXIF remover: strip data and GPS location before sharing
Photos carry more than pixels. The EXIF block records the camera or phone model, the date and time, the lens and settings, and often the exact GPS coordinates where the photo was taken. Editing software adds XMP history and IPTC captions. This EXIF remover strips that metadata so the image you share contains only the picture.
Lossless cleaning for JPEG and PNG
Many "metadata removers" simply re-save the image, which adds another round of JPEG compression. This tool edits the file structure instead:
- JPEG: the file is a sequence of segments. The tool drops APP1 (EXIF and XMP), APP13 (IPTC/Photoshop), COM (comments) and other application segments, keeps APP0 (JFIF) and APP14 (Adobe colour transform), and copies the compressed image data byte for byte.
- PNG: the tool removes
tEXt,zTXt,iTXt,eXIfandtIMEchunks and leaves the image chunks untouched. - Other formats (WEBP, HEIC, GIF…): the image is redrawn on a canvas and re-encoded at 95% quality, which discards all metadata.
For JPEG and PNG the pixels are therefore exactly the same as before, and the file usually gets a few kilobytes smaller.
Keep the ICC profile?
The ICC profile describes the colour space the image uses, such as Display P3 on recent iPhones. It contains no personal data, but removing it can make colours look duller in browsers and viewers. Keep it ticked unless you need the absolute minimum file size.
What the result list shows
For each file you see the old and new size, the method used, badges for every removed segment (for example "EXIF 12.4 KB", "XMP 3.1 KB") and a red badge when a GPS location was removed. That makes it easy to confirm the file is clean before you publish it. Several files can be processed at once and downloaded together as a ZIP archive.
When to remove metadata
- Selling items on marketplaces, where photos are often taken at home.
- Posting on forums, blogs or personal websites that keep original files.
- Sending pictures of children, your home or your car.
- Publishing press or stock images where editing history should stay private.
Check what a file contains first with the EXIF viewer. If you also want smaller files, the image compressor removes metadata while reducing size.
What stays in the file
After cleaning, a JPEG still contains its JFIF header, quantisation and Huffman tables, the compressed image data and, if you ticked the option, the ICC colour profile. A PNG keeps its header, palette, transparency and image data chunks. None of these contain personal information. The file name is also kept with a "-clean" suffix — remember that the name itself, such as IMG_2026-08-14_home.jpg, can reveal information too.
If you want to double-check the result, drop the cleaned file into the EXIF viewer: it should report no EXIF, GPS or XMP data.
Privacy
Everything happens locally in your browser with JavaScript and the Canvas API. Your images are never uploaded to our servers, so the tool also works with confidential screenshots and personal photos.