Image Metadata Viewer
See the hidden EXIF data in a photo — including GPS coordinates — and download a clean copy with all of it removed. Nothing is uploaded.
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All Image tools →This tool runs entirely in your browser. Nothing you enter is sent to our servers, so there is nothing for us to store or see.
About the Image Metadata Viewer
Drop in a photograph and see what it is carrying that you cannot see: the camera and lens, the exposure settings, the date and time, editing software, serial numbers, and — the reason this tool exists — the exact coordinates where it was taken.
A phone with location services on records where every photograph was taken, to within a few metres. That is genuinely useful in your own library and a serious problem the moment you share the file. Most social networks strip it silently on upload, which is why so few people know it is there — but email, chat apps, a shared drive and a website upload form generally do not. A photo taken at home, posted anywhere, publishes a home address.
The Remove button re-encodes the image without any of it. The pixels are preserved and every metadata block is gone, because the clean copy is drawn from the decoded image rather than edited out of the original — there is no block left behind for something to find later.
Reading and stripping both happen in your browser. Nothing is uploaded, which for a tool whose entire purpose is finding out whether a file is safe to share would be an unforgivable thing to get wrong.
How to use the Image Metadata Viewer
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Add a photograph
Drop in a JPG or PNG. It is read on your device — the file is never sent anywhere.
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Read what is in it
Camera, exposure, dates and software are grouped separately. Anything identifying is called out above them.
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Check for a location
If the photo carries GPS coordinates, they are shown with a map link so you can see exactly what would be published.
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Download a clean copy
The stripped version keeps the pixels and drops every metadata block. Use it anywhere you would rather not share the rest.
Frequently asked questions
What is EXIF data?
A block of information cameras and phones write into an image file: make and model, lens, shutter speed, aperture, ISO, the date and time, the orientation, often the editing software, sometimes a serial number, and — when location services are on — GPS coordinates. It is invisible in every ordinary image viewer.
Do photos I post online reveal where I live?
They can. Facebook, Instagram, X and most large platforms strip metadata when you upload, so those are usually safe. Email attachments, messaging apps that send "as a file", shared drives, forums, marketplace listings and your own website generally keep it exactly as it is. A photograph of something for sale, taken at home, is the classic case.
Does removing metadata change the image?
The visible picture is preserved. Because the clean copy is re-encoded from the decoded image, a JPEG is compressed once more — at high quality, so there is no visible difference, but it is not a byte-for-byte copy of the original pixels. Save as PNG if you need that guarantee. One piece of metadata does matter visually: the orientation tag, which is applied to the pixels rather than dropped, so the picture stays the right way up.
Why does my photo show no metadata at all?
Either it was never written — many screenshots and generated images carry none — or something has already removed it. If you downloaded the image from a social network, that platform almost certainly stripped it on upload. Some messaging apps re-encode images as well, which has the same effect.
Is my photo uploaded anywhere?
No, and that matters more here than anywhere else on this site. The file is read in your browser and the clean copy is made there too. Nothing is transmitted or stored. A tool for checking whether a photo is safe to share would be worthless if using it were itself the disclosure.