View and Remove EXIF Data from Photos

How to view and remove EXIF data

1. Drop up to 30 JPG, PNG or WebP photos onto the box above, or click Choose files.
2. Read the list. Under each photo you see the metadata it contains: GPS coordinates, camera and lens, dates, software, author and serial numbers are highlighted when present.
3. Decide what to keep. Orientation keeps sideways phone photos upright; the color profile keeps colors accurate. Neither of them identifies you.
4. Click Remove metadata. Each photo is rewritten without EXIF, XMP, IPTC, comments and text chunks.
5. Download the cleaned photos one by one or as a ZIP, and share those instead of the originals.

What EXIF data reveals

Cameras and phones write EXIF metadata into every photo. Besides harmless settings such as exposure time and ISO, it often holds the exact GPS position where the picture was taken, the date and time, the camera or phone model, the editing software and, on some cameras, the owner's name and the body serial number. A photo of something you are selling, sent as a file, can therefore reveal your home address.

Many social networks remove this data when you post a picture, but a photo sent as an email attachment, as a file in a messenger, uploaded to a forum or shared from cloud storage usually keeps everything.

Lossless removal

Most online EXIF removers decode the photo and save it again, which costs quality and changes the file size unpredictably. This tool works on the file structure instead: it copies the compressed image data byte for byte and leaves out the metadata blocks. The picture is exactly the same, and the file only gets smaller by the size of the removed data.

For JPG files it removes the EXIF and XMP segments, IPTC data written by Photoshop, comments and anything stored after the end of the image, such as the video part of some phones' motion photos. For PNG it removes eXIf, text and timestamp chunks, which also hold the prompts and settings that AI image generators write. For WebP it removes the EXIF and XMP chunks.

The Windows way

Windows can also strip metadata from JPG files: right-click the photo, open Properties, go to the Details tab and click Remove Properties and Personal Information. It works one folder at a time and does not show the GPS position on a map, but it needs no browser at all.

Supported files and limitations

• Accepts JPG, PNG or WebP files. The format is checked from the file's contents, not only its extension.
• Up to 30 files at a time, 50 MB each.
• Files are processed one at a time in a background thread, so the page stays responsive.

Only JPG, PNG and WebP are supported. HEIC photos from iPhones need converting first; see how to convert HEIC to JPG.

Removing metadata does not hide what is visible in the picture itself, such as street signs, faces or reflections.

If you keep the orientation, a minimal EXIF block with only the orientation value stays in the file. It contains nothing else.

The file name is not changed. Rename the downloaded file if its name contains personal details.

Privacy and security

Your files are opened and processed by your own browser. The ExeDepot server only delivers this page and its scripts; it never receives your files, their contents or their names. The page loads no third-party scripts or ads, and its Content Security Policy allows connections only back to exedepot.com.

Results exist only in your browser's memory until you download them, and they are discarded when you click Clean more photos or close the tab. No online tool can promise perfect security, so keep your browser up to date, and for documents you would never put online consider an offline desktop app such as XnView MP.

Frequently asked questions

How do I see the GPS location of a photo?

Drop the photo onto this page. If it contains GPS data, the coordinates are shown in bold under the file name. You can paste them into any map app to see the place.

Does removing EXIF data reduce image quality?

No. The compressed image data is copied unchanged, so the picture stays identical pixel for pixel. Only the metadata blocks are left out.

Do messengers and social networks remove EXIF data?

Many of them re-compress ordinary photo posts and drop the metadata in the process, but the behavior differs between apps and changes over time. When you send a photo as a document or file, the original is usually delivered with all its metadata. Clean it first to be sure.

Are my photos uploaded?

No. The metadata is read and removed by a script in your browser. The photos never leave your device.

Which free programs edit EXIF data on Windows?

XnView MP and digiKam can view and edit metadata, and XnConvert can remove it from many files in one batch.