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EXIF Viewer & Remover
See a photo's hidden metadata — including GPS location — and strip it all.
Updated July 7, 2026
How to use the exif viewer & remover
- 1Drop in a photo — it's inspected locally, never uploaded.
- 2Review the metadata table; GPS coordinates are flagged in red if present.
- 3Click download to get a clean copy with every field removed.
- 4Share the clean copy; keep the original for your own records.
Common uses
- Stripping location data from sneaker or marketplace listing photos taken at home
- Checking what a photo reveals before posting it anywhere
- Cleaning images before sending originals over email or messaging apps
- Verifying a downloaded or received photo's capture date and device
Frequently asked questions
What metadata do phone photos actually contain?
Typically: precise GPS coordinates, capture date and time, device make and model, camera settings (ISO, exposure, focal length), software version, and an embedded thumbnail. The GPS data is the privacy-critical piece — it can identify your home from a single shared photo.
Don't Instagram and other apps strip metadata already?
Major social platforms strip EXIF from displayed images, yes. But email attachments, most messaging 'original quality' options, cloud links, marketplace uploads, and direct file transfers often preserve everything. If you're sending the file itself, assume the metadata travels with it.
How does the removal work, and is it complete?
The image is redrawn onto a canvas and re-exported — only pixels survive the trip, so EXIF, GPS, thumbnails, color profiles, and editing history are all gone by construction. The trade-off is a re-encode: visually identical at the quality used, but keep your original as the master.
Why does my image show no EXIF data?
Screenshots never have camera EXIF, most web-downloaded images were already stripped, and PNG/WebP files store little or none. The viewer reads JPEG EXIF, which is where camera metadata lives.
About this tool
The EXIF viewer reveals the metadata hiding inside your photos: camera make and model, capture date, exposure settings, software used — and, most importantly, GPS coordinates, which phones embed by default and which pinpoint exactly where a photo was taken. Photos shared as original files carry all of it; the tool flags location data prominently because that's the piece that matters for privacy, especially in listings and posts taken at home. One click downloads a clean copy re-rendered pixel-for-pixel through a canvas, which physically cannot carry metadata forward — every field is gone. Both inspection and stripping run locally; the ironic alternative of uploading a photo to a website to check its privacy is exactly what this avoids.
Like everything on UtilityBase, the exif viewer & remover runs entirely in your browser — nothing you enter is uploaded or stored on a server. It's free to use with no account required. Browse more image tools here.
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