How do I remove the location from a photo?

Choose the photo here and press Remove metadata. The GPS position is part of the Exif block, which is left out of the copy. The list shows the position before removal, so you can see whether there was one.

Does removing metadata reduce the quality?

No. The picture data is copied byte for byte; only the metadata blocks are left out. The file becomes a few kilobytes smaller, and the photo looks exactly the same.

Does cropping or compressing a photo remove its metadata?

It depends on the program. The crop and compress tools of this site write the result from the pixels, so metadata is not copied, but they re-encode the picture. Many editors and phones keep the metadata when they crop.

Why is the orientation kept?

Phones often store a photo turned and record how to show it. Without that entry, photos would appear sideways. It says nothing about you, so the tool keeps it in a new, otherwise empty Exif block.

Are my photos uploaded to read the metadata?

No. The file structure is read by the code of this page in your browser, and the copies are made there as well; the photos are not uploaded to our servers. When advertising is enabled and permitted, the page also loads third-party advertising scripts; the privacy policy explains this.

Remove photo metadata (EXIF, GPS)

See what your photos reveal and remove it before sharing. Your browser does the work on your device; the photos are not uploaded to our servers.

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What this tool does

Phones and cameras store information in a photo besides the picture: often the GPS position where it was taken, the camera or phone model, the date and time, and the program that edited it. Anyone who gets the file can read it.

The tool shows for each file what it found, in plain words. It then writes a copy without that information. The picture data is copied byte for byte, so the photo looks exactly the same and loses no quality.

How to use it

Choose the photos, or drop them on the marked area. JPG, PNG and WebP are accepted.
Read the list: each file shows what it contains, for example Location, Camera and Taken.
Press Remove metadata.
Download single files from the list, or all of them as one ZIP archive. The names end in -no-metadata.

How metadata is found and removed

The tool does not decode and re-encode the picture. It reads the structure of the file and leaves out the parts that hold metadata:

JPG: the Exif block with camera data and GPS position (APP1), XMP descriptions (APP1), IPTC captions and keywords (APP13), comments, blocks of other programs and anything stored after the end of the picture, such as a second, hidden picture. The segment markers are defined in ITU-T T.81; the Exif fields in the Exif standard (CIPA DC-008).
PNG: text chunks (tEXt, zTXt, iTXt, which also carry XMP), the eXIf chunk, the last-change time (tIME) and private chunks, following the PNG specification (third edition).
WebP: the EXIF and XMP chunks, and the flags in the file header that announce them (RFC 9649).

Kept are the parts that decide how the picture looks: the colour profile, the pixel density and, for PNG, gamma and transparency. The orientation is also kept, in a new Exif block that contains nothing else, because phones often store photos turned and rely on it; without it, a portrait photo would appear on its side.

A file without metadata is returned unchanged. HEIC photos cannot be read by this site; export them as JPG first.

Worked example

A camera photo of 4288 × 2848 pixels and 1,896,240 bytes was checked in Chrome. The list showed: Location 38.03744° N, 122.80318° W, Camera NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D90, Taken 2011-03-12 16:17, Software QuickTime 7.7.1, and also XMP and IPTC data.

After Remove metadata the file had 1,882,281 bytes: 13,959 bytes of metadata were gone. From the first quantization table to the end, the image data of both files was identical byte for byte, and both decoded to the same pixels. Five such photos took about a tenth of a second together.

Common mistakes

Assuming a screenshot of a photo is safe to share. It has no GPS data, but the picture itself can still show a street sign or a house number.
Relying on the service you upload to. Some remove metadata, others keep it, and a file sent as a document may arrive exactly as it was. Removing it yourself is the only way to be sure.
Removing metadata from the only copy of a photo. Photo libraries use the date and place to sort pictures; keep the original for yourself and share the copy.
Expecting the tool to hide what the picture shows. It removes stored data, not faces or text in the picture.

Frequently asked questions

How do I remove the location from a photo?: Choose the photo here and press Remove metadata. The GPS position is part of the Exif block, which is left out of the copy. The list shows the position before removal, so you can see whether there was one.
Does removing metadata reduce the quality?: No. The picture data is copied byte for byte; only the metadata blocks are left out. The file becomes a few kilobytes smaller, and the photo looks exactly the same.
Does cropping or compressing a photo remove its metadata?: It depends on the program. The crop and compress tools of this site write the result from the pixels, so metadata is not copied, but they re-encode the picture. Many editors and phones keep the metadata when they crop.
Why is the orientation kept?: Phones often store a photo turned and record how to show it. Without that entry, photos would appear sideways. It says nothing about you, so the tool keeps it in a new, otherwise empty Exif block.
Are my photos uploaded to read the metadata?: No. The file structure is read by the code of this page in your browser, and the copies are made there as well; the photos are not uploaded to our servers. When advertising is enabled and permitted, the page also loads third-party advertising scripts; the privacy policy explains this.

Last updated: September 29, 2026