Privacy Tool
Photo Metadata Remover
Every photo you take embeds invisible data — where you were, what camera you used, the exact timestamp. This data travels with the image whenever you share it.
Reveal and remove hidden data in your photos before sharing
🔒 Your photo is processed on our server and deleted immediately after. We never store images or metadata. Nothing is logged.
How to use this tool
- 1 Drop a photo onto the upload area, or click "Browse Files" — works with JPG and PNG, max 5 MB.
- 2 The tool reads the hidden data embedded in the file (location, camera, date, and more).
- 3 See each data field as a signal card — with an explanation of what risk it carries.
- 4 If your photo has GPS data, a map shows exactly where it was taken.
- 5 Click "Download Clean Photo" to get a copy with all metadata stripped.
📸 Upload Your Photo
Drag your photo here or click to browse
Max 5 MB · JPG, PNG, HEIC
Results:
🔓 Original — Hidden Data Found
✓ After Stripping
All metadata removed
⚠ GPS Location Embedded in Photo
This is where the photo was taken — encoded in the file. Anyone you sent this to could have extracted this.
Which files carry the most risk?
Not all files embed the same data. Risk depends on how the file was created.
High Risk
JPEG photos from phones
GPS coordinates, timestamp, make/model, and sometimes the user's name are all embedded by default.
Medium Risk
Screenshots and edited images
May contain software name and version, creation date, and colour profile — which can fingerprint your editing setup.
Lower Risk
PNG files exported from apps
Often carry fewer fields, but can still include software version and creation date. Strip them if sharing publicly.
Does stripping metadata affect photo quality?
No. Metadata is stored in a separate part of the file from the pixel data. Removing it does not change any pixel, colour, or resolution. The image looks identical.
EXIF data sits in a header block at the start of the JPEG file. Stripping it removes that block — the image data that follows is untouched.
File size will shrink slightly (typically 10–100 KB for the metadata block), but resolution and visual quality stay the same.
Some apps re-embed a minimal set of metadata when you import a stripped image — check the file again after importing into photo editing software.
Social media platforms (Instagram, Twitter/X, Facebook) strip metadata themselves when you upload. But people who receive the original file before upload still get it.
💡 Bottom line: Strip before you share, not after. Once you have sent the file, the metadata has already been transmitted — stripping your local copy does not affect what the recipient received.