EXIF Viewer and Metadata Remover: Free Photo Data Tool
View camera, timestamp, and GPS metadata hidden in your photos, then download a cleaned copy with metadata stripped. Runs fully in your browser, nothing is uploaded.
Drag and drop a JPEG, HEIC, or TIFF photo here, or click below to choose one.
What this tool does
This tool reads the hidden metadata embedded in a photo, the same data your camera or phone writes into every JPEG, HEIC, or TIFF file it saves. Drop in an image and it shows you the camera make and model, lens, exposure settings, ISO, and focal length, when the photo was actually taken versus when the file was last modified, and if location services were on, the exact GPS coordinates as both decimal numbers and a direct link to view that spot on Google Maps. Everything else the file carries, like software used to edit it or embedded color profile notes, shows up in an Other section. Once you have looked at what is there, a Remove metadata section re-encodes the image through a canvas and gives you a clean copy with none of that data attached, ready to share without exposing where or how it was taken.
Who it's for
Anyone about to post a photo publicly who wants to know first whether it is broadcasting their home address through GPS coordinates, photographers checking exposure settings on a shot they liked, and journalists or researchers verifying whether an image's metadata is consistent with its claimed origin. It is also useful before uploading photos to a marketplace listing or resume when you would rather not reveal the exact camera and location a photo was taken with.
How to use it
- Drag a JPEG, HEIC, or TIFF photo into the drop zone, or click to choose a file.
- Review the Camera, Timestamps, GPS, and Software sections that populate automatically.
- If GPS data is present, click the Google Maps link to see exactly where the photo was taken.
- If no metadata is found, the tool tells you plainly rather than showing empty sections.
- Open Remove metadata and click Download cleaned copy to get a version with all metadata stripped.
- Check the cleaned file before sharing; the note below explains what re-encoding changes.
Good to know
PNG files rarely carry EXIF data since it is not part of the standard PNG structure, so most PNGs will show little or nothing here even if they came from a camera app. Removing metadata re-encodes the whole image through a canvas, which strips absolutely everything including the orientation flag, and JPEG re-encoding at quality 0.92 can very slightly change file size and visual quality compared to the original. No image is uploaded anywhere; parsing and the cleaned re-encode both happen entirely in your browser using the exifr library and the canvas API.
Frequently asked questions
Does this tool upload my photo to a server to read the metadata?
No. The image never leaves your browser. Metadata is parsed locally using the exifr JavaScript library, and if you use the metadata removal feature, the cleaned file is generated on your own device with the canvas API before you download it.
Why does my PNG screenshot show no metadata at all?
PNG is not designed to carry EXIF the way JPEG and TIFF are, so most PNGs, especially screenshots, have no camera metadata to show. If you need to check location or camera details, look for the original JPEG or HEIC file if one exists.
Why does the GPS section show coordinates but no address?
This tool converts the raw GPS tags into decimal latitude and longitude and gives you a direct Google Maps link built from those numbers, but it does not call any external geocoding service to turn coordinates into a street address. Click the map link to see the exact location visually without an extra network request from this page.
If I remove metadata, will the photo look any different?
The pixels themselves are unchanged, but the file is re-encoded through canvas at JPEG quality 0.92 for JPEGs, which can produce a very slightly smaller or larger file than the original due to re-compression. For most photos the visual difference is not perceptible, but pixel-for-pixel it is not a bit-identical copy.
Does removing metadata also remove the orientation tag, and will my photo rotate?
Yes, all metadata including the orientation tag is stripped during re-encoding. Since the canvas draws the image as your browser already displays it, most photos keep the correct visual orientation, but the underlying rotation instruction that some software relies on is gone from the cleaned file.
Can this tool read metadata from HEIC photos straight from an iPhone?
Yes, the underlying exifr library supports HEIC and HEIF containers in addition to JPEG and TIFF, so an unconverted iPhone photo will show its camera and GPS metadata the same way a JPEG would.