What does this remove?
Photos carry more than pixels: the camera or phone model, the date and time, the lens and settings, sometimes a serial number, an owner name and — when location services were on — the exact GPS coordinates of where each picture was taken. This tool scans every image you add, shows which ones carry location or other personal data, and writes a clean copy of each with that data cut out. Everything runs in your browser, so the photos never leave your device.
How to use it
- Add your JPEG, PNG or WebP images — or a ZIP of them
- Each image is scanned; the badges show how many carry GPS location or other metadata
- Leave everything selected to remove it all, or open “Choose what to remove” to keep some of it — the choice applies to every image
- Press “Remove Metadata & Download” and save the cleaned images as a ZIP
Common questions
What does it remove from my photos?
By default everything that is not part of the picture itself: EXIF (camera, settings, date), the GPS location stored inside it, IPTC and XMP records, and text notes. The colour profile always stays so colours look the same, and the rotation flag is kept so phone photos do not turn sideways.
Will the cleaned photos lose quality?
No. The image data is copied byte for byte — nothing is re-compressed or resized — so only the metadata blocks are cut out.
Can I remove only the GPS location and keep the rest?
Yes. Open “Choose what to remove” and untick everything except GPS. GPS is stored inside the EXIF block, so it has its own switch: GPS controls the location, EXIF controls the rest of that block. A short sentence under the switches states exactly what will happen. The colour profile always stays, and the rotation flag is kept, whichever switches you choose.
What counts as “Other metadata”?
Everything that is not EXIF, GPS, IPTC or XMP. In a JPEG that is the comment field and the extra application blocks some editors and cameras add (Photoshop, Ducky, Picture Info and similar). In a PNG it is the text notes — Title, Author, Description, Comment, Software and the like — and the “last modified” time stamp. WebP files have nothing in this group. These can still name you or your software, which is why they are removed by default.
Are my photos uploaded anywhere?
No. Every file is scanned and cleaned inside your browser, one at a time; nothing is sent to a server.
What happens to a file that is not a real JPEG, PNG or WebP?
It is marked as unreadable, left out of the ZIP, and the rest of the batch carries on.
Where do I look at the full metadata of a single photo?
Use the Image Metadata Viewer — it lists every tag, highlights privacy-sensitive ones and exports them as TXT, JSON or CSV.