# EXIF Remover – Remove EXIF Data & Location From Photos > Free EXIF remover. See the GPS location, camera and date hidden in your photos, then remove EXIF data losslessly from JPEG and PNG files. Nothing is uploaded. Canonical: https://scheduleforyou.com/tools/remove-exif-data See exactly what your photos reveal (location, camera, date taken) and remove it in one tap. JPEG and PNG files are cleaned without touching the image, and nothing leaves your device. This page has a photo metadata (EXIF and location) remover that runs in the browser; use the HTML page to run it. The text below is the guide that goes with it. ## What this EXIF remover does This EXIF remover shows the hidden data stored inside your photos and removes it before you share them. Add one photo or a whole batch, check the **Location (GPS)** row for each, then press **Remove location & metadata** and download clean copies. It's built for the moment just before you post, sell or send a picture: one quick check that the file isn't telling strangers where you live. ### What it reads For every photo, a table lists what the file contains: - **Location (GPS)**: the latitude and longitude where the photo was taken, shown to three decimal places. A red warning, "This photo contains the location where it was taken", appears on any photo that has one, and the summary at the top counts them, for example "12 photo(s) · 3 with a location". - **Camera** and **Lens**: the make and model of the phone or camera. - **Date taken** and **Software**: when the photo was shot and what last edited it. - **Author / copyright** and **Camera serial number**, when they're present. - **Other metadata**: whether the file also holds XMP, IPTC, a comment or PNG text and time chunks. If a photo has none of this, the tool says **None found**. ### Your photos stay on your device Photos are read and cleaned on your device. Nothing is uploaded, there's no account, and the tool keeps no copy. ## How to remove EXIF data from a photo ### 1. Add your photos Tap **Choose photos or drop them here**, or drag files onto the box. You can add up to 50 at a time and use **Add more photos** for the next batch. Remove one with its ✕ button or start over with **Clear list**. ### 2. Check what's inside Look at the summary line and the red location warnings first. If you only wanted to know whether a photo has GPS data, you can stop here. ### 3. Remove location & metadata Press **Remove location & metadata**. Each photo gets a note saying how it was cleaned and a **Download** button with the new file size. Clean files keep their name with "-clean" added. ### 4. Download one or all With more than one cleaned photo, **Download all as ZIP** saves everything in one file, photos-clean.zip, which is easier than tapping through dozens of downloads on a phone. ## Lossless cleaning and when a photo is re-saved ### JPEG and PNG: cleaned losslessly JPEG and PNG files are cleaned without re-compressing. Only the metadata blocks are removed (EXIF with GPS, XMP, IPTC and comments in a JPEG; EXIF, text and time chunks in a PNG), and the compressed image data is copied byte for byte. The colour profile is kept, so colors look the same as before. The note reads **Cleaned losslessly: the image data is untouched.** ### Rotated photos are re-saved upright Phones often store a photo sideways and add an orientation tag that tells apps to turn it. Removing that tag losslessly would leave the photo lying on its side, so photos with an orientation tag are re-saved upright instead: JPEGs at 95% quality, PNGs as PNG. ### WebP and HEIC are re-saved as JPEG The tool lists metadata for JPEG, PNG and WebP files. WebP files, and formats such as HEIC whose metadata can't be listed here, are re-saved as a JPEG at 95% quality, which keeps no metadata. That only works if your browser can open the format. If it can't, the photo is marked as not supported; export it as a JPEG on your phone and try again. Re-saved photos larger than 16 megapixels are scaled to fit, and the note gives the new size. ### Extras after the image are removed Some phone JPEGs carry extra data after the main picture, such as an HDR gain map or the short video of a motion photo. Those are removed too, so a cleaned motion photo becomes a still image and an HDR photo shows as standard range. ## Do social media sites remove EXIF data? At the time of writing, major platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, X and TikTok generally strip EXIF data, including GPS coordinates, from the images they show publicly. That protects you from other viewers, but it's not the whole picture: - **Files sent as documents keep their data.** Email attachments, cloud links such as a shared Drive or Dropbox folder, and photos sent "as a file" in chat apps usually arrive exactly as they left your phone. - **Some sites keep metadata.** Smaller forums, marketplaces, portfolio sites and blogs may serve the original file. Check each site, or clean the photo first so it doesn't matter. - **Removal on upload happens after upload.** The platform still received the original. Removing location from a photo yourself means it never leaves your device at all. - **The picture itself can give you away.** A street sign, a house number, a car plate or a screenshot of a map reveals as much as GPS does. Cover those with the [blur image tool](https://scheduleforyou.com/tools/blur-image), which also saves without EXIF. ## How to stop your camera adding location Cleaning photos one by one works, but it's easier if new photos never get a location in the first place. Menu names change between versions and manufacturers, so treat these as general steps at the time of writing. ### iPhone Open **Settings**, go to **Privacy & Security**, then **Location Services**, tap **Camera** and choose **Never**. New photos won't store a location. To share one existing photo without its location, tap **Options** at the top of the share sheet in Photos and turn **Location** off. ### Android Open the Camera app, go to its settings and look for an option such as **Location tags** or **Save location**, then turn it off. On most phones you can also remove camera access to location in the system settings under **Location** or **App permissions**. Some gallery apps offer a "remove location" option when you share. Keep in mind that turning location off in the camera doesn't change photos you've already taken, so older photos still need cleaning. ## Frequently asked questions ### What is EXIF data? EXIF is information your phone or camera writes into a photo file: the date and time, the camera model, the settings used and, if location is on, the GPS coordinates where you took it. Apps use it to sort photos and show them on a map. ### How do I remove location from a photo? Add the photo here, press Remove location & metadata, and download the clean copy. To stop new photos getting a location, turn off location for the camera on your iPhone or Android phone. ### Does removing EXIF data reduce quality? Not for JPEG and PNG files without an orientation tag: they're cleaned losslessly. Rotated photos, WebP and HEIC files are re-saved as JPEG at 95% quality, which is very close to the original but not byte-identical. ### Can I remove EXIF data from many photos at once? Yes. Add up to 50 photos at a time, press Remove location & metadata once, then use Download all as ZIP. ### Do Instagram and Facebook remove EXIF data? At the time of writing they generally strip it from the photos other people see. Photos sent as files, by email or through cloud links, or uploaded to some other sites, can keep it, so cleaning the file first is the safe habit. ### Does a screenshot have location data? Usually not, because the screen capture doesn't record GPS, but it may still show names, addresses or a map. 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