Halil İbrahim Ayar Psychologist

Photo location and metadata remover

See whether your photos reveal where they were taken and which device took them, and remove that data before sharing. Photos are never uploaded.

Photos say more than you think

Every photo you take with your phone hides an invisible ID card next to the image: EXIF metadata. It often includes the GPS coordinates of where the photo was taken, your phone's make and model, the date and time, and sometimes even the device's serial number.

A photo of your home in a listing, or of your child on a forum, can carry your address to within a few metres. Digital privacy often starts with small, invisible details like these.

How to use it

  1. Choose or drag and drop your photos. The information in each one is listed right away.
  2. Photos with a location are flagged in red; you can see the location on a map.
  3. Press “Clean”; the tool removes the metadata and checks the result again.
  4. Download the clean copy. Your original file stays as it is.

What gets removed?

  • EXIF: GPS location, device make and model, lens, date taken, software, serial number, owner name and the embedded thumbnail.
  • XMP and IPTC: description, keyword, author and location fields added by editing apps.
  • Comments and text fields: JPG comments and PNG text chunks.
  • Extra images: depth and preview images some phones append to the end of the file.

The colour profile (ICC) and orientation tag are kept so the image displays correctly.

Privacy

Your photos never leave your device. This tool doesn't even use an external library; it reads and rewrites the files byte by byte in your browser.

Frequently asked questions

How do I know if my photo contains a location?
If location access is on for your phone's camera app, GPS coordinates are usually added to the photos you take. This tool lists location, device and date information as soon as you choose a photo and shows the location on a map if there is one.
Does image quality drop?
Not for JPG, PNG and WebP files. The tool doesn't recompress the image; it only removes the metadata sections from the file, so the image data stays byte-for-byte identical. Other formats such as HEIC are re-saved as JPG.
Will the photo's orientation break?
No. The orientation tag phones use contains no personal data; it is kept by default and the photo keeps displaying the right way up.
Don't WhatsApp and Instagram remove location anyway?
These platforms usually strip metadata when they recompress photos. But when you send a photo as a document on WhatsApp, by email, via a cloud link or as a file to a website, the location often stays intact.
Are my photos uploaded anywhere?
No. Reading and cleaning happen entirely in your browser. This page never sends any file to a server.
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