EXIF Viewer & Metadata Remover

Inspect hidden capture time, device, camera settings and GPS location in your photos, then strip private metadata right in your browser. No upload needed - download the cleaned image when it is done.

🛡 Local processing⛔ No uploads✓ Free to use

All images are processed locally in your browser and never uploaded to a server.

Drop photos here, or click to select

You can also paste images from the clipboard (Ctrl+V)

Supports JPG / JPEG, PNG and WebP

Up to 20 MB per file, up to 50 files per batch

Paste a screenshot or copied image with Ctrl+V

About the EXIF viewer and metadata remover

This tool reads the hidden metadata embedded in your photos - EXIF camera data, GPS coordinates, IPTC records and XMP packets - shows it in plain language, and lets you strip the parts you do not want to publish. Everything runs inside your browser: the image file never leaves your device, which is impossible to guarantee with an online converter that asks you to upload the photo first.

What is EXIF data?

EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format) is a block of structured information embedded inside a photo at the moment it is saved. It records what happened when the picture was taken: the date and time, the camera or phone brand and model, lens, exposure time, aperture, ISO speed, focal length, white balance, metering mode and much more.

EXIF lives in a dedicated segment of the file - an APP1 segment for JPEG, an eXIf chunk for PNG - so the same camera data travels with the image wherever the file goes, even through most messaging apps that keep metadata intact.

Why do photos record EXIF at all?

Cameras and phones write EXIF automatically because it is useful: photo libraries sort by capture time, editing apps reload the original settings, and photographers compare lens and exposure choices later.

The problem is not that the data exists - it is that the data travels. A photo that looks anonymous to your viewer still carries the device serial-era fingerprint of when, where and with what it was captured.

What private information can metadata hold?

Beyond camera settings, metadata frequently includes GPS latitude, longitude and altitude, the exact capture timestamp down to the second, the device model, the author or artist name, copyright notices, image descriptions, user comments, editing software and thumbnails of the photo itself.

Phones add more on top: some carriers and devices inject the phone number owner's name or unique device identifiers. All of it is plain text inside the file - there is no password and no encryption, so anyone who receives the photo can read it with a free tool like this one.

Why check GPS before you publish a photo?

A single embedded coordinate can reveal your home, your school, your workplace or the place you were on holiday. Aggregated over weeks of photos, GPS tags sketch your daily routine with uncomfortable precision.

Location can also survive cropping and rescanning in some editors, and screenshots of maps can inherit tags from their source apps. Before posting to social media, marketplaces or dating profiles, open the photo here and check the GPS tab - if it shows coordinates, remove them.

How to view EXIF data of an image

Add one or several photos by clicking, dragging them onto the page or pasting from the clipboard. Each file is parsed immediately and the card shows how many metadata items were found and what privacy risk level they imply.

Open View details to browse the data grouped by topic - basics, device, camera settings, date and time, GPS position, author and copyright - or the raw key/value table, where you can search, copy single rows, copy everything or export the full set as JSON.

How to remove EXIF and other metadata

Choose Quick clean to strip every removable category, or Selective clean to keep, say, the camera settings while deleting the location and your name. Then press Remove metadata.

For JPEG the tool rewrites the file's metadata segments: APP1 (EXIF and XMP), APP13 (IPTC) and comments are removed or rebuilt tag by tag, and the compressed picture data is copied through byte for byte. PNG text chunks, tIME and eXIf chunks are filtered the same way, and WebP EXIF/XMP chunks are dropped while the RIFF structure is repaired. Nothing is decoded and re-encoded, so no generation loss is introduced.

Does removing EXIF affect image quality?

No. Metadata is separate from pixel data, and this tool removes it without touching the encoded image. Dimensions, colors and sharpness stay exactly the same, and because nothing is recompressed the cleaned file is usually a little smaller than the original.

Some formats do not even carry EXIF the same way: a PNG's camera data sits in an eXIf chunk, a WebP's in an EXIF chunk - but the principle holds. Where a piece truly cannot be removed without re-encoding, the result panel lists it instead of hiding it.

Metadata differences between JPG, PNG and WebP

JPG is the typical EXIF carrier: cameras write APP1 segments with a full TIFF structure, plus optional ICC, XMP and IPTC in APP13. All of it can be stripped losslessly.

PNG usually carries description text in tEXt/iTXt/zTXt chunks, a modification time in tIME and, increasingly, an eXIf chunk with real EXIF. WebP can carry EXIF and XMP chunks alongside ICC profiles. PNG and WebP files - especially screenshots and graphics - often have no camera data at all, which is why this tool never claims every image contains EXIF; it reports what it actually finds.

Can removed metadata be recovered?

Not from the cleaned file. The old segments are gone from the new file, and the output is what you download - the original never leaves your device, so recovery only means going back to the untouched source file you still hold.

That makes the operation one-way: if you keep family photos with capture dates you care about, clean copies before sharing and archive the originals, not the stripped ones.

Local processing vs. server-side processing

Most online converters ask you to upload the photo, wait for a round-trip to a distant server and hope the file is deleted on schedule. Your private photo, its GPS position and your device information all pass through infrastructure you do not control.

This tool parses and rewrites the bytes inside your browser tab. Network requests carry no image data, nothing is stored in localStorage, IndexedDB or analytics, and closing the page releases everything. It also works on a plane, in a train tunnel or on a file you would never dream of uploading.

Limits and notes

Supported formats in this version: JPG / JPEG, PNG and WebP. HEIC and TIFF support is planned.
One file up to 20 MB, up to 50 files per batch; the practical limit depends on your device memory.
Metadata that a file does not contain cannot be removed - the tool reports what it actually detects.
A few fields, such as JPEG thumbnail references or manufacturer notes, are removed together with the EXIF rewrite; if anything stays, the verification panel lists it.
Nothing is saved: no uploads, no server logs, no localStorage or IndexedDB writes.

Frequently asked questions

What is an EXIF viewer?▼

A tool that reads the metadata block embedded inside a photo - capture time, camera model, exposure settings, GPS coordinates and more - and shows it in readable form. This one runs entirely in your browser, so no file is uploaded to view what it contains.

How do I remove EXIF data from a photo?▼

Add the photo, pick Quick clean or tick individual categories such as GPS or device model, and press Remove metadata. The tool rebuilds the file without the selected segments and re-checks the result before telling you it worked.

Can I see where a photo was taken from its metadata?▼

If the camera or phone stored GPS tags, the GPS tab shows latitude, longitude, altitude and heading as text. No map is loaded by default, because querying a map service would send the coordinates to a third party.

Does removing metadata reduce image quality?▼

No. Only the metadata segments are rewritten; the compressed pixel data of JPG, PNG and WebP files is copied unchanged, so dimensions and visual quality are identical to the input.

Are PNG and WebP images supported too?▼

Yes. PNG text chunks, tIME and eXIf chunks are handled, and WebP EXIF and XMP chunks are removed with the container repaired. Keep in mind PNG and WebP often hold other kinds of metadata rather than classic camera EXIF - the viewer shows exactly what is present.

Is it safe to remove all metadata?▼

For sharing, yes - removing metadata cannot break the image. Just keep the originals if you rely on capture dates or copyright notices, because stripped fields cannot be recovered from the cleaned file.

Are my photos uploaded anywhere?▼

Never. Parsing, rewriting and verification all happen in your browser tab. Files are not sent to a server, not logged, and not stored on your machine; deleting the list releases the memory immediately.

Can I clean many photos at once?▼

Yes. Add up to 50 images, choose your categories and run the batch; each card shows its own progress and verification. Finished files can be downloaded one by one or together as a single ZIP.

Why does one photo show 'no metadata'?▼

Many images - screenshots, app-exported graphics, files that already passed through chat apps - arrive with their metadata stripped. There is simply nothing to display or remove.

Does the cleaned file keep the same name?▼

Output files are named like original-clean.jpg. When several inputs would produce the same name, a number is added automatically, and batch downloads arrive as qudo-clean-images.zip.

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All images are processed locally in your browser and never uploaded to a server.