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Remove the metadata from your photos

Before you send a photo, remove what is attached to it. This tool drops the entire metadata block — camera, lens, timestamps, software, thumbnail and GPS coordinates — while leaving the picture itself at full resolution.

Drop photos here to clean them JPEG or PNG. Drop as many as you like — they come back as a ZIP.

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    How to strip exif metadata

    1. Drop in one photo or several at once.
    2. Choose a JPEG quality if you are cleaning JPEGs. 92% is a good default.
    3. Click Strip metadata. Every metadata field is removed.
    4. Download the cleaned image, or a ZIP if you cleaned several.

    Why this image tool is private

    The image is re-encoded from its pixels, which is why the metadata disappears completely — nothing is selectively deleted for something to be missed. That re-encoding happens in your browser, so the photo never leaves your device even though its location data is precisely what someone would want.

    Other tools in this category upload your file to a server, process it in the cloud, and return a download link. That means your document sits on someone else's disk — often with a retention window measured in hours. Here, the file is read by your browser, transformed in memory, and saved straight back to your disk. You can watch it happen in the live check above: the counter for files uploaded stays at zero.

    Frequently asked

    Does this remove GPS location?
    Yes — GPS is part of the metadata block, so it goes with everything else. The tool counts how many of your images carried coordinates so you can see what you were about to share.
    Does it reduce image quality?
    For JPEG input, slightly, because the image is re-compressed. At 92% the difference is normally invisible. Choose PNG output for a lossless result, at the cost of a larger file.
    Why is the file a different size afterwards?
    Re-encoding produces different compressed bytes, so the size shifts either way regardless of the metadata removed. With PNG output the change comes purely from the metadata being gone.
    Are the pixels changed at all?
    The pixel dimensions and visible content are identical. What changes is the encoding: the image is decoded and re-encoded rather than copied byte for byte.
    Is this different from what social media does?
    Most platforms strip metadata when you upload. The difference is that you are choosing to do it, before the file goes anywhere, rather than relying on a third party to do it after receiving everything.

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