🖼 Image & Media

Image Metadata Viewer / Remover

Inspect the EXIF, capture details and GPS location embedded in a photo, then strip the metadata in one click. JPEGs are normally cleaned losslessly — segments are removed without re-encoding (orientation-dependent photos are re-encoded to stay upright), so there is no quality loss. All parsing and removal happens entirely in your browser, and your image is never uploaded to a server. Handy for a quick location check before you post.

Examples (click to try)

You can also drag & drop an image here. JPEG and PNG parsing are supported. The image you pick is processed only on your device and is never sent anywhere.

Pick an image and its metadata, plus remove and edit options, will appear here.

How to Use the Image Metadata Viewer / Remover

Pick an image and the tool lists its metadata — EXIF capture info, GPS location, PNG text fields and more. Review what is there, and if you don't want it, press "Remove metadata & save".

  1. Use Choose an image to select the photo or image you want to inspect.
  2. Review the metadata shown in the table. If GPS is present, the latitude and longitude are shown in decimal degrees.
  3. Press Remove metadata & save to download a copy with the capture info and GPS stripped out.
  4. To clear only the location, use Remove GPS only (where supported).
  5. Where fields are writable, you can edit the description, author and copyright, or a comment, and save.

Instead of the file picker, you can simply drag & drop an image onto this page to load it.

Try It with a Concrete Example

Press "🖼 Try a sample (with EXIF)" above to load a sample image that carries EXIF. The table then shows metadata such as:

  • Make: Benri
  • Model: BX-100 Sample
  • Date taken: 2024:04:01 09:00:00
  • Orientation: Normal

Now press "Remove metadata & save" and you'll download sample-clean.jpg with all of that stripped out. Load that cleaned copy back into the tool and the table reads "No metadata found" — the Make, Model and Date taken are all gone. With real phone photos this is also where GPS (the exact latitude and longitude where the shot was taken) can live, so removing it before you share protects your privacy.

How Removal Works (Why Quality Stays Intact)

  • JPEG: The tool scans the leading markers and removes only the privacy/metadata segments — EXIF/XMP (APP1), IPTC (APP13) and the COM comment. Color-management data such as the ICC profile (APP2) and Adobe color transform (APP14) is preserved, and the image body (DQT/DHT/SOF/SOS onward) is reassembled as-is, so there is no re-encoding and no quality or color shift.
  • PNG: Text/EXIF chunks such as tEXt/iTXt/zTXt/eXIf are dropped, while critical chunks (IHDR/IDAT/IEND) and color-management chunks (iCCP/gAMA/cHRM/sRGB) are kept, then the file is rebuilt.
  • Orientation: Photos that rely on EXIF Orientation to display upright (e.g. phone portraits) have the orientation baked into the pixels before saving, so the look doesn't change (re-encoded only in this case).
  • Formats that can't be parsed are re-encoded through a canvas as a safe fallback to drop metadata (in that case the image is re-encoded).

When This Comes in Handy

  • Checking whether a photo carries its capture location (GPS) or timestamp before posting to social media or a blog
  • Removing nearby location data from listing photos for marketplaces or auctions
  • Looking up what capture details (camera, lens, exposure) are embedded in an image you received
  • Writing description or copyright text into a PNG

Frequently Asked Questions

Is my image uploaded to a server?
No. Parsing, removal and editing of metadata all happen entirely in your browser. The image you select is never transmitted to or stored on any external server, so even photos with location data stay private.
Does removing metadata reduce image quality?
For JPEGs there is normally no re-encoding (orientation-dependent photos are re-encoded to keep the correct orientation). Only privacy metadata — EXIF/XMP, IPTC and comments — is removed losslessly, while color-management data (ICC profile, Adobe color transform) and the image body stay untouched, so there is no quality or color shift. PNGs drop only text/EXIF chunks and keep the color-management chunks and image body.
Why strip GPS before posting to social media?
Photos from phones often embed the exact latitude and longitude where they were taken, plus the date, time and device, as EXIF data. Sharing them as-is can reveal your home or daily routine to strangers. Checking and removing this before you share keeps that information private.