Marketplace & classifieds
Selling a bike, a car, or furniture from your driveway? GPS in the listing photo can pin your home to a few meters. Clean the file before you upload to Craigslist, Facebook Marketplace, or any site that keeps the original.
REMOVE EXIF DATA — FREE · IN YOUR BROWSER · NO UPLOAD
Remove EXIF Data From Your Photos — Right Here, Nothing Uploads
The photo you're about to post may carry GPS, phone model, capture time, serial number, XMP and IPTC data.
EXIF RemoverOffline-ready
Drop photos here, paste (Ctrl+V), or tap to choose — up to 20 at onceJPG lossless · PNG / TIFF / HEIC labeled re-encode when needed
100% in your browser. Photos never touch a server — open your network tab and watch: zero uploads.
No photo handy? See it work on a demo photo — it carries a fake locati0n, so yours stays private.
- Free — no sign-up, no limits
- Lossless for JPEG
- Batch up to 20
- Works offline once loaded
How to verify nothing uploads
- Open DevTools → Network.
- Drop a photo and strip it — you should see zero image upload requests.
- Or turn off Wi-Fi after the page loads — it still works.
The photo you're about to post may carry GPS, phone model, capture time, serial number, XMP and IPTC data. Drop it below. Supported privacy metadata is read and removed inside your browser, your photo never touches a server, and you download a clean copy with a receipt. Free, no account, no limits.
You can't see metadata — so every removal ends with a receipt
Metadata is invisible, which is how it leaks in the first place — and why "trust us, it's clean" isn't good enough. Here's the receipt from the demo photo:
Done. 34 metadata fields → 32 removed · 2 remaining (non-removable) · GPS: removed · Pixels: untouched (lossless)
- 34 fields → 32 removed · 2 remaining (non-removable)
- GPS: removed
- Remaining 2 are structural (color profile, JFIF) — no personal data
- Pixels: untouched (lossless)
- 2.41 MB → 2.39 MB
⬇ Download photo-clean.jpg
- 1Every field counted, before and after — 34 found, 32 removed, 2 structural fields left
- 2GPS called out by name: the field that matters most, confirmed gone
- 3"Pixels: untouched" — for JPEG the image bytes are copied as-is; only the metadata segments are dropped
- 4The file gets slightly smaller. Never re-compressed, never blurrier
- 5The 2 that stay are non-removable structure (color profile, JFIF) and carry no GPS, device or identity data
- 6And the receipt isn't the proof — you are: drop the clean file back in and it reads only those structural fields. Or check it with any other tool
That last one matters. Don't take our word for it — verify it.
When people actually remove EXIF data — three moments that matter
SERP tools talk about "privacy." Real users have a specific file about to leave the device. These are the jobs this page is built for:
Before you post or text
Instagram may strip the public copy — but email, iMessage, WhatsApp "as document," AirDrop, and portfolio uploads often keep everything. If the photo is leaving your phone as a file, strip it first.
Freelance, press & anonymous shares
Device serials and software history link photos across accounts you thought were separate. Create a fully cleaned copy, then verify it with the receipt.
Not sure which channel is risky? Jump to the platform table below — then clean the file while you still control it.
What's hiding in your photos — and what each field gives away
A phone photo carries 20–40 invisible tags. Before you remove the EXIF metadata, know which ones actually bite:
- 01
GPS coordinates
Accurate to a few meters. One photo hands a stranger your home, your gym, or your kid's school. Researchers have shown a single geotagged listing photo can identify an address within ~4 meters.
- 02
Timestamps
The exact second the shutter fired. A series of photos becomes a movement diary.
- 03
Device make & model
Harmless alone, but it links photos across accounts and marketplaces you thought were separate.
- 04
Serial numbers
Some cameras write body and lens serials into every shot: a fingerprint tying your whole portfolio together.
- 05
Hidden thumbnail
JPEGs often embed a preview made before your edits. Crop yourself out, and the uncropped you may still ride along inside the file.
- 06
Software history
Which apps touched the photo. "Edited with FaceTune" is metadata too.
- 07
Owner & copyright
Editing tools can write your real name into every file. This tool removes that privacy metadata; use ExifTool when you need field-level preservation.
- 08
AI / C2PA credentials
Some AI tools embed Content Credentials (C2PA) marking the image as AI-generated. Metadata removers can drop those manifests; pixel-level watermarks (e.g. SynthID) live in the image itself — no stripper can erase those.
Not sure what your own photos carry? Drop one in ↑ Open the tool
Which apps strip metadata for you — and which quietly don't
The big social feeds do remove EXIF data from the copies other people download — but they receive and keep your original first. And the riskiest channels strip nothing at all.
| Channel | What others see | The catch |
|---|---|---|
| Instagram / Facebook feed | Stripped | Meta keeps your original, GPS included; DMs have leaked GPS in original-quality mode |
| X (Twitter) · TikTok · Reddit | Stripped | Uploads via scheduling tools or APIs can skip the pipeline |
| WhatsApp — photo mode | Mostly stripped | Document / "original quality" mode sends the untouched file — the mode people pick for "full quality" |
| Telegram — compressed | Stripped | "Send as file" transfers everything intact |
| iMessage / SMS | Nothing stripped | Every photo you text carries full metadata |
| Email / AirDrop / cloud / listings | Nothing stripped | The original travels as-is — Marketplace, portfolios, freelancers' attachments |
| Signal | Stripped, nothing kept | The one messenger that protects you from the platform too |
Edge cases people miss
"The platform strips EXIF" is true for the public feed copy — and false for half the ways photos actually leave your phone.
| Situation | What happens | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| WhatsApp / Telegram "as file" | Full EXIF survives — including GPS | Strip before send, or use compressed photo mode on purpose |
| Marketplace / classifieds upload | Often keeps original metadata server-side | Clean locally first — don't rely on the listing site |
| Saved-from-Instagram re-share | Public copy is already stripped | Safe on metadata; still check what's visible in the pixels |
Two takeaways. Platform stripping protects you from other users — not from the platform, which has your original either way. And the moment you leave the big feeds — a text, an email, a "full quality" send, a listing — nothing is stripped at all. Cleaning the file before it leaves your device is the only version of this you control.
Safe order: strip first, share second. Clean a photo before it leaves your device →
Based on published platform tests, early 2026. Behavior changes without notice — which is exactly the problem. Last checked: July 2026.
- July 2026 — Added marketplace / "send as file" exception rows; clarified listing uploads keep originals.
- 2025–2026 — Meta DM original-quality GPS leaks and WhatsApp document-mode retention remain the highest-risk messenger paths.
Supported formats — and which strips are truly lossless
Most "remove EXIF" pages claim "no quality loss" for every format. Here's the honest matrix for this tool — and what "lossless" actually means:
| Format | How we clean it | Pixel quality |
|---|---|---|
| JPEG / JPG | Byte-level strip of EXIF/XMP (APP1) and IPTC (APP13) segments | ✓ Lossless — compressed image data copied byte-for-byte |
| PNG | Decoded then re-encoded to JPEG in-browser (labeled on the receipt) | Re-encode — not a PNG chunk filter. Use ExifTool if you must keep PNG |
| HEIC / HEIF | Converted to JPEG when the browser can decode it | Re-encode, labeled — unsupported browser decoders show an error |
| TIFF | Decoded to JPEG when the browser can | Re-encode; for forensics use ExifTool on the original container |
If another remover hands back a smaller, softer JPEG without saying "re-encoded," it probably ran your photo through a canvas. Our receipt says lossless or re-encoded out loud — so you can tell the difference.
Prefer a JPEG when quality matters — that's the lossless path. Strip a JPEG and read the receipt →
This remover vs Ghoststrip, miniwebtool, ExifTool, or your phone
"No upload" and "free" are table stakes on the SERP now. The real differences are lossless honesty, a receipt you can re-check, and what happens after GPS is gone.
Photo stays on your device
- This page
- ✓ verifiably offline
- Ghoststrip
- ✓ in-browser
- miniwebtool
- Varies / often upload
- ExifTool
- Yes
- Phone / OS
- Yes
Lossless JPEG strip (no re-encode)
- This page
- Yes
- Ghoststrip
- Yes
- miniwebtool
- Often re-encode
- ExifTool
- Yes
- Phone / OS
- No
Receipt + self-verify (drop clean file back in)
- This page
- Yes
- Ghoststrip
- Diff / re-verify
- miniwebtool
- No
- ExifTool
- CLI output
- Phone / OS
- No
Selective modes (GPS-only / keep credit)
- This page
- GPS-only + keep-credit intents
- Ghoststrip
- Deep presets
- miniwebtool
- Many checkboxes
- ExifTool
- ✓ any field
- Phone / OS
- GPS toggle only
Batch
- This page
- Up to 20 in-tab
- Ghoststrip
- Often 1 at a time
- miniwebtool
- Batch / ZIP common
- ExifTool
- ✓ whole folders
- Phone / OS
- No
When GPS is gone — pixel risk still?
- This page
- Honest funnel → AI locator
- Ghoststrip
- Stops at metadata
- miniwebtool
- Stops at metadata
- ExifTool
- Stops at tags
- Phone / OS
- No guidance
Best for
- This page
- Verified clean file before posting
- Ghoststrip
- Deep format / C2PA focus
- miniwebtool
- Quick checkbox strip
- ExifTool
- Forensics / scripting
- Phone / OS
- GPS-only, zero friction
Need PNG chunk-level strip, full C2PA tooling, or folder automation? Use ExifTool (or a specialist like Ghoststrip for browser format depth). Need a clean JPEG you can prove is clean — and a reminder that pixels still talk? That's this page.
Does removing EXIF data reduce image quality?
No — not for JPEG. Its EXIF/XMP APP1 and IPTC APP13 segments are separate from the compressed scan data, so removing those segments leaves the compressed image bytes unchanged. Browser-decodable PNG, TIFF and HEIC files are converted to JPEG and the receipt labels that re-encode clearly.
If another exif remover hands you back a smaller, blurrier photo, it re-encoded your image. Check its receipt — or check ours against it.
How to remove EXIF data on iPhone, Android, Windows and Mac
Your device can do some of this natively. Here's the honest map of what each built-in covers — and where it stops:
| Device / tool | Built-in path | Where it stops |
|---|---|---|
| iPhone / iPad | Share → Options → toggle Locati0n off | GPS only — device, timestamps and the hidden thumbnail still travel. No batch, no receipt |
| Android | Google Photos share menu → remove locati0n (varies by maker) | Same: GPS only, behavior differs per manufacturer, nothing verified |
| Windows | Right-click → Properties → Details → "Remove Properties" | Known to leave fields behind; no verification |
| Mac | No built-in remover in Preview or Finder | You'll need a tool either way |
| This page | Full privacy-metadata strip, lossless JPEG, batch of 20, with a receipt | The whole cost: one browser tab |
Power users: ExifTool is still the gold standard — free, open source, and more thorough than any web tool, ours included. If you're comfortable with a command line, "exiftool -all=" cleans a whole folder. This page is for the other 99% of moments: no install, nothing typed, and a receipt you can actually read.
What removing EXIF data does — and what it can't do
Stripping the metadata kills the data layer: after cleaning, nobody can pull coordinates, device IDs or timestamps out of your file. That attack is dead. But we'd be lying if we stopped there. This site's main tool is an AI that finds where photos were taken from pixels alone — street signs, architecture, vegetation, terrain. No metadata needed. A cleaned photo of your street is still a photo of your street.
Removing EXIF protects you from
- Anyone pulling GPS out of the file
- Device fingerprinting across accounts
- Timestamps mapping your routine
- The uncropped original in the thumbnail
- Embedded AI / C2PA credential manifests (metadata layer)
It can't hide
- What's visible in the frame — signs, landmarks, skylines
- Locati0n tags you add on the platform itself
- Faces, plates, reflections — pixel content
- Pixel watermarks like SynthID
- Copies you already posted elsewhere
If a photo shows your home, your street, or anything you wouldn't put on a map — check what the pixels themselves give away: See what AI can read from your photo, no EXIF needed →
Removing EXIF data — your questions, answered
How do I remove EXIF data from a photo?
Drop it into the tool above. It reads supported privacy tags in your browser, shows GPS, device and timestamps, then strips the metadata in one click. You download a clean copy with a receipt; for JPEGs the compressed scan bytes stay identical.
Does removing EXIF data reduce image quality?
No for JPEG when the tool strips header segments instead of re-encoding. This page does that for JPEG and labels the receipt "lossless." Browser-decodable PNG, TIFF or HEIC files are re-encoded to JPEG and that path is labeled.
Does Instagram remove EXIF data automatically?
From the public copy, yes — photos others download from your feed carry no GPS. But Instagram receives and stores your original metadata first, and DMs have leaked GPS in original-quality mode. If you don't want your locati0n reaching the platform at all, clean the file before uploading.
Should I remove EXIF before posting to Marketplace or emailing a photo?
Yes — those channels usually keep the original. Marketplace listings, email attachments, iMessage, AirDrop, and WhatsApp "send as file" are the highest-risk paths. Strip locally first; don't assume the destination will clean it for you.
How do I know my photo really isn't uploaded?
Verify it yourself: open your browser's developer tools, watch the Network tab, and run the tool — zero upload requests. Everything runs in local JavaScript, and the page works offline once loaded.
Can I remove just the GPS locati0n and keep camera settings?
This page creates a fully cleaned copy rather than selectively rewriting fields. For keep-camera / keep-copyright / keep-orientation changes field-by-field, use ExifTool.
Can I remove EXIF from multiple photos at once?
Yes — drop up to 20 files in one go. Each gets its own strip and download. For whole folders or ZIP pipelines, ExifTool on your machine is still the right tool.
Do screenshots have EXIF data?
Usually no GPS — screenshots come from the OS, not the camera. They can still carry device model, timestamps and software tags, which the tool shows and removes. Remember: what's visible in a screenshot — maps, addresses, usernames — reveals far more than its metadata does.
What about C2PA and AI image credentials?
This tool does not promise complete C2PA removal. Use ExifTool or a dedicated Content Credentials verifier for that job. Pixel-level watermarks are baked into image data and are outside an EXIF remover's scope.
Can removed EXIF data be recovered?
No. Stripping deletes the metadata bytes from the file itself — the clean copy simply doesn't contain them, and nothing can recover what isn't there. What it can't undo is history: copies you shared before cleaning still carry the original data wherever they went.
If I remove the EXIF data, is my photo anonymous?
The data layer is clean — no coordinates, no device, no timestamps. But the picture still talks: street signs, buildings and terrain can be enough for AI to place a photo. We know, because our main tool does exactly that. For sensitive places, check what the pixels reveal before posting. Try the AI locati0n finder
Got a photo waiting to be posted? Clean it first.
Free · in your browser · lossless · verify it yourself
- See every tag a photo carriesFull metadata breakdown before you stripOpen
- Find a photo's locati0n from visual cluesWhen pixels still give the place awayOpen
- Photo privacy checkWhat AI can tell from your photo (coming soon)
Thirty seconds to strip the EXIF data — and a receipt that proves it's gone.