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Image Metadata Remover

Every photo taken on a smartphone or digital camera carries invisible EXIF, IPTC, and XMP headers — often including the exact GPS coordinates of your home or office, device identifiers, and capture timestamps. This tool reconstructs your image from raw pixels alone inside your browser, giving you a 100% clean copy to share safely online.

Drag and drop an image here

JPG, PNG or WebP — one image at a time

How to Strip EXIF & GPS Metadata from a Photo

  1. 1

    Drag your JPG, PNG, or WebP photo into the upload box, or select a file from your phone or computer.

  2. 2

    Select your preferred output format (JPG, PNG, or WebP) and quality setting for the sanitized copy.

  3. 3

    Click Remove Metadata to decode the raw pixel matrix and re-encode a clean, header-free file locally.

  4. 4

    Download the sanitized image and share that clean copy on marketplaces, forums, or websites.

Practical Use Cases

Privacy-Conscious Sellers & Citizens

Selling Items on Classifieds & Marketplaces

Scrub embedded home GPS coordinates from photos of electronics, furniture, or vehicles before posting listings on OLX, Facebook Marketplace, eBay, or public forums.

Journalists, Whistleblowers & Researchers

Protecting Source & Device Anonymity

Eliminate camera body serial numbers, Adobe Lightroom user tags, and capture timestamps before publishing investigative photographs or field documentation.

Web Developers & Performance Engineers

Trimming Unnecessary Header Bloat

Strip 30KB–100KB of hidden EXIF preview thumbnails and XML metadata packets from web thumbnails and UI graphics to speed up page loads.

Metadata Remover Features

Complete EXIF, IPTC & XMP Removal

Drops camera make/model, lens serials, shutter speed, ISO, timestamps, and software history.

GPS Geolocation Scrubbing

Guarantees latitude, longitude, altitude, and compass direction tags never enter the new file.

Clean Pixel Reconstruction

Rebuilds the file strictly from raw canvas pixel data so zero hidden maker notes survive.

Upright Orientation Baked In

Preserves correct visual rotation even after stripping the EXIF orientation tag.

100% Local Zero-Trust Architecture

Your original GPS-tagged photo is never uploaded to any remote server.

JPG, PNG & WebP Export

Save your clean copy in your preferred format with zero watermarks.

Technical Specifications & Best Practices

  • ✓This tool removes all hidden file metadata (EXIF/GPS/XMP), but it does not alter visible details inside the picture itself — use Blur Image or Pixelate Image if your photo shows a street sign, badge, or address.
  • ✓Choose PNG output if you want a 100% lossless pixel-for-pixel copy without JPEG re-encoding.
  • ✓If you need to strip author and creation metadata from PDF documents rather than images, use our dedicated PDF Metadata Remover tool.
  • ✓Always share the newly downloaded clean file rather than the original file stored in your camera roll.

Frequently Asked Questions