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// strip gps, camera & exif metadata from images
Strip GPS location, camera model, timestamps, and all EXIF metadata from images before sharing online. Free, browser-based, no upload required.
Drop images here
or click to browse
JPEG, PNG, WEBP, TIFF — max 20 MB per file
Drag and drop JPEG, PNG, WEBP, or TIFF files onto the upload zone, or click to browse your files.
Each image shows a summary of detected metadata — GPS coords, camera model, timestamps, and more.
Click "Strip All & Download" to process every image and save clean copies with all metadata removed.
Every digital photo contains hidden EXIF metadata — GPS coordinates, camera make and model, lens settings, timestamps, and sometimes even your device's serial number. This tool strips all of that before you share your images, protecting your privacy completely in the browser with no server upload.
No. Everything happens 100% in your browser using JavaScript Canvas and FileReader APIs. Your images never leave your device, making this completely private and safe.
It removes all EXIF metadata including GPS coordinates (latitude, longitude, altitude), camera make and model, lens information, exposure settings, ISO, focal length, timestamps, software used, and device serial numbers.
For JPEG images, the tool re-encodes at 95% quality by default, which is visually lossless for most purposes. PNG and WEBP images are re-exported at full quality with no visible difference.
Yes! You can drop or select as many images as you want. The tool queues them all, lets you see what metadata each contains, and then strips and downloads them all — individually or as a ZIP archive.
Photos taken on smartphones embed precise GPS coordinates by default. Sharing these publicly can reveal your home address, workplace, or regular locations to anyone who inspects the file. Stripping metadata is a basic privacy precaution.
JPEG/JPG, PNG, WEBP, and TIFF formats are supported. JPEG files carry the most metadata and benefit most from stripping. PNG files store metadata in tEXt and iCCP chunks, which are also removed.
Each individual image is capped at 20 MB to ensure smooth browser performance. For larger files or bulk batches, consider using a desktop tool like ExifTool or ImageMagick via command line.
Yes. Both iOS and Android camera apps embed extensive EXIF data into every photo, including GPS (if location services are enabled). This tool will strip all of it cleanly before you share.
A photo metadata stripper is a tool that removes hidden data embedded inside image files — data that most people don't know exists. When you take a photo with your smartphone or digital camera, the device automatically embeds a rich set of information called EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format) metadata directly into the image file. This includes your precise GPS location, the exact timestamp, your camera make and model, and dozens of technical parameters.
This metadata is invisible when you look at the photo normally, but anyone can extract it using free tools like ExifTool, Photoshop, or even right-clicking on Windows. That means every photo you share publicly can potentially reveal far more about you than you intended.
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Modern smartphone photos can contain over 100 individual metadata fields. The most privacy-sensitive include:
The privacy implications of EXIF metadata are significant and often underestimated. Here are the most common scenarios where stripping metadata matters:
Social Media and Dating Apps: Even if a platform strips metadata server-side (many don't), the original file may be shared or cached before processing. Taking control yourself ensures you're protected regardless of the platform's behavior.
Online Marketplaces: Selling items on eBay, Facebook Marketplace, or Craigslist often involves uploading product photos taken at home. Each image potentially reveals your home address to the buyer — and to anyone else who browses the listing.
Journalism and Whistleblowing: Journalists and sources frequently need to share photographic evidence without revealing where the photo was taken or what device captured it. Metadata stripping is a critical operational security (OPSEC) step.
Professional Photography: Photographers may not want clients or competitors knowing what camera body and lens they use, or the precise location of a shoot for competitive reasons.
General Privacy Hygiene: For anyone who values their privacy, routinely stripping metadata from photos before sharing is simply good digital hygiene — as basic as using strong passwords.
Unlike many online tools that require you to upload your photos to a remote server (introducing another privacy risk), this tool operates entirely within your browser. Here's the technical process:
When you load an image, the tool reads it using the browser's FileReader API. The image is then drawn to an HTML5 <canvas> element. Crucially, the canvas only stores raw pixel data — it discards all metadata headers. The tool then exports the canvas back to an image file using canvas.toBlob(), producing a clean file with identical visual content but zero EXIF data.
This approach is extremely reliable because the canvas is fundamentally a pixel buffer — it has no concept of metadata. The stripping is therefore complete and absolute, not selective. No GPS, no camera info, no timestamps — nothing survives the canvas round-trip.
Different image formats store metadata differently, but all are handled by this tool:
JPEG: Stores metadata in APP1 and APP0 segments at the start of the file. JPEG is by far the most common format for photos and carries the most metadata. EXIF is a JPEG-specific standard. Our tool re-encodes JPEGs at 95% quality, which is visually indistinguishable from the original for typical photos.
PNG: Stores metadata in text chunks (tEXt, iTXt, zTXt) and color profile chunks (iCCP). PNG doesn't support EXIF natively in the same way, but can still carry creation timestamps, author info, and descriptive text. Canvas export produces a clean PNG with none of these chunks.
WEBP: Google's modern format embeds metadata in XMP and EXIF packets within the container. The canvas export produces a clean WEBP file stripped of these packets.
Stripping metadata is one layer of a comprehensive photo privacy strategy. Consider these additional steps:
For power users and bulk processing, ExifTool by Phil Harvey is the gold standard. The command exiftool -all= -overwrite_original *.jpg strips all metadata from every JPEG in a folder in seconds. However, it requires installation and command-line familiarity, making our browser-based tool the better choice for most users.