Remove EXIF
Drop a photo and get a clean JPEG copy with GPS, camera, and other EXIF tags removed by re-encoding.
Images never leave your browser - processed 100% locally.
Re-encoding through canvas removes EXIF GPS and camera tags. Processing stays in your browser.
Runs in your browser. Nothing you enter is uploaded.
What it does
Photos from phones usually carry EXIF metadata: the GPS coordinates where they were taken, the device model, and the date and time. This tool removes it by drawing the photo onto a canvas and saving a new JPEG at 95% quality, which carries the pixels over but none of the original tags.
Use it before listing an item for sale from your home, sending photos to strangers, posting to forums that keep original files, or handing images to a client. The photo never leaves your browser, and you can compare the original and clean file sizes before downloading.
How to use it
- 1
Drag a photo onto the drop zone or click to browse.
- 2
Wait for the "EXIF stripped by re-encoding" confirmation.
- 3
Compare the Original and Clean file sizes and check the Cleaned preview.
- 4
Click Download clean image to save yourfilename-no-exif.jpg.
What you get
A JPEG named <original-name>-no-exif.jpg, re-encoded at 95% quality with no EXIF, GPS, or camera tags, at the same pixel dimensions as the original.
When to use it
- Selling items from home
- Strip GPS coordinates from marketplace photos so buyers cannot read your address from the file.
- Sharing photos of children
- Remove location and time tags before sending school or family photos to groups you do not control.
- Forums and file-sharing sites
- Some sites keep the original upload with metadata intact. Clean the file first so there is nothing to leak.
Tips
- The output is always JPEG, even from a PNG. Transparent areas do not survive, so do not use it on logos.
- Re-encoding is slightly lossy. Keep your original somewhere private and share only the clean copy.
- The clean file can be larger or smaller than the original depending on how the camera compressed it.
- Use the image metadata viewer afterwards to confirm the file name, size, and dimensions of the copy you are about to share.
Questions
How does removing EXIF here actually work?
The photo is decoded, drawn onto a blank canvas, and saved as a new JPEG. A canvas export contains only pixels, so GPS, camera model, lens, and timestamp tags from the original file are not copied.
Will stripping metadata reduce my photo's quality?
Very slightly. The new JPEG is saved at 95% quality, which is visually close to the original for most photos, but it is still a lossy re-encode.
Can I remove EXIF from a PNG and keep it as a PNG?
No. The output is always a JPEG. If you need a PNG, convert the clean JPEG afterwards, but transparency from the original will already be gone.
Can I choose to keep some tags, like the date, and remove only GPS?
No. Re-encoding removes all metadata at once. There is no selective editing.