EXIF Viewer & Remover
See the hidden data in a photo, then strip it out.
- Runs entirely in your browser
- Nothing is uploaded
- Works offline once loaded
What EXIF data is
Every photo taken on a phone or camera carries a block of hidden information alongside the image itself. This is EXIF data, and it typically records the camera make and model, the exact date and time, the exposure settings, and — on most phones with location services enabled — the precise GPS coordinates where the photo was taken.
None of this is visible when you look at the picture. It travels with the file.
Why that matters
GPS coordinates in a photo are accurate to within a few metres. A picture of a pet in the garden, a new car on the driveway, or a child in the back garden can tell anyone who receives the file exactly where you live.
Large social platforms usually strip this on upload. What they do not cover is everything else: a photo emailed to a buyer on a marketplace listing, sent to a contractor, attached to a forum post, shared in a group chat that preserves originals, or uploaded to a smaller site that never thought about it.
A quick way to check your own habits. Drop in a photo you have shared before. If it shows coordinates, that information went wherever the photo went.
How to remove it
- Drop a JPEG photo into the tool above.
- Read what it found — camera, timestamps, and GPS coordinates if present.
- Download the clean copy. Your original stays untouched on your device.
- Share the clean copy instead of the original.
How the removal works
The clean copy is produced by drawing your image onto a canvas and re-encoding it. That process reconstructs the file from pixel data alone, so every metadata segment is discarded — camera details, timestamps and GPS included.
This is thorough for ordinary privacy purposes. It is not a forensic guarantee, and it is worth being honest about that: if your need is legal, journalistic or safety-critical, get specialist advice rather than relying on any free web tool.
What the tool reads
- Camera make and model — which device took the photo
- Date taken and date modified — often to the second
- GPS coordinates — latitude and longitude where the shot was taken
- Exposure settings — ISO, aperture, shutter speed, focal length
- Software — any editor the file passed through
- Orientation — how the camera was held
Frequently asked questions
Why does it say no metadata found?
That is a normal and good result. Screenshots, images already shared through most messaging apps, and PNG files typically carry no EXIF at all — many platforms strip it on upload.
It means there is nothing to remove.
Does removing EXIF reduce image quality?
Very slightly. The clean copy is re-encoded as a high-quality JPEG, which is a lossy format, so there is a small theoretical loss. At the quality level used here it is not visible in normal viewing.
Your original file is never modified, so you always keep the untouched version.
Can I remove EXIF from a PNG?
PNG files rarely contain EXIF in the first place. If you drop one in, the tool will usually report nothing to remove — which means the file is already clean.
Does this work on an iPhone photo?
It works on JPEG photos from an iPhone. If your phone is set to save in HEIC format, browsers cannot decode it — change the camera setting to Most Compatible, or convert to JPEG first.
Is my file uploaded anywhere?
No. This tool runs entirely in your browser using the File API and a canvas element. Your file is read from your own device, processed on your own hardware, and returned to you.
You can verify this: load the page, disconnect from the internet, then use the tool. It will work normally. A tool that uploaded your file could not.
Every SnapView tool runs inside your browser. Files you open here are read by your own device and are never uploaded, stored or transmitted anywhere. You can disconnect from the internet after this page loads and the tools will still work — which is the simplest way to verify that claim for yourself.