Remove EXIF Data
Strip the EXIF block from JPEG files — camera, lens, exposure, dates, GPS — without losing image quality.
Private by design. This tool runs entirely in your browser. Your image is never uploaded to a server — metadata is read and removed locally using the same Canvas and File APIs that power the rest of the site.
Drop a JPG image to remove its EXIF block. Other metadata segments (ICC, XMP) remain intact. JPEG cleaning is lossless — image bytes are not re-encoded.
EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format) is the metadata block carried by virtually every JPEG taken with a phone or camera. It records the camera make and model, the lens, the exposure settings, the timestamp and — when enabled — the GPS coordinates of capture.
This tool removes the entire EXIF block from JPEG files with a byte-level edit: no re-encoding, no quality loss, and the image data itself is left exactly as it was. Other metadata blocks (like the ICC colour profile) are preserved.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does EXIF data include?
- Camera make and model, lens information, ISO, aperture, shutter speed, exposure mode, focal length, capture date and time, software used to edit the file, image orientation, and — when location services are enabled at capture — full GPS coordinates and altitude.
- Does removing EXIF reduce image quality?
- No. For JPEG, the tool snips out the EXIF segment from the file's binary header without touching the encoded image data. The output is byte-identical to the original everywhere except in the metadata section, so visual quality is exactly the same.
- Does this remove GPS location too?
- Yes. GPS data lives inside the EXIF block, so removing EXIF removes GPS. If you'd like to keep camera and exposure information but strip only the location, use the Remove GPS tool instead.
- Does this work on PNG or WebP?
- PNG and WebP files rarely carry EXIF in practice. If a PNG or WebP file does contain EXIF, the tool falls back to a full metadata strip via a canvas pass. For JPEG, the dedicated byte-level path applies.
- Is my file uploaded?
- No. Everything runs in your browser using the File API. The cleaned file is generated locally and downloaded directly to your device.