Remove GPS Location From Photo
Strip your location from a photo while keeping the rest of the metadata intact.
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 photo to remove only the GPS location. Camera and capture metadata are preserved. Lossless — image bytes are not re-encoded.
Phones embed your exact location into every photo by default — latitude, longitude, often altitude. Sharing that publicly (or even with people you don't know well) can reveal where you live, where you work, where your children go to school. Stripping it is a small, simple step that prevents the most common privacy mistake people make with their photos.
This tool removes only the GPS block from a JPEG's EXIF metadata. Camera, lens, capture date, exposure settings — everything else stays. The image data itself is untouched, so there is no quality loss.
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Frequently asked questions
- How does the tool actually remove GPS?
- Inside a JPEG's EXIF block, the GPS data sits in a separate sub-section called the GPS IFD, and the main EXIF metadata holds a 4-byte pointer to it. The tool zeroes that pointer, which makes the GPS section unreachable to any standard EXIF reader. Camera and capture information are not modified.
- Will other metadata survive?
- Yes. The aim of this tool is to remove location specifically. Camera make and model, lens information, capture date, ISO and aperture settings are all preserved. If you'd rather strip everything, use Remove image metadata.
- How can I tell if my photo has GPS data?
- Use the Image Metadata Viewer (linked below). Drop any photo in and it shows whether GPS coordinates are present, along with the rest of the EXIF block.
- Why does my iPhone embed GPS in photos?
- Location services are enabled by default for the Camera app on iOS. You can disable it in Settings → Privacy & Security → Location Services → Camera → Never, which prevents new photos from being tagged. Existing photos already carry the data, which is what this tool removes.
- Is my photo uploaded anywhere?
- No. The tool runs entirely in your browser. The photo is read, the GPS pointer is zeroed, and the cleaned file is offered as a local download. Nothing touches a server.