Remove EXIF data before you share a photo
Use remove exif data when a photo still carries the camera, the date, or GPS coordinates and you want those notes gone before you share the file. The page shows camera, date, and GPS when they are present. GPS is a pair of numbers, not a map link. A JPEG is remuxed so the pixels stay identical. A PNG drops its text chunks. A WebP is losslessly re-encoded. HEIC is not accepted. Convert HEIC first. The file stays in this tab.
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How to remove exif data
- Add a JPEG, PNG, or WebP. You can add up to one hundred. Drop, paste, or Choose files. A HEIC will not be accepted. Convert it with heic to jpg first. That JPEG encode already strips metadata.
- Read the preview on a JPEG. It shows the camera and the date when the file recorded them, and GPS as numbers when coordinates are present. There is no map link to open.
- Leave the pixels alone in your mind for a JPEG. The tool remuxes the file. The compressed scan stays, so the picture does not change. The extra segments that hold the notes are dropped.
- For a PNG, expect text chunks to be dropped. For a WebP, expect a lossless re-encode, not a quality slider. There is no control to keep some fields and delete others.
- Press Remove metadata and download the file, or a ZIP when more than one result is ready. The preview described the input. The download should no longer carry those notes.
Remove EXIF options explained
The preview shows camera, date, and GPS when those fields are present. GPS is displayed as coordinates only. There is no map link and no embedded map. Missing fields read as not recorded.
JPEG files are remuxed. The compressed image data is copied and the metadata segments are removed, so the pixels stay identical. This is not a MozJPEG re-encode and it will not blur the photo.
PNG files drop text chunks. The visible picture, including words drawn in the pixels, stays. WebP files are losslessly re-encoded, so the picture is rewritten without a quality loss and the old container notes do not come along.
HEIC is refused. The message is to convert HEIC first. heic to jpg decodes with heic-to and strips EXIF on the JPEG encode. This page never becomes a HEIC viewer.
What you can see before the strip
On a JPEG, the page reads the camera make and model, the date, and GPS when the file has them. Coordinates are numbers. They are not a link that opens a map, and they are not sent to a map service. If a field is missing, the preview says it was not recorded rather than inventing a place or a time.
That preview is about the file you added. It is not a promise that the download still contains the same lines. After the strip, the JPEG no longer carries those segments. If you needed the notes for yourself, write them down before you download, or keep the original file on disk.
JPEG pixels stay identical
The JPEG path does not decode the photo and encode it again. It remuxes. The scan that holds the pixels is unchanged, which you can trust when the picture is a signed scan or a file someone will compare byte for byte in the image data. The savings, if any, are the removed segments, which are usually small next to the photo.
Do not use compress jpeg at a low quality for this job. That re-encodes. The matching remux on the compress page is quality 100 with no resize and stripping on. Here you do not have to set those. Removing the metadata is the only action.
PNG, WebP, and HEIC
A PNG does not use the JPEG remux. Text chunks are dropped, and the image chunks that hold the pixels stay. You are not posterising and you are not running a lossy colour cut. Words you can see in the picture remain. Hidden captions stored as text chunks do not.
WebP is losslessly re-encoded. There is no quality slider because the point is not to shrink the picture. HEIC is outside this tool. Add it and you are told this page covers JPEG, PNG, and WebP. Convert with heic to jpg first. That page already strips EXIF when it writes the JPEG, so a second pass here is optional rather than required.
Limits, formats and output
| Accepted input | JPEG, PNG, WEBP |
|---|---|
| Files per batch | 1–100 |
| Soft size warning | 50 MB each |
| Hard stop | 500 MB total in memory |
| Output | The chosen image format, or a ZIP for a batch |
| Account | None. The tool runs in this tab. |
Your file never leaves your device
This photo is stripped of metadata by code in this browser tab. The work runs in a Web Worker in this tab, using WebAssembly for the heavy parts, and the result comes back as a local blob. This site does not upload the file, store it, or log its name.
To verify: load the page, turn on airplane mode, and drop the file again. It still finishes. Or open DevTools, choose Network, and watch the run: there is no upload. The architecture is described on How it works.
Frequently asked questions
Does the preview open a map?
No. GPS is shown as numbers when the JPEG has coordinates, and there is no map link. Camera and date are shown when they are present. If a field was not in the file, the preview says it was not recorded.
Will a JPEG look different afterwards?
No. The JPEG is remuxed, so the pixels stay identical. The metadata segments are removed and the compressed scan is kept. This is not a quality slider and it does not resize the photo.
What is removed from a PNG?
Text chunks. The visible image stays, including any words drawn in the pixels. This is not the colour-reduction path on compress png. You are only dropping the hidden text notes, not posterising the graphic.
How is WebP handled?
It is losslessly re-encoded. The picture is rewritten without a quality loss, and the metadata from the old container is not kept. There is no slider, because this is not a compress pass.
Can I drop a HEIC here?
No. This page does not accept HEIC. Convert HEIC first with heic to jpg, which strips EXIF on the JPEG encode, or use heic to png if you need a PNG. Then use this tool only if you still have a JPEG, PNG, or WebP to clean.
Can I clean a batch?
Yes, up to one hundred JPEG, PNG, or WebP files. The JPEG preview is per file before you run. Download a ZIP when more than one stripped file is ready. Originals on disk are not overwritten unless you replace them yourself.
Last updated 2026-09-26. By Tam.