Remove EXIF data from photos

View and remove EXIF metadata — camera model, timestamps, settings and more — before you share. Pick exactly what to strip, all locally in your browser.

Privacy-first: every image is processed locally in your browser. Nothing is uploaded, stored or transmitted to any server.

What EXIF quietly says about you

Every photo from a phone or camera carries an EXIF block: the exact second it was taken, the device make, model and sometimes serial number, the software used — and, unless disabled, GPS coordinates precise enough to identify a home address. Most platforms strip it on upload, but email, cloud drives, messengers in “document” mode and direct file transfers pass it along untouched.

Remove exactly what you choose

This tool shows every EXIF category it finds — location, timestamps, camera, software — and lets you tick precisely what to remove. Photographers can strip GPS while keeping capture dates and camera settings intact. For JPGs the cleaning is lossless: metadata segments are removed byte-for-byte while the image data is never re-encoded, so quality is untouched.

Inspected and cleaned on your device

Uploading a photo to “check its metadata” hands that metadata to whoever runs the checker. Here the file is parsed in your browser: you see the data, clean it, verify what remains, and download — with nothing ever transmitted.

Frequently asked questions

What EXIF data can be removed?
All of it — camera make and model, software, timestamps, exposure settings and orientation, plus embedded thumbnails, XMP and other metadata blocks.
Is GPS removed?
Yes. Removing metadata strips GPS latitude and longitude, so your photos no longer reveal where they were taken.
Is my image uploaded?
No. Reading and removing metadata happens entirely in your browser — your photo never leaves your device.
How does removal work?
PixelVault re-encodes the image pixels through a canvas, which produces a clean copy that carries no metadata at all.
Does removing metadata change the picture?
No. The visible image is unchanged; only the hidden data is removed.