Remove GPS geotags from a photo

Check whether a photo reveals GPS coordinates, then remove them so it no longer discloses where it was taken. Everything runs in your browser.

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

Geotags: precise by design

A GPS geotag is not a vague hint — it is latitude and longitude recorded to several decimal places, plus often altitude and direction. Anyone with the file can drop those coordinates into a map. The risk concentrates where metadata survives: email, messaging in document mode, cloud drives and direct file transfers.

Surgical removal, everything else intact

This tool removes exactly the GPS block while preserving whatever else you want to keep — capture date, camera model, settings — which photographers appreciate. The cleaned copy is verified on the spot. Fittingly for a location-privacy tool, processing is local: coordinates are never uploaded to be “removed” on a server.

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.