How to remove metadata from photos
- Choose your photos, or drop them onto the box.
- Check what each one reveals: location, camera, date, software, and author.
- Press Remove metadata. Clean copies download with "-clean" added to the name.
Removed: EXIF (including GPS), XMP, IPTC, and comments. Kept: the image itself and its color profile, so colors look exactly the same.
Questions
What is photo metadata and why remove it?
Phones and cameras store extra information inside each photo: often the exact GPS location, the date and time, and the device model. When you share the original file, anyone can read it. Removing it protects where you live and when you are away.
Does removing metadata reduce quality?
No. For JPG, PNG, and WebP the metadata is cut out of the file directly; the picture itself is not re-compressed. Other formats are saved again as JPG or PNG at high quality.
Will my photo turn sideways?
No. If a photo needs the rotation note to display upright, the tool keeps only that note and removes everything else.
Are my photos uploaded?
No. Everything happens in your browser. That matters most for a privacy tool: your location data never leaves your device.
Do social networks remove metadata already?
Many large networks do, but email, chat apps that send "original quality" files, cloud links, and marketplaces often do not. Cleaning photos yourself is the safe default.
Credits
Built on exifr (MIT). OneTooling is not affiliated with that project.