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Remove EXIF data from photos

Phones quietly stamp photos with the time, the device and often the exact spot they were taken. Check any photo here and save a copy with that metadata gone, without uploading it anywhere.

Check and strip photo metadata

JPG, PNG and WebP are cleaned losslessly: the picture bytes are copied untouched, only metadata is dropped.

What gets removed

  • JPG: EXIF and XMP (APP1), IPTC/Photoshop (APP13), APP12 and comment segments. The colour profile (ICC) and JFIF header stay so colours look the same.
  • PNG: eXIf, tEXt, zTXt, iTXt and tIME chunks.
  • WebP: EXIF and XMP chunks.

The sample photo includes made-up metadata and a GPS position so you can see a “before” without using your own pictures.

Why it matters

GPS coordinates in a photo taken at home point to your front door with a precision of a few metres. Serial numbers can link photos to the same camera. Stripping this before posting on forums, marketplaces or sending originals by email removes information you probably didn’t mean to share.

Questions people ask

What is EXIF data?

Exchangeable Image File Format metadata: tags a camera or phone writes into a photo, such as date and time, camera model, lens, exposure settings and often GPS coordinates.

Does removing EXIF reduce image quality?

Not here. For JPG, PNG and WebP the compressed picture data is copied byte for byte; only metadata segments are dropped.

Will my photo turn sideways?

No. If the photo depends on the EXIF Orientation tag, ConvertFast writes back a tiny EXIF block containing only that tag, so it stays upright and nothing else is kept.

Do social networks remove GPS for me?

Many large platforms strip metadata from the public copy, but email attachments, messaging apps that send “files”, cloud share links and forums often keep it. Cleaning first is the safe habit.

What about HEIC photos?

Converting a HEIC to JPG, PNG or WebP on this site produces a file with no EXIF or GPS at all.