Remove EXIF Data – Strip GPS from Photos

Remove EXIF Data from Photos

Remove EXIF data, GPS location and camera details from photos before sharing. Lossless for JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC and AVIF. No upload.

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HEIC, JPG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, GIF, BMP · up to 50 megapixels each · you can also paste

How to use

Drop your photos or click "Choose files". You can add many at once.
Each file is checked and the metadata found is listed, such as GPS location, camera model and date taken.
The metadata is removed straight away. Download the clean files individually or as a ZIP.

Features

Lossless for JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC, AVIF: Metadata blocks are cut out of the file without re-encoding, so image quality is untouched, byte for byte.
See what was hidden: Each file shows the location coordinates, device and date that were embedded, so you know what you would have shared.
Photos stay upright: The orientation flag is kept for JPG files, so portrait photos do not suddenly appear sideways.
Truly private: Checking and cleaning happen on your device. A privacy tool that uploads your photos would defeat its own purpose.

A photo can reveal far more than what is in the frame. If location services were on when it was taken, the file contains GPS coordinates accurate to a few metres: a picture of your new sofa can reveal your home address, and a photo of your child at the playground can reveal their school. EXIF data also records the exact time, the phone or camera model and sometimes its serial number, and the software used to edit the image.

When you post to a major social network, that data is usually stripped from the public copy. But photos are shared in many other ways: as email attachments, in messaging apps that send “original quality” files, on classified ad and marketplace sites, on forums, through cloud storage links, or in documents. In those cases the metadata often travels with the image to everyone who receives it.

How this tool works

Each file is read on your device and its structure parsed. For JPG files, the tool walks through the file’s segments and drops the APP1 (EXIF and XMP), APP13 (IPTC) and comment segments, along with camera maker blocks, while keeping the colour profile and the compressed image data exactly as they were. If the photo relied on an orientation tag to appear upright, a tiny new EXIF block containing only that tag is added back. PNG files have their text, time and EXIF chunks removed, and WebP files have their EXIF and XMP chunks removed with the header flags updated. iPhone HEIC photos and AVIF images store EXIF and XMP as separate items inside the file; the tool blanks those items in place, so the compressed photo, its colour profile and the HDR data are untouched and the file keeps its format and size. Their rotation is stored outside EXIF, so photos stay upright.

Because the pixel data is never decoded or re-encoded for these formats, there is zero quality loss and the process is very fast. The results list shows what was found in each file, so you can see exactly what you have avoided sharing.

Other ways metadata is removed

Converting or compressing an image on PixFoundry also removes all metadata, because only the pixels are written to the new file. If you need a smaller file anyway, the image compressor cleans and shrinks in one step.

Frequently asked questions

What is EXIF data?

EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format) is information that cameras and phones save inside a photo, such as the date and time, camera make and model, lens and exposure settings and, if location services are on, the exact GPS coordinates where the photo was taken.

Do social networks remove EXIF data automatically?

Most large social networks strip location data from public posts, but many other channels do not. Photos sent as files by email, shared via cloud links, attached to forum posts or sold on marketplaces often keep their full metadata.

What exactly is removed?

All EXIF data (including GPS), XMP and IPTC blocks, and text comments. The colour profile is kept because removing it can change how colours look. For JPG, a minimal orientation tag is kept so the image displays upright.

Does removing EXIF reduce quality?

Not for JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC and AVIF, which are cleaned without re-encoding, so the file stays the same size. HEIC files stay HEIC; if you need a JPG, use the HEIC to JPG converter. GIF and BMP files are re-encoded.

How can I stop my phone from adding location to photos?

On iPhone, go to Settings → Privacy & Security → Location Services → Camera and choose "Never". On Android, open the Camera app settings and turn off "Location tags" or "Save location".