Photo Privacy Cleaner — Strip EXIF, GPS & Metadata
See exactly what your photo reveals — GPS location, camera, timestamps — then download a clean copy with every trace of metadata removed. 100% in your browser, nothing uploaded.
How to Use
- Drop or pick a photo — it never leaves your browser.
- Read the privacy report. A red banner means the photo carries GPS coordinates revealing where it was taken.
- Choose Clean copy (lossless, same format — best quality) or Re-encode (to convert or compress).
- Click Download clean copy — the result has zero EXIF, GPS, XMP or IPTC.
- Re-check it with the EXIF Viewer to confirm it is empty.
What gets found & removed
About the Photo Privacy Cleaner — Strip EXIF, GPS & Metadata
The Photo Privacy Cleaner — Strip EXIF, GPS & Metadata gives you a fast, free answer for image, audio and file tasks without sending anything off your device. See exactly what your photo reveals — GPS location, camera, timestamps — then download a clean copy with every trace of metadata removed. 100% in your browser, nothing uploaded.
How it works
Enter what you have and read the result as it updates live. It all runs on your own device, so it is quick and private, with nothing to install.
Want the deeper story? The Knowledge Base explains the ideas behind the tools in more detail.
Frequently Asked Questions
What metadata does this find and remove?
Everything embedded in the file: EXIF (GPS coordinates, camera make/model, lens, serial number, timestamps), IPTC (caption, copyright, keywords), XMP (Adobe metadata), embedded thumbnails, and comments. The privacy report shows you what is there first, then the clean copy removes all of it.
What is the difference between "Clean copy" and "Re-encode"?
Clean copy surgically removes the metadata segments from a JPEG (or the text chunks from a PNG) while leaving the actual image data byte-for-byte untouched — zero quality loss, same format. Re-encode decodes the pixels and writes a fresh image, which also strips everything and lets you change format or compress, at a small quality cost for JPEG/WebP.
Why is GPS in a photo a privacy risk?
Phones and many cameras tag each photo with the exact latitude and longitude where it was taken — often your home, workplace, or a child's school. Posting that photo publicly can reveal those locations to anyone who downloads it. Stripping GPS before sharing removes that risk.
Will the photo's quality or color change?
Clean copy: no change at all — the pixels and the embedded color profile are preserved exactly. (If the photo relied on an EXIF orientation flag, it is re-encoded once so it still displays upright.) Re-encode to JPEG/WebP introduces a small generational loss; choose quality 0.92+ to keep it minimal.
Do social media platforms already strip this?
Some do (Instagram, X, Facebook strip EXIF on upload), but many do not — Discord, forums, direct file shares, and email attachments often preserve the original metadata. Best practice is to clean the photo yourself before sharing rather than trusting each platform.
Is the photo uploaded anywhere?
No. Reading the metadata and producing the clean copy both happen entirely in your browser using the file you picked. Nothing is sent to a server, so you can safely clean sensitive personal photos, documents, or proprietary imagery.
How do I use the Photo Privacy Cleaner — Strip EXIF, GPS & Metadata?
Simply type your numbers and read the result, which refreshes the instant you change something. There is nothing to submit and nothing to wait for.
Does it cost anything or need an account?
No. The tool is completely free, there is no account to create, and it keeps working offline after the page first loads.
Is anything I type uploaded?
No. The tool works entirely on your device, so the values you enter never leave your browser.
Common Use Cases
Before posting personal photos
Scrub GPS coordinates and timestamps from photos before posting publicly so you don't reveal your home or routine.
Anonymous or sensitive sharing
Remove camera serial numbers and device identifiers before sharing whistleblower, witness, or report photos.
Real-estate & marketplace listings
Strip capture location and agent/device identifiers from listing photos before they go online.
Forums, Discord & email
These often preserve EXIF — clean photos first so you don't leak metadata to strangers.
Faster-loading web images
EXIF blocks and embedded thumbnails can add 50–200 KB to a JPEG; removing them shrinks the file.
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