EXIF is the block of details a camera or phone writes into each photo: make and model, lens, exposure settings, date and time, often the GPS position, and sometimes the body’s serial number. It can also hold a small thumbnail of the picture. Photo apps use it to sort and map your pictures, which is why it reveals more than people expect once the file is shared.

What does this remove, and what does it keep?

From a JPEG it removes every EXIF and XMP block, IPTC data and comments; from a PNG, its text, time and EXIF chunks; from a WebP, its EXIF and XMP chunks. The colour profile stays unless you untick it. Data some phones append after the end of the image, such as a motion-photo clip, is kept as it is and not inspected.

Can removing EXIF make a photo appear sideways?

It can. Many phones save the picture as the sensor captured it and record which way is up in an EXIF orientation tag. This tool removes EXIF without touching the pixels, so that tag goes too, and a photo that relied on it may then display rotated. If that happens, rotate it in a photo editor, save, and scrub the saved copy.

Does my file get uploaded?

No. The models and all processing run inside your browser on your own device. You can verify this yourself: open your browser’s DevTools, watch the Network tab, and process a file: there are no uploads. After the first visit most tools also work fully offline.

Does removing metadata change the image quality?

No. The metadata lives in separate sections of the file; this tool splices those sections out without re-encoding, so the pixels are bit-for-bit identical. That is verified automatically for every supported format.

Which formats are supported?

JPEG, PNG and WebP. Anything the tool cannot parse safely is left completely untouched and it tells you so, because a metadata remover that corrupts files would be worse than none.

Why does this matter?

A photo taken at home and shared online can contain your exact coordinates. Social networks usually strip metadata on upload, but files shared by email, chat or cloud drives keep everything.

EXIF Remover: Remove EXIF Data Losslessly

Remove EXIF data from a photo in your browser: drop a JPEG, PNG or WebP and see what it carries, such as GPS position, camera and lens, the date taken, editing software and body serial number, before you strip it. The EXIF remover then cuts those metadata blocks out of the file without re-encoding, so the image data stays byte-for-byte identical and the file only gets smaller. Use it before posting, emailing or listing anything for sale that you photographed at home. The photo is processed on your device and never uploaded.

How it works

Drop a JPEG, PNG or WebP, or several, or a ZIP. iPhone HEIC is not supported here; converting it to JPG drops its EXIF anyway.
Read the panel: it lists what the photo reveals and each metadata block with its size. Keep the colour profile ticked unless you want the smallest file.
Press Scrub metadata, then Download. The panel confirms how many KB were removed, with the pixels untouched.

Questions

What is EXIF data?: EXIF is the block of details a camera or phone writes into each photo: make and model, lens, exposure settings, date and time, often the GPS position, and sometimes the body’s serial number. It can also hold a small thumbnail of the picture. Photo apps use it to sort and map your pictures, which is why it reveals more than people expect once the file is shared.
What does this remove, and what does it keep?: From a JPEG it removes every EXIF and XMP block, IPTC data and comments; from a PNG, its text, time and EXIF chunks; from a WebP, its EXIF and XMP chunks. The colour profile stays unless you untick it. Data some phones append after the end of the image, such as a motion-photo clip, is kept as it is and not inspected.
Can removing EXIF make a photo appear sideways?: It can. Many phones save the picture as the sensor captured it and record which way is up in an EXIF orientation tag. This tool removes EXIF without touching the pixels, so that tag goes too, and a photo that relied on it may then display rotated. If that happens, rotate it in a photo editor, save, and scrub the saved copy.
Does my file get uploaded?: No. The models and all processing run inside your browser on your own device. You can verify this yourself: open your browser’s DevTools, watch the Network tab, and process a file: there are no uploads. After the first visit most tools also work fully offline.
Does removing metadata change the image quality?: No. The metadata lives in separate sections of the file; this tool splices those sections out without re-encoding, so the pixels are bit-for-bit identical. That is verified automatically for every supported format.
Which formats are supported?: JPEG, PNG and WebP. Anything the tool cannot parse safely is left completely untouched and it tells you so, because a metadata remover that corrupts files would be worse than none.
Why does this matter?: A photo taken at home and shared online can contain your exact coordinates. Social networks usually strip metadata on upload, but files shared by email, chat or cloud drives keep everything.

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