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EXIF Remover

Strip photo metadata before you share.

Drop a JPEG and this tool strips its EXIF metadata, so the GPS location, camera model, and timestamp baked into the file are gone before you share it. It works at the byte level, so your pixels and color profile stay exactly as they were, with no recompression. Nothing is uploaded; the file is cleaned on your own device and works offline.

How it works

The tool reads your JPEG as raw bytes and walks the marker segments that make up the file. The blocks that carry metadata (EXIF with its GPS tags, XMP, and IPTC) are dropped, while the compressed image data and the ICC color profile are copied through untouched. Because it never redraws the photo on a canvas, there is no re-encode and no quality loss. The whole thing runs in your browser, so the file never leaves your device.

What stays and what goes

Metadata In the cleaned file What it is
GPS location Removed The coordinates of where the photo was taken
Camera make and model Removed The device and, on many files, the lens
Date and time taken Removed The exact moment the shutter fired
Image pixels Kept, byte for byte Copied through with no recompression
ICC color profile Kept So colors still display correctly

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Drop a JPEG here

or click to choose a file. Nothing leaves your browser.

Drop a JPEG to strip its metadata.

Questions people ask

What metadata does this remove?

It drops the EXIF block, which is where a phone or camera writes the GPS coordinates of where the shot was taken, the make and model of the device, the lens, and the exact date and time. XMP and IPTC blocks go too. The JFIF header and the ICC color profile stay, so the photo still displays with correct colors.

Will removing EXIF change how my photo looks?

No. This is a lossless operation. The tool copies the compressed image data byte for byte and only drops the metadata segments around it, so there is no recompression and no visible change. That is different from re-saving a photo through an editor, which recompresses the pixels and can soften fine detail.

Is my photo uploaded to strip it?

No. The JPEG is read into memory and cleaned right in your browser, so it never touches a server. Turn off your network and it still works. Nothing is stored, and the cleaned file is only ever handed back to you as a download.