How it works
- Drop your photosThe tool scans each file locally and tells you whether EXIF metadata is present.
- Pixels are kept, metadata is notThe image is re-encoded from its pixels only — GPS, camera info and timestamps have nowhere to hide.
- Download the clean copyA metadata-free copy is saved next to your original. The original is untouched.
What your photos reveal about you
Every photo from a phone or camera carries an EXIF block: the exact GPS coordinates of where it was taken, the date and time down to the second, the device model, and sometimes even a unique camera serial number. Share the file, and you share all of that. A photo of your new sofa posted to a marketplace can point straight to your home address.
Big social networks strip EXIF on upload — but messengers sending "as file", email attachments, marketplace listings, forums and your own website often pass photos through untouched. Anyone can read the metadata with free tools in seconds.
The safest way to clean a photo is also the most private one: don't send it to a "metadata removal service" — that's literally uploading your photo with its location to a stranger's server. This tool rebuilds the image from its pixels entirely in your browser, so the clean copy never contains metadata, and the original never leaves your device.