Remove EXIF Data from Photos
See exactly what your photos are carrying — GPS coordinates, camera model, timestamps — then strip it out. The pixels are left untouched, and nothing is uploaded.
Your photos?JPG, PNG and WebP. Metadata is read and removed on this device. Uploading a photo to strip its privacy data would defeat the purpose, so this tool never does.
Drop photos in to see what they reveal before you share them.
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Clean
Removes EXIF, GPS, XMP, IPTC and comments.
Lossless. Metadata is cut out of the file structure. Your image data is copied across byte for byte, so there is no quality loss.
Why this matters
A photo is not just a picture.
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Photos carry your location
Most phones write GPS coordinates into every photo, accurate to a few metres. Post one taken at home and you have published your address.
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And a great deal more
Camera model, serial numbers, the exact date and time, editing software, and sometimes the owner's name are all stored alongside the image.
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Check, then strip
Drop a photo in to see exactly what is there. Remove it, and the picture itself is completely unchanged.
Which platforms strip EXIF, and which do not
Where your photo loses its metadata automatically, and where it does not. Last checked August 2026.
Platforms that re-encode an image on upload throw the metadata away as a side effect. Platforms that pass the file through keep every byte, GPS coordinates included. Behaviour changes without any announcement, and a route you rarely use — sending a photo as a document rather than a photo — often behaves differently from the one you use daily. Strip the file yourself before it leaves the device and none of this matters.
| Platform | Strips EXIF? | What actually happens |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | Re-encodes every upload. The location tag you add to the post is separate and stays public. | |
| Yes | Strips EXIF, then writes its own internal identifier into the file it serves. | |
| X (Twitter) | Yes | Images are re-encoded on upload, so GPS and camera data do not survive. |
| Yes | Media hosted on i.redd.it is re-encoded. A link to an image hosted elsewhere is not touched. | |
| Bluesky | Yes | EXIF is removed at upload. Post text is still yours to be careful with. |
| Yes | Stripped on upload for both posts and profile images. | |
| TikTok | Yes | Everything is re-encoded through their pipeline before it is published. |
| 4chan | Yes | EXIF is removed from JPEG uploads. This has been true for years and is not a reason to relax. |
| Depends | Sent as a photo it is compressed and the metadata goes. Sent as a document it is passed through untouched. | |
| Telegram | Depends | Same split. Photo uploads are re-encoded, files sent as files keep everything. |
| Discord | No | Attachments are served close to as uploaded, so coordinates can travel with the image. |
| Slack | No | File uploads are stored intact and anyone in the channel can download the original. |
| Gmail | No | Attachments are delivered byte for byte. Images pasted inline are attachments too. |
| iMessage | No | Metadata is kept. In the share sheet tap Options and switch Location off before sending. |
| Google Photos | No | Originals keep their EXIF, and a shared album or link exposes it to whoever holds the link. |
| Your own site or CMS | No | Nothing is stripped unless the CMS was configured to do it. Most are not. |
None of the above protects a photo you have already posted, and none of it applies to a file you hand to someone directly. Drop the photo in above to see what it is carrying right now, then strip it and check again.
Questions
How do I remove EXIF data from photos?
Drop the photos above. Everything they carry is listed first, including GPS coordinates on a map when there are any, and pressing Strip returns copies with the metadata gone and the pixels untouched. JPG, PNG and WebP are supported, and nothing is uploaded.
Does Instagram remove EXIF data?
Yes. Instagram re-encodes uploads and discards EXIF, including GPS, before the image is served to anyone else. That protects the location in the file, but it does not undo a location you attached to the post itself.
Does Facebook remove EXIF data?
Yes. Facebook strips EXIF from uploaded photos and serves a re-encoded copy. It does keep its own internal identifiers in the file, and, as with Instagram, any place tag you add to the post is public regardless.
Does Discord remove EXIF data?
Not reliably. Images attached to a message have historically been served close to as uploaded, so GPS coordinates can survive. Treat Discord as a platform that keeps metadata and strip it here before you attach the file.
Does Gmail remove EXIF data?
No. An attachment is delivered byte for byte, so whatever the photo carries arrives with it. Inline images pasted into the body are treated as attachments too. Strip first if the recipient should not have your home coordinates.
Does iMessage remove EXIF data?
No. Photos sent through iMessage keep their metadata, which is why iOS added a per-share control. In the share sheet, tap Options at the top and switch off Location before sending.
Does WhatsApp remove EXIF data?
When a photo is sent as a photo, WhatsApp compresses it and the metadata goes with the re-encode. When the same photo is sent as a document, it is passed through untouched and the EXIF survives. The document route is the one people forget.
Does Bluesky remove EXIF data?
Yes. Bluesky strips EXIF from images at upload. As always, that only covers the file, not anything you write in the post.
Which platforms strip EXIF automatically?
Instagram, Facebook, X, Reddit, LinkedIn and Bluesky re-encode and drop it. Gmail, iMessage, Slack and Discord generally do not. Telegram depends on whether you send a photo or a file. Behaviour changes without announcement, so the only reliable answer is to strip the file yourself before it leaves your device, then re-check it here.
Does removing metadata reduce image quality?
No. Metadata lives in separate blocks alongside the compressed image data, so those blocks are simply not copied into the new file. The image data itself is transferred byte for byte, which means the result is pixel-identical to the original. This is different from tools that re-save the photo and quietly re-compress it. The one exception is the orientation option described below.
What is the "keep photos the right way up" option?
Phones often store a photo sideways and add a rotation flag telling viewers to turn it. That flag is part of the EXIF, so removing the EXIF removes the instruction and the photo can appear rotated. With the option ticked, any photo relying on that flag is genuinely rotated first, which does re-encode it. Photos that do not use the flag, which is most of them, stay lossless regardless.
Are my photos uploaded?
No, and that is the whole point. Handing a photo to a stranger's server in order to remove its privacy data would be self-defeating. Everything here is read and rewritten inside your browser, and closing the tab erases it all.
Which metadata is removed?
For JPG: EXIF, GPS, XMP, IPTC, Photoshop blocks and comments. For PNG: tEXt, iTXt, zTXt, eXIf and tIME chunks. For WebP: EXIF and XMP chunks. Colour profiles are kept, since removing them can visibly shift colours on wide-gamut displays.
Does this remove watermarks or hidden tracking in the image?
No. This removes metadata stored beside the image, not anything drawn into the pixels themselves. A visible watermark, or an invisible pattern encoded in the pixel data, is unaffected. Be clear about what this protects you from.