Remove image metadata
Photos from a phone or camera carry EXIF metadata: the device, the exact time, camera settings, and often the GPS coordinates where the photo was taken. This re-encodes the image without any of it.
Choose your file
Drop your files here
JPG, JPEG, PNG, WEBP files. Nothing is uploaded — your files stay on this device.
Settings
PNG preserves every pixel. JPG and WebP re-encode, so use a high quality setting.
80–85% is usually indistinguishable from the original at a fraction of the size.
Add a file to continue.
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About Remove image metadata
- What does Remove image metadata do?
- Photos from a phone or camera carry EXIF metadata: the device, the exact time, camera settings, and often the GPS coordinates where the photo was taken. This re-encodes the image without any of it.
- Who is it for?
- Creators and sellers preparing product photos, job applicants sizing a profile picture, anyone posting to a platform with strict image requirements, and people who want to strip location data before sharing a photo.
- Is it free?
- Yes. Remove image metadata is free with no account, no watermark on your output, no daily cap and no trial period. Because it runs on your own device it costs us nothing to run, which is why there is no catch.
- Is it safe to use with confidential files?
- Yes, and not because we promise to behave. Remove image metadata never sends your file anywhere — the work happens in your browser. There is no upload, so there is no copy of your document in our systems at any point.
- What file formats are supported?
- Input: JPG, JPEG, PNG, WEBP. Output: JPG, PNG, WEBP.
- How do I know the metadata is really gone?
- The image is decoded to raw pixels and re-encoded from scratch, so no metadata block survives. You can verify with any EXIF viewer on the downloaded file.
- Does this change how the image looks?
- Re-encoding a JPG is lossy, so choose a high quality setting. Choosing PNG output keeps the pixels exactly as they were.
How to use it
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Add your file
Drag it onto the box above, or use Browse files. On a phone you can also take a photo or pick from your camera roll.
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Check the settings
Sensible defaults are already chosen. Most people never need to change them.
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Run it
The progress bar shows real progress, not a decorative animation. Everything happens on your device.
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Preview the result
Look at the output before you download. If it is not right, adjust a setting and run it again — nothing has been saved anywhere.
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Download
Save the file. Closing this tab discards it from memory, so download anything you want to keep.