What does your photo give away?
Phone photos can carry the exact GPS position where they were taken, the date and time, the phone model and sometimes a serial number. Check a photo here and download a clean copy before you post, sell or send it.
Check and remove photo metadata
What metadata is
Cameras and phones store extra information inside the image file, mostly in a format called EXIF. It is useful for organising your own pictures, but it travels with the file. A photo of an item you are selling can reveal your home address through its GPS tag; a document scan can show which device and software produced it.
Some platforms strip metadata when you upload, others keep it, and messaging apps differ depending on whether you send a photo or a file. The safest habit is to clean the file yourself.
How the cleaning works
- JPEG: the tool copies the file segment by segment and leaves out the EXIF and XMP block, IPTC data and comments. The image data and colour profile are copied byte for byte, so there is no re-compression and no quality loss.
- PNG: text, EXIF and timestamp chunks are removed; the pixels are untouched.
- Other formats (for example WebP or HEIC opened by your browser): the image is redrawn and saved as PNG, which carries no metadata.
All of this runs in your browser. The file is never uploaded, so it is safe to use with sensitive pictures.
What it does not remove
Metadata is only part of the story. The picture itself can reveal a location (a street sign, a view from a window), a face or a reflection. Look at the image before sharing it. Cleaning also does not undo copies that were already shared.
Questions
Does removing EXIF reduce quality?
Not for JPEG and PNG: the image data is copied unchanged. Only formats the tool cannot edit directly are redrawn as PNG.
Can I clean several photos at once?
Yes. Select or drop several files; each gets its own report and download.
Is the photo uploaded?
No. It never leaves your device.