Your photos quietly carry your GPS location, camera model and the exact time they were taken. Drop an image below to see what's inside — then strip it in one click, entirely in your browser.
Drop an image here or click to browse
JPEG, PNG or WebP — up to 30 MB
Everything runs in your browser. Your image is never uploaded.
Stripping metadata isn't enough for AI images.
Removing EXIF hides where a photo came from — but AI-generated images still carry pixel-level fingerprints. Check yours, or rebuild real-camera authenticity.
What's inside
Every JPEG straight from a phone or camera carries an EXIF block. Here's what it can expose.
Where the photo was taken — often down to the doorstep. The single biggest privacy leak in a phone photo.
Camera make, model and lens — a fingerprint that links every photo you post back to the same device.
The exact second of capture, plus the timezone. Enough to place you somewhere at a moment.
The app or AI tool that produced or edited the file — including 'Made with AI' hints some generators write.
How it runs
JPEG, PNG or WebP. The file stays in your browser — it is never uploaded to a server.
We read the EXIF locally and show you the GPS, device, timestamp and software fields the file is carrying.
One click strips EXIF, GPS and camera metadata and downloads a clean copy. Nothing leaves your device.
Privacy model
The image is read and cleaned in browser memory. We can't see what we never receive.
EXIF parsing and stripping run on your device — disconnect your network and it still works.
Nothing is stored or logged. Close the tab and it's gone.
No queue, no server round-trip. The clean file downloads immediately.
FAQ
EXIF is the block of data cameras and phones embed in a photo — GPS coordinates, camera make and model, lens, the exact date and time, exposure settings, and often the software used. It travels with the file when you share it, so anyone who receives the image can read it.
Yes. There's no account, no watermark and no limit. Everything runs in your browser, so there's no server cost to pass on to you and no file ever leaves your device.
For JPEGs, no — the metadata block is removed losslessly, so the pixels are untouched. PNG and WebP are re-exported through a canvas, which drops all metadata at effectively imperceptible quality cost.
Some platforms strip EXIF on upload, but not all, and not consistently — and it's still embedded in the original file you email, message or store. Removing it yourself before sharing is the only way to be sure.
No. Stripping metadata removes the 'where and how' tags, but AI-generated images still carry pixel-level fingerprints and, in some cases, invisible watermarks like SynthID. To check an image or rebuild real-camera authenticity, use the free AI Image Detector and the Photo Humanizer.
Never. The EXIF is read and removed entirely in your browser tab. You can disconnect from the internet and the tool still works.
Clean an image now, then check whether it also reads as AI — or rebuild real-camera authenticity.
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