PhotoRiyaHow to remove EXIF data from a photo
Drop the photo onto the box above. You'll see what it contains and whether any of it is personal. Press Remove all metadata, then Download clean copy. The tool checks the clean file again and tells you what, if anything, remains.
What gets removed, and what is kept
Removed: EXIF (camera, settings, date and GPS location), XMP data, IPTC and Photoshop data, JPEG comments, PNG text chunks and the last-modified time, plus extra pictures hidden after the main image in some JPEGs, which carry their own metadata.
Kept: the picture itself, byte for byte, so there is no recompression and no quality loss; the colour profile, because removing it would change how colours look; and, if you leave the box ticked, the orientation. A photo taken sideways stores a note saying how to turn it, and without that note it would appear rotated.
How the removal works
Metadata lives in separate blocks of a file, apart from the pixels. A JPEG is a series of segments, a PNG is a series of chunks and a WebP is a series of RIFF chunks. This tool copies the file and leaves out the blocks that hold metadata. Because the image data is copied untouched, the result is identical to the original when you look at it, and often a little smaller.
It cleans the file, not the scene: a street sign, a face or a landmark in the picture can still show where it was taken.
Questions people ask
How do I remove EXIF data from a photo?
Drop the photo onto the remover above, press Remove all metadata and download the clean copy. It works for JPG, PNG and WebP files.
Does removing EXIF data reduce image quality?
No. The picture data is copied without any change, so there is no recompression. Only the metadata blocks are left out.
Why does the tool keep the orientation?
Phones often store pictures sideways and add a tag that says how to rotate them. If that tag were removed, the photo would appear rotated. Untick the box if you want nothing at all left, and rotate the picture yourself if needed.
Does it remove the colour profile?
No. The colour profile describes how to show the colours, so removing it can change how the picture looks. It carries no personal information.
Does it remove AI prompts from PNG images?
Yes. Many AI image tools store the prompt and settings as text in the PNG. The remover deletes all PNG text chunks, including those.
Is the location really gone?
Yes. The GPS coordinates live in the EXIF block, which is removed. The tool reads the clean file again to confirm that no location or other personal metadata is left.
Is my photo uploaded to a server?
No. The file is read and cleaned inside your browser tab, on your own device, and nothing is sent anywhere. That matters here more than anywhere: the whole point is that the details in your photo stay private.
Which file types does it support?
It can show the metadata of JPG, PNG, WebP and TIFF files, including TIFF-based RAW files such as DNG. It can remove metadata from JPG, PNG and WebP. For other formats, convert the picture first with the image converter.
What is the largest file I can use?
Files up to 400 MB. A browser tab has limited memory, so very large files work best on a computer rather than a phone.
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