EXIF Viewer
A photo can carry hidden EXIF data: camera and lens, shot settings, date and sometimes a GPS location. This tool shows it and saves a copy with the metadata removed. The original file is not changed.
How to use
- Drop a JPEG photo onto the box, or press it to choose a file. Each file can be up to 50 MB.
- Read the tables: camera and lens, shot settings, image details and, if the photo has it, the GPS location. A red warning appears whenever the photo carries location data.
- To share the picture without any of this, press Remove EXIF and save. You get a new copy with no metadata. The original file is not changed.
How it works
A JPEG file is a series of labeled segments. EXIF lives in the APP1 segment, which starts with the word Exif and holds a small TIFF structure: a byte-order mark, then lists of numbered tags. This page walks those lists and looks up each tag number in a built-in table, for example 0x010F for the camera make and 0x829A for the exposure time.
GPS is stored as three fractions for degrees, minutes and seconds plus a N/S or E/W letter. The decimal value is degrees + minutes / 60 + seconds / 3600, made negative for S and W. The point 37 deg 33 min 59.4 sec N is 37.5665.
Removing EXIF draws the photo onto a canvas and saves it again. A new file made this way carries only pixels, so the camera, date and GPS tags are gone. The rotation is applied to the pixels first. Nothing is sent to a server: the file is read by your browser and the copy exists only in this tab until you save it.
What EXIF can contain
| Group | Examples |
|---|---|
| Camera | Make, model, lens, software, serial number |
| Shot settings | Exposure time, aperture, ISO, focal length, flash, date and time taken |
| Image | Pixel size, orientation, color space, resolution |
| Location | Latitude, longitude, altitude |
Before you post a photo
Social networks and chat apps usually strip location data from the copy other people see, but not all do, and not for every way of sharing. Email attachments, cloud links and files sent as documents often keep the original metadata. If a photo was taken at home, at a child school or anywhere you would not give out by address, check it here first.
FAQ
Is my photo uploaded?
No. The file is read by your browser and parsed by code on this page. There is no upload, no account and no copy kept anywhere else. You can turn off your connection after the page has loaded and it still works.
Can a photo really show where I live?
Yes. Phones record the GPS position by default, and the position is often accurate to a few meters. A picture taken at home and shared as the original file can reveal the address. Many apps remove it when you post, but sending the file by email or as a document often keeps it.
Why does it say my HEIC photo cannot be read?
This viewer reads the EXIF block of JPEG files. iPhone photos in HEIC format use a different container that is not supported here. Convert the photo to JPEG first, or set the iPhone camera format to Most Compatible. In Safari you can still use the remove button on a HEIC photo, which saves a clean JPEG.
Does removing EXIF lower the quality?
Slightly. The photo is saved again as a new JPEG at quality 92, so there is a small loss, the same as one more round of editing. PNG and WebP files are saved in their own format. The pixel size stays the same.
Is anything left in the new file?
The new file has no EXIF, GPS, thumbnail or maker data, and the page checks the new file with the same reader and tells you. A photo can still identify a place by what is in it, such as a street sign.