Clean the hidden metadata out of your photos

Check what location, device and authorship data an image contains, then download a copy without it. All processing happens in your own browser: no byte of your image is ever sent to a server.

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How it works

Everything below happens locally in your browser — nothing is ever uploaded.

What is EXIF metadata?

Every time a camera or phone takes a photo, it embeds a surprising amount of invisible information inside the file itself: the exact device model, the date and time of the shot, technical parameters (aperture, ISO, shutter speed) and, often, the precise GPS coordinates of where the photo was taken. This is called EXIF metadata. Files can also contain IPTC blocks (authorship and rights credits) and XMP (Adobe's extensible editing metadata).

Why doesn't social media always remove it?

Many large platforms (like Facebook, Instagram or WhatsApp) strip most metadata when they recompress the images you upload, but that isn't a universal guarantee: direct messaging, email, cloud services, forums and smaller sites frequently keep the original file intact, metadata and all — the exact location of the shot can still be traveling with the image.

How does delexif work?

Redraw mode redraws the image onto a browser canvas and re-exports it from scratch, which removes any metadata block regardless of format. Lossless binary mode, available only for JPEG, removes just the metadata blocks from the original file while leaving the compressed image data untouched — visually identical, no recompression needed.