Strip EXIF
Strip EXIF removes a photo's metadata - camera model, timestamp, and GPS location - by redrawing it on a canvas in your browser, with dimensions and quality unchanged.
Paste image (Ctrl+V), drag and drop, or click to upload
At a glance
- Accepts
- PNG, JPG, WebP, GIF and other images your browser decodes
- Outputs
- The same image, pixel-for-pixel, with no EXIF metadata
- Where it runs
- Entirely in your browser, on your device
- What leaves your device
- Nothing - the file never leaves your device
- Limits
- No size or count cap; bounded by your device's memory
- Account
- Not required - there is no sign-up
- Price
- Free, with no watermark and no usage cap
Strip EXIF removes the metadata a camera or phone embeds in every photo - most importantly, the precise GPS coordinates of where it was taken. It works by redrawing the image onto an HTML canvas entirely in your browser: canvas has no concept of EXIF, so nothing it exports can carry any through, no matter what the original file had. Dimensions and visual quality are untouched - this only removes metadata, it doesn't compress or resize anything.
How to use it
- Paste (Ctrl+V), drag and drop, or click to upload a photo.
- Check the before/after file size - the difference is the metadata that just came off.
- Download the result, or copy it straight to your clipboard.
Frequently asked questions
Does my photo get uploaded to strip the metadata?
No - the image is redrawn on an HTML canvas entirely in your browser. Canvas never carries EXIF data through to what it exports, and nothing you upload is sent to a server.
What is EXIF data, and why would I want it gone?
Camera settings, the exact device model, the timestamp - and often precise GPS coordinates of where the photo was taken. That last one is the real reason to strip it before posting a photo publicly: most people don't realize their phone photos carry an exact location by default.
Does this reduce quality or resize the image?
No - dimensions and visual quality stay as they were. This only removes metadata, it isn't a compressor. If you also want a smaller file, Image Compressor strips EXIF too, as a side effect of compressing.
Will a photo that relied on EXIF orientation come out sideways?
No - your browser applies that orientation when it decodes the image, before it ever reaches the canvas, so the pixels are already right-side-up by the time the metadata is dropped.
Does this work on PNG and WebP, or just JPEG?
It works on anything your browser can decode. In practice JPEG is where this matters - it's virtually the only common format that carries EXIF in the first place, and it's what comes straight off a phone camera.
How do I know the metadata actually got removed?
Open the downloaded file in any "view EXIF" tool and it should come back empty. The before/after file size shown on this page is also a quick signal - the metadata took up real bytes.