EXIF viewer

See what a photo carries: camera, lens, date, location. Remove it before you share. Nothing is uploaded.

A landscape with camera, lens and GPS tags.

How to view and remove EXIF data

  1. Open a photo

    Drop a JPEG, HEIC, PNG, WebP or raw file, choose one, or paste it. Nothing leaves your browser.

  2. Read the details

    The summary shows camera, lens, exposure, date and place with a map link. Every tag is listed below, grouped by section, with a search box.

  3. Clean it before sharing

    Download a copy with all metadata removed. Pixels are untouched and the rotation tag is kept so the photo stays upright.

Good to know

  • Ctrl+C (Cmd+C on Mac) with nothing selected copies all the metadata as JSON.
  • iPhone HEIC files are read in every browser, but only Safari can show the picture itself. The metadata is still complete.
  • Screenshots and images saved from WhatsApp or Instagram have no camera data at all, so an empty result is normal.
  • Raw files often report the size of the embedded preview rather than the sensor, and their maker notes are shown as a byte count.
  • The location is shown as decimal degrees. Paste the coordinates into any maps app or use the links.
  • The clean copy keeps the ICC colour profile by default so colours stay identical; untick it to save a few more kilobytes.

Questions people ask

What is EXIF data?

EXIF is the block of information a camera or phone writes into a photo: make and model, lens, date and time, shutter speed, aperture, ISO, focal length, software and often the GPS position where the picture was taken. It travels with the file when you copy or email it.

Why does my photo show no GPS data?

Most apps remove metadata when you send a picture. WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, X and Telegram (as a photo, not a file) all strip EXIF including location. Screenshots have none. Phones also let you turn location tagging off in the camera settings.

Does removing metadata change the image?

No. The cleaner copies the pixels exactly as they are and only drops the metadata segments, so there is no re-compression and no quality loss. The file simply gets a little smaller.

What happens to the rotation when I remove EXIF?

Phones often store the picture sideways with an Orientation tag that tells viewers how to rotate it. The cleaner keeps just that one tag (turn off Keep orientation to drop it too), so the photo still displays the right way up.

Which formats work?

Reading: JPEG, PNG, WebP, HEIC and HEIF from iPhones, AVIF, TIFF and camera raw files (DNG, CR2, NEF, ARW, ORF, RW2). Removing metadata: JPEG, PNG and WebP. Convert HEIC or raw to JPEG first if you need a clean copy.

Is my photo uploaded?

No. The file is read by a web worker inside your browser. Nothing is sent to a server, which is the point when the picture carries your home location.