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EXIF viewer

See when and where a picture was taken, and remove those details before you share it.

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A landscape with camera, lens and GPS tags.
A man in a hoodie sitting by a camera on a tripod

For curious travellers

Every photo remembers where it was taken.

The night shoot. See the exact settings of the best frame.

BeforeHidden details in every file

With sdevSee them, keep them or remove them

  • Hands planning a trip on a map with a toy plane

    Planning the next trip

    Find the date and place of last year's photos.

  • A young photographer with short hair taking a picture in the city

    Before sharing

    Remove the location with one click.

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.

Where people use it

  • Share without your home location

    Phone photos can carry GPS. Save a clean copy before you post or sell something online.

  • When was this taken

    See the date and time to sort old photos or check a claim.

  • Learn from camera settings

    See the lens, shutter and ISO of a shot you like.

  • Compress after cleaning

    Make the clean copy smaller for an upload.

    Compress image to 100 KB or any size

Why this one

The clean copy keeps the picture exactly as it was and only drops the hidden data, and it all happens on your device.

  • Reads JPEG, HEIC, PNG and raw camera files.
  • Shows the GPS spot on a map when it is there.
  • Saves a copy with the data removed and the picture untouched.
  • Your photos are not uploaded.

People find this page by searching

  • exif viewer
  • photo metadata viewer
  • remove exif data
  • remove location from photo
  • see when a photo was taken
  • check photo gps location
  • what camera took this photo
  • remove metadata from photo before sharing
Cite this tool
  • APA
    sdev.in. (n.d.). EXIF viewer and remover [Web tool]. https://www.sdev.in/tools/exif-viewer
  • MLA
    "EXIF viewer and remover." sdev.in, https://www.sdev.in/tools/exif-viewer.
  • Chicago
    sdev.in. "EXIF viewer and remover." https://www.sdev.in/tools/exif-viewer.
  • BibTeX
    @misc{sdev-exif-viewer,
  title = {EXIF viewer and remover},
  author = {{sdev.in}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://www.sdev.in/tools/exif-viewer}},
  note = {Web tool}
}

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.

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