EXIF Viewer & Remover
Inspect photo metadata and strip it, GPS location included.
How do you view and remove the EXIF metadata from a photo?
Docuboxer's EXIF viewer reads every hidden metadata field in a photo right inside your browser and groups it into readable sections: camera, shooting settings, date and — most importantly — GPS location, if the photo carries one. Drop your images, check what information they're leaking, and download a clean copy in one click. Removal is lossless for JPEG and PNG: the image is never redrawn or recompressed, only the metadata blocks are stripped from the file container, so the pixels stay byte-for-byte identical. Many cameras and phones record a photo's exact GPS coordinates by default without ever telling you, and that coordinate travels with the file wherever you upload it. The whole process — reading and stripping — happens on your device: the photo never leaves your browser or touches a server. It's free, with no signup and no file limit.
How to use EXIF Viewer & Remover
- Drag your photos in or click to pick them: JPEG, PNG, WebP, HEIC and TIFF are all supported.
- Click a photo to expand its metadata, grouped into Camera, Shooting, Date, GPS Location, Software and Other.
- If the photo has GPS coordinates, check the highlighted warning and open the location on a map to confirm where it was taken.
- Click "Download clean copy" to strip all metadata from that photo, or "Clean all" to process the whole batch.
- Download the result individually or as a ZIP; the tool shows how many fields the photo had before and how many remain after.
Common use cases
Checking what a photo reveals before posting it on social media
See whether a photo you're about to post on Instagram, a marketplace listing or a forum carries your exact GPS location before anyone else can see it.
Cleaning listing photos before publishing a real estate ad
Strip the metadata from photos of a house or apartment for rent or sale so they don't reveal the exact address or the camera model used.
Preparing product photos for an online store
Remove device info and capture dates from catalog photos before uploading them to an e-commerce site or marketplace.
Verifying where a received photo came from
Check the camera make, capture date and whether GPS is present in a photo someone sent you — useful for journalism, moderation, or plain curiosity.
Sharing family photos without exposing where you live
Strip the GPS location from photos taken at home before emailing them or uploading them to a shared album with people outside your close circle.
Frequently asked questions
What information does a photo actually reveal?
It depends on the camera, but it's usually the device make and model, the lens used, shooting settings (ISO, aperture, shutter speed), the exact date and time of capture, and — if GPS was enabled — the exact location where it was taken, sometimes accurate to a few meters.
Why does it matter to strip metadata before posting a photo?
Because GPS location and the exact timestamp can reveal where you live, where you work, or your routines, even if you never mention it in the caption. It's one of the most common privacy slip-ups when sharing images online.
Does removing the metadata degrade image quality?
No, for JPEG and PNG. The tool doesn't redraw the photo on a canvas or recompress it: it walks the file byte by byte and removes only the metadata blocks, leaving the image's pixels exactly as they were in the original.
What happens to the photo's orientation when the EXIF is removed?
It gets removed along with everything else. If you shot the photo in portrait mode, the camera stores that rotation as an EXIF tag; once it's gone, some viewers may display the photo sideways, even though the pixels never changed. That's a real side effect of stripping EXIF anywhere, not just in this tool.
Do social networks already strip metadata automatically?
Some do, like Facebook or Twitter/X when they process images for their feed, but not all of them and not always: WhatsApp, some forums, and sending a file directly by email or messaging usually keep the EXIF intact, GPS location included.
Does it work with iPhone HEIC photos, or only JPEG?
You can view metadata for HEIC, WebP and TIFF without any issue. Lossless, byte-for-byte download is currently only available for JPEG and PNG; for other formats the tool tells you clearly instead of offering a cleanup it can't guarantee without recompressing.