View and strip EXIF metadata from photos locally.
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Quick start
Drop a JPEG to see camera, lens, exposure and GPS details. Re-encode to strip metadata before sharing.
Drag or click. Bytes are read directly in your browser — nothing uploads.
Camera, lens, exposure, GPS and other tags appear grouped (IFD0 / EXIF / GPS). Manufacturer-specific blobs are not decoded.
Click 'Re-encode without metadata' to get a clean copy. Useful before posting publicly.
In-depth guide
Drop in any JPEG and see the metadata your camera or phone embedded — camera and lens details, exposure settings, date taken, GPS coordinates. Optionally re-encode the file to strip all metadata before sharing. Everything runs locally.
EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format) is a metadata standard embedded inside JPEG files. Cameras and phones record details about how a photo was taken — exposure, focal length, GPS location — into a structured block at the start of the file. Image viewers and photo libraries use this metadata to organise and display photos.
Manufacturer-specific MakerNote blobs are not decoded — those need vendor-specific parsers.
EXIF can leak more than you intend:
Major social platforms (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook) strip EXIF on upload — but blogs, file-share services and email do not. Strip before public sharing.
No. EXIF parsing happens by reading the file's bytes directly in your browser via the FileReader API. Nothing is sent anywhere — useful for inspecting photos that contain sensitive GPS or device data.
JPEG only. PNG metadata uses tEXt / iTXt chunks; HEIC / HEIF uses a different container. They're out of scope for this in-browser tool — use a desktop app like ExifTool for those.
Common photographic metadata — camera make / model, lens, exposure (shutter, aperture, ISO), date/time, orientation, GPS coordinates, software, copyright. Manufacturer-specific MakerNote blobs are not decoded.
Cameras and phones can be set to not record location; social platforms strip it on upload; cropping in some editors discards it. Privacy-conscious workflows usually want it gone before sharing.
Re-encodes the photo via canvas as a fresh JPEG. The new file has no EXIF, XMP, ICC profile or embedded thumbnail. Useful before sharing publicly.
Yes slightly — canvas re-encodes at ~92% quality JPEG. Visually nearly identical to the original but technically lossy. For lossless stripping, use exiftool or similar from the command line.
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