Remove EXIF Data Online Free
EXIF Remover lets you remove EXIF data online free — it strips the GPS location, camera model, date taken, and other hidden metadata out of your photos and hands back a clean copy. Drop a JPEG, PNG, or WebP and download the cleaned file in one tap. Your photo never leaves your device — the whole process runs in your browser, with no upload, no account, and no app to install.
Ready to scrub your photo? It takes one tap.
Use the free EXIF Remover →What Is EXIF Data and Why Remove It?
EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format) is hidden data your camera or phone writes into every photo. It records the camera make and model, the date and time the shot was taken, exposure settings — and, most importantly for privacy, the exact GPS location where the photo was captured. When you share that photo by email, on a forum, or as a file attachment, all of that metadata travels with it.
That is why people remove EXIF data from photos before posting: a single image can reveal your home address, your daily routine, or the camera you own. This tool removes that hidden data so the photo you share carries nothing but the picture itself.
How to Remove EXIF Data from a Photo
The tool runs the entire scrub in your browser tab — there is no server, so nothing is uploaded and the original file quality is preserved exactly. Here is the full flow:
- Open capsuletools.app/remove-exif/
- Tap the zone (on a phone) or drag your photo onto it (on desktop)
- The tool strips the metadata and shows you exactly what it found and removed
- Tap Save clean photo to download the cleaned copy (
[filename]-clean.jpg)
If your photo contained a location, the result screen names the exact GPS coordinates it removed, along with the camera and date — so you can see, in plain terms, what was hiding in the file.
What Metadata Does the Tool Remove?
It removes every metadata segment that can carry personal or hidden information, while leaving the image data untouched. That includes:
- EXIF — GPS location, camera make and model, lens, date taken, exposure settings, software
- XMP — captions, keywords, copyright, and editing history added by apps like Lightroom or Photoshop
- IPTC — editorial fields such as author, location names, and descriptions
- Comments and text chunks — any free-text notes embedded in the file
A toggle in Settings lets you keep the ICC color profile so colors don't shift — it holds no personal data. Everything else is stripped. This is a true strip-metadata-from-image operation: the bytes are sliced out of the file, not re-saved, so the photo keeps its exact original quality.
JPEG, PNG, and WebP — All Supported
Most EXIF removers only handle JPEG. This one strips metadata from all three common web image formats, so you can remove all metadata from an image online no matter how it was saved:
- JPEG
- JPG
- PNG
- WebP
For JPEG it removes the APP1 (EXIF/XMP) and APP13 (IPTC) marker segments; for PNG it removes the
eXIf, tEXt, zTXt, and iTXt chunks; for WebP it
removes the EXIF and XMP chunks. If you have a RAW or HEIC file, convert it to JPEG first
(our Photo to Web tool does this in the browser), then run it through here.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I remove EXIF data from a photo on iPhone?
Open this tool in Safari on your iPhone, tap the zone, and pick a photo from your Camera Roll or Files app. The EXIF data — including the GPS location and the iPhone model — is stripped in the browser, and you tap Save clean photo to download the cleaned copy. Nothing is uploaded, so it works the same in Safari as it does on a desktop.
How do I remove GPS location from a photo online?
Drop your photo and the tool removes the embedded GPS latitude and longitude along with the rest of the EXIF block. If your photo contained a location, the result screen names the exact coordinates it removed so you can confirm it is gone. The whole process runs on your device, so your location is never sent anywhere.
Does removing EXIF data affect image quality?
No. This tool slices the metadata segments out of the raw file bytes without re-encoding the image, so the pixels stay byte-for-byte identical to the original. Tools that re-save the photo through a canvas can lower quality; this one does not. Your JPEG, PNG, or WebP keeps its exact original quality.
How do I remove metadata from a photo on Android?
Open the tool in Chrome or any browser on your Android phone, tap to choose a photo, and download the cleaned file. EXIF, GPS, and camera metadata are removed locally on the phone. There is no app to install and nothing is uploaded to a server.
Can I remove EXIF data from a PNG or WebP file?
Yes. Most EXIF removers only handle JPEG, but this tool also strips metadata from PNG files (eXIf, tEXt, and other text chunks) and WebP files (the EXIF and XMP chunks). Drop the file and the matching metadata is removed while the image data itself is left untouched.
What is the difference between EXIF, XMP, and IPTC metadata?
EXIF holds camera-generated data such as the model, exposure settings, date taken, and GPS coordinates. XMP and IPTC hold editorial data such as captions, keywords, copyright, and editing history added by software like Lightroom or Photoshop. This tool removes all three so no hidden text or location survives in the file.
How do I delete metadata from a photo on a Mac or PC?
You do not need desktop software — open this page in any browser on your Mac or PC and drop the photo in. The metadata is deleted in the browser and you download the clean copy. It is the fastest way to delete metadata from a photo without installing anything or uploading the file.