Kit — image metadata

Remove Exif and location data from images

A photo file can carry the time it was taken, the camera body and its serial number, the lens, and the latitude and longitude of the place you stood. This lists what is actually in there first, then re-encodes the image in your browser so none of it comes out the other side.

Choose imagesJPEG / PNG / WebP / TIFF — up to 40 MB each

This runs entirely in your browser. Nothing is uploaded.

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How this one is built

It shows you what was there

A tool that only says "done" leaves the real question unanswered: was there ever anything worth worrying about? The capture time, camera, lens, serial number and coordinates are listed before anything is removed — which also tells you what the photos you already sent were carrying.

Coordinates are shown, never sent

Passing a position to a map service is a network request containing exactly the data you came here to remove. The latitude and longitude are printed on the page. There is no map link and no embed.

Nothing ends up sideways

The Orientation tag is metadata too, so removing it naively lays every portrait photo on its side. Here the rotation is baked into the pixels first, so the image looks the same afterwards without needing a tag to say so.

Reading the result

What "no metadata found" meansNo Exif block, text chunks, XMP, IPTC or embedded Exif thumbnail were found. Screenshots and images re-downloaded from social platforms are often already in this state. It covers the areas listed — it is not a guarantee about proprietary blocks this parser does not read.
Why the file size changesDropping the metadata removes tens to hundreds of kilobytes, and the re-compression moves the number again. A JPEG can come out smaller or larger; PNG will be considerably larger. Both sizes are printed under each file.
What the "embedded Exif thumbnail" line meansExif can hold a small duplicate of the picture for fast previews. Some editors update the main image but not that copy, so the thumbnail can still show the uncropped or unretouched version. You cannot spot that by looking at the photo, which is why it is called out.
Checking the result yourselfDrop the exported file back into this page. If it reports no metadata, it is empty as far as this parser can see. Cross-checking with a second tool is a reasonable habit for anything sensitive.

Questions

Doesn't social media strip Exif anyway?

Major platforms usually do, but that is their choice, not a property of the file. Email attachments, chat apps sending "as a file", cloud share links and some marketplace listings can pass the original through untouched. "I posted it online once" does not carry over to a different route.

What actually goes wrong in practice?

Listing photos shot at home reveal the address. A run of posts reveals daily routine from the capture times. A camera serial number links separate photos to the same body, which is enough to connect accounts that were meant to stay apart.

Can you promise the output is completely clean?

No, and it would be dishonest to. The image is decoded and written out as a new file, so the original metadata blocks are not carried over — but what the browser's own encoder writes is outside our control. Re-inspect the output here, and use a second tool as well for anything that matters.

Does it handle video or RAW files?

No. JPEG, PNG, WebP and TIFF images only. Videos (MP4, MOV) and camera RAW files (CR3, NEF, ARW and friends) carry location data too, but they are out of scope for this tool.

Are my images uploaded?

No. Reading, parsing and re-encoding all happen in the page. Close the tab and nothing remains.