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Remove EXIF metadata

Drop a JPEG or PNG photo to strip camera, GPS and IPTC metadata before you share it. Processing stays on your device.

How Remove EXIF metadata works

EXIF remover strips the metadata embedded in a JPEG or PNG photo, in your browser, without sending the file anywhere. Drop a photo and the tool rewrites it byte for byte: camera model, GPS coordinates, editing software tags (XMP), caption/credit fields (IPTC) and text comments are removed, while the pixel data itself is never touched. Download the cleaned copy and the metadata is gone from that file.

The engine is a lossless marker/chunk rewrite, not a canvas re-encode: for JPEG it walks the file marker by marker and drops only the APP1 (Exif/XMP), APP13 (Photoshop/IPTC) and COM (comment) segments, keeping the JFIF header, ICC colour profile and all image-structure markers untouched. For PNG it drops the tEXt, zTXt, iTXt and eXIf ancillary chunks. Because no pixel is re-encoded, image quality is identical before and after.

Written by Bastien Sulyan

How to use Remove EXIF metadata, step by step

  1. Drop a JPEG or PNG photo onto the upload area.
  2. The tool rewrites the file locally and lists which metadata kinds it found and removed.
  3. Download the cleaned copy, which keeps the original filename with a "-no-exif" suffix.
  4. Re-check with the EXIF reader tool if you want to confirm the removed fields are gone.

Common use cases

  • Privacy before sharing: remove GPS coordinates and camera details from a phone photo before posting it online.
  • Anonymous submission: strip the camera model, software tags and any embedded caption before sending a photo to someone you do not want identifying it back to your device.
  • Clean batch export: remove leftover editing-software XMP tags from photos exported by an editing app before archiving them.
  • Public dataset preparation: strip identifying metadata from a set of images before uploading them for research or a public gallery.

Frequently asked questions

Does removing EXIF metadata change the photo itself?

No. The engine rewrites the JPEG marker structure or the PNG chunk chain directly: only the metadata segments/chunks are dropped, the encoded pixel data is copied through untouched. The image looks identical and the file size only shrinks by the size of the removed metadata block.

Which metadata does this tool actually remove?

For JPEG: the APP1 segment (Exif tags including GPS, and XMP editing metadata), the APP13 segment (Photoshop IRB, which is where IPTC caption/credit fields live) and any COM comment segment. For PNG: the tEXt, zTXt, iTXt text chunks and the eXIf chunk. The JFIF header, ICC colour profile and all image-structure data are kept so the file still displays and prints correctly.

Does this work on formats other than JPEG and PNG?

Not yet. The current engine only supports JPEG and PNG, the two formats where a safe lossless rewrite is straightforward. WebP and HEIC photos are not accepted in this version; convert them to JPEG or PNG first if you need to strip their metadata.

If I remove the metadata, does that also delete the photo from places I already shared it?

No. This only rewrites the local copy of the file on your device. A photo already posted on a website, sent by message or uploaded to a cloud service keeps whatever metadata it had at the time you shared it. Strip the metadata before sharing, not after.

Does the tool upload my photo to a server to process it?

No. The metadata removal runs entirely in your browser tab: the file is read into local memory, the marker/chunk rewrite happens there, and the cleaned copy is offered as a download from your device. Nothing is transmitted to Sunasty or any third party.

Will the service I upload the cleaned photo to add its own metadata back?

Possibly. Some platforms and messaging apps add their own tags (a software identifier, a re-encode timestamp) when you upload a file, independent of what you sent them. Removing EXIF locally guarantees the file you upload is clean; it cannot control what the receiving service does with it afterward.

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