Image Metadata Cleaner
Remove EXIF data, GPS location, camera details and other hidden metadata from JPEG and PNG photos before you share them, without changing the picture.
What Gets Removed
GPS Location Data
Exact coordinates where photo was taken
Camera & Device Info
Phone model, camera settings, serial numbers
Date & Time Stamps
When photo was taken and modified
Personal Information
Copyright, author name, contact details
Editing History
Software used and modifications made
Image Quality Preserved
Only metadata is removed, pixels remain unchanged
Not Saved
Processed in memory on the server and not saved
Remove EXIF Data and Location From Photos
Photos from phones and cameras usually carry hidden details: the GPS position where the photo was taken, the date and time, the device make and model, and sometimes its serial number. Anyone who gets the original file can read them. This tool removes that metadata from JPEG and PNG images without re-encoding them, so the picture itself is unchanged.
Some sites, including most large social networks, strip location data when you upload. Email attachments, messaging apps that send files "as document", cloud-storage links, forums and your own website often don't.
How to Remove Metadata From a Photo
- Add your images: up to 20 JPEG or PNG files, 50 MB each and 200 MB in total.
- Analyze (optional): see which kinds of metadata each file contains before you clean it.
- Choose options: keeping the colour profile and the orientation is recommended. Strip all metadata removes those too.
- Clean and download each file.
What Gets Removed
JPEG
| What it contains | Stored in | Result |
|---|---|---|
| EXIF: GPS location, camera make and model, serial numbers, date and time, settings, thumbnail | APP1 segment | Removed (orientation can be kept) |
| XMP: editing history, software, author, keywords | APP1 segment | Removed |
| IPTC / Photoshop: caption, copyright, creator, location names | APP13 segment | Removed |
| Comments | COM segment | Removed |
| Vendor data and multi-picture (MPF) index | APP2 to APP15 segments | Removed |
| Extra data after the image, such as a motion-photo video or depth map | After the end-of-image marker | Removed |
| ICC colour profile | APP2 segment | Kept by default; removed with Strip all |
PNG
| What it contains | Stored in | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Text: author, description, software, prompts and other key–value notes | tEXt, zTXt, iTXt chunks (iTXt also holds XMP) | Removed |
| EXIF | eXIf chunk | Removed |
| Last-modified time | tIME chunk | Removed |
| Pixel density (DPI) | pHYs chunk | Removed |
| Any other optional chunk, including vendor and provenance chunks | Unknown ancillary chunks | Removed |
| Colour profile | iCCP, sRGB, cICP chunks | Kept by default; removed with Strip all |
The parts needed to display the image are always kept: the compressed image data, its tables, the JFIF header, the Adobe colour-transform segment, and PNG transparency, gamma and animation chunks. The pixels aren't decoded or re-saved, so there's no quality loss; the file just gets smaller by the size of the metadata.
The Cleaning Options
- Preserve image orientation
- Phones often save a photo sideways and record which way up it goes in an EXIF Orientation tag. If that tag is removed, the photo can appear rotated. With this option on, the cleaner writes a new, minimal EXIF block containing only the orientation value; nothing else from the original EXIF is kept.
- Preserve colour profile
- An ICC profile describes the image's colours, for example Display P3 on recent iPhones. Removing it can make colours look duller. It doesn't identify you or your location.
- Strip all metadata
- Removes the colour profile and orientation as well, overriding the two options above.
How Your Photos Are Handled
Cleaning doesn't happen in your browser. Your images are uploaded to the Orbit2x server over HTTPS, cleaned in memory, and returned in the same response as download links. The tool doesn't save the images or keep copies after the response is sent. See the privacy policy for how the site handles data in general.
If you'd rather not upload a photo at all, you can remove metadata on your own device. On Windows, open the file's Properties, then Details, then "Remove Properties and Personal Information". The command-line tool ExifTool does the same with exiftool -all= photo.jpg.
Limitations
- Only JPEG and PNG files are supported. HEIC, WebP, TIFF and RAW files aren't; convert them to JPEG first.
- Metadata is the only thing removed. Anything visible in the picture, such as faces, street signs, screens or reflections, stays.
- Removing a photographer's copyright information doesn't change who owns the photo.
- Videos and PDFs aren't handled here. For PDFs, use the PDF metadata remover.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I check whether a photo has location data?
Use Analyze. If the file contains an EXIF block, it may hold GPS coordinates; most phones add them when location access is turned on for the camera. On your computer, the file's properties or info panel also shows location when it's there.
Does removing metadata reduce image quality?
No. The image data is copied byte for byte; only the metadata sections are left out. The file gets smaller by exactly the size of the metadata, which is shown after cleaning. Motion photos shrink the most, because the embedded video is removed.
Why did my photo turn sideways after cleaning?
The orientation tag was removed. Turn on "Preserve image orientation" and clean the original again; the tool will keep just that one tag.
Can I stop my phone adding location to photos?
Yes. On iPhone, go to Settings, Privacy & Security, Location Services, Camera and choose Never. On Android, open the Camera app's settings and turn off location tags (the exact name varies by phone). iOS and Android also let you remove location from a photo when sharing it.