Photo Metadata

What it's for

See what a photo says about itself before you share it, and remove it. Phones and cameras store the make and model, the settings, the date and time, often the exact place it was taken, and sometimes the owner’s name or the camera’s serial number. Editing apps add their own notes, and some add Content Credentials (C2PA) that record how a picture was made, including by AI.

For example, before posting a photo of something you’re selling, check it here: if it shows a location, that’s your home, so save a copy without the metadata and post that instead.

How to use it

Choose, drop or paste a JPEG, PNG or WebP. Each block of metadata is listed:

• Image and Camera and exposure (EXIF): maker, model, lens, date taken, exposure, aperture, ISO, focal length, flash, software, and any owner or serial number.
• Location (GPS): the coordinates, altitude and direction, with a link to see the place on a map.
• XMP: editing history and descriptions from apps such as Lightroom and Photoshop.
• Colour profile, Photoshop and IPTC, Comment, Text (PNG) and Content Credentials (C2PA).

Save a copy without metadata downloads the picture with all of that removed and -clean added to its name. Nothing is re-compressed, so the picture is exactly as sharp as before. A photo marked as taken sideways keeps only that mark, so it still shows the right way up. Keep the colour profile (remembered in the browser) keeps the colours accurate; untick it to remove that too.

Example

Choose a photo straight from a phone. The list shows, for example, Camera maker: Apple, Camera model: iPhone 15, Taken: 2026:06:14 18:22:05 and a Location such as 51.501350, -0.141900, and the message says it records where it was taken. Save a copy without metadata, then choose that copy: the message says it has no metadata to remove (or only its orientation and colour profile).

Good to know

JPEG, PNG and WebP only; to clean a HEIC or AVIF photo, save a copy with Image Convert, which never keeps metadata. Maker notes (each camera brand’s own data) are shown only by size, and compressed PNG text isn’t unpacked, though both are removed. C2PA credentials are found but not checked. The map link sends the coordinates to OpenStreetMap only if you choose it. Metadata isn’t the only thing that gives a place away: check what’s in the picture too.