Remove EXIF Data & GPS Location from Photos

Every photo from a phone carries hidden EXIF metadata: the exact GPS coordinates where it was taken, the date and time to the second, the phone model, and sometimes the camera's serial number. Post that photo on a forum or marketplace, or send it as a file, and anyone can read it.

This tool removes all of it — EXIF, GPS, XMP and IPTC — from as many photos as you like.

How to remove metadata from photos

1. Drop in one photo or a whole batch (JPG, PNG or WebP).
2. The table shows what each photo contained before (including whether it had a GPS location) and confirms 0 fields after.
3. Save photos individually, or Download all as .zip.

How it works — and why it's thorough

Instead of trying to find and delete individual tags (which misses vendor-specific ones), each photo is redrawn onto a blank canvas and re-encoded. A canvas only holds pixels, so there is physically nowhere for metadata to survive. Orientation is applied first, so photos don't come out sideways.

The trade-off: JPGs are re-encoded at 95% quality, which is visually identical but not bit-for-bit the same as the original.

Which platforms already strip metadata?

• Usually stripped: Facebook, Instagram, X/Twitter, WhatsApp (when sent as a photo, not a document).
• Often kept: email attachments, cloud-drive share links, Discord files, forums, Craigslist-style marketplaces, anything sent "as a file" or "as a document".

When in doubt, strip it. Check any photo with the EXIF viewer.

Turn off location tagging at the source

• iPhone: Settings → Privacy & Security → Location Services → Camera → Never. Or, when sharing, tap Options and turn off Location.
• Android (most phones): open the Camera app → Settings → turn off Location tags / Save location.

Doing this for hundreds of photos?

Bulk Photo Watermark & Metadata Remover for Windows strips EXIF, GPS, IPTC, XMP and ICC data from thousands of photos in one pass and can add your watermark at the same time — offline, with drag-and-drop folders. On Android, CloakExif (coming soon) cleans photos and documents right from the share menu.