Remove image metadata — free online tool
Re-render a photo as a fresh JPG, PNG or WebP with no EXIF, GPS or camera tags. Output format menu, default matches the source. Done in the browser.
What to know
This tool does not edit metadata field by field. It decodes the image onto a canvas and encodes a brand-new file from the pixels, so nothing outside the pixels is copied across: camera make and model, lens data, timestamps, GPS coordinates, embedded thumbnails, XMP and IPTC blocks and text chunks all disappear together. The page reminds you of this with its line about a fresh render without source metadata.
An Output format menu offers WebP, JPG and PNG. After you load a file, the menu is set to the file own type when that is JPG, PNG or WebP, and falls back to PNG for anything else, so a JPG normally stays a JPG. Lossy formats are written at quality 0.92, whereas PNG is lossless but usually produces a larger file from a photograph.
Two side effects are worth knowing. Orientation is applied when the browser decodes the picture, so the new file is upright with no rotation tag, and the embedded color profile is not carried over, which can make a wide-gamut phone photo look slightly less saturated in some viewers. The visible content of the picture is untouched, so a street sign or a face is still there.
The download is named after the original with the tool name added, so photo.jpg becomes photo-metadata.jpg. If the original file name itself reveals a place or a person, rename the copy before sharing it.
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How to use Remove image metadata — free online tool
- Add the photo, for example a JPG straight from a phone.
- Check the Output format menu; it already matches the source type.
- Press Remove metadata and read the status line for the size and format.
- Download the new file and rename it if the name gives anything away.
Quick answers
What exactly gets removed?
Everything outside the pixels: EXIF camera and date fields, GPS location, embedded thumbnail, XMP and IPTC data, and format-specific text chunks.
Can the new file be smaller or larger than the original?
Either. A JPG re-encoded at 0.92 is often a similar size, WebP is usually smaller, and converting a photo to PNG can make it much larger.
Does it remove things visible in the picture?
No. Faces, signs and house numbers remain, so use the redact tool for those.
Why might colors look a little different afterwards?
The embedded color profile is not copied into the new file, so a wide-gamut photo may look slightly duller in viewers that would have used the profile.