Photo privacy guide

How to remove location data from photos before sharing

Some camera and phone photos contain GPS coordinates that can reveal where they were taken. Before sharing an image publicly, remove the embedded GPS metadata if you do not want to disclose its location.

Remove GPS data from an image

Choose a JPEG, PNG, or WebP photo in Image Metadata Remover and select “Remove metadata.” Your browser makes a clean copy from the image pixels, without carrying over the original embedded EXIF or GPS fields. The file is not sent to an image-processing server.

Metadata is not the same as visible content

Removing metadata will not blur a street sign, hide a house number, or remove a location shown in the pixels. Review the picture itself before you post it. A social network may also handle metadata differently depending on its app and upload path, so do not rely on it to remove location data for you.

What about iPhone HEIC photos?

Many iPhone images may be HEIC / HEIF, which this tool does not currently support. We will not upload or convert unsupported HEIC files. Use the tool only with a compatible JPEG, PNG, or WebP copy.