[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":115},["ShallowReactive",2],{"tool-content-en-exif-remover":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"description":105,"extension":106,"locale":107,"meta":108,"navigation":109,"path":110,"seo":111,"stem":112,"toolId":113,"__hash__":114},"tools\u002Ftools\u002Fen\u002Fexif-remover.md","EXIF Remover - Strip GPS, Device, and Time Data",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":95},"minimark",[9,14,18,22,51,58,62,74,78,81,85,88,92],[10,11,13],"h2",{"id":12},"what-does-this-exif-remover-do","What does this EXIF remover do?",[15,16,17],"p",{},"This tool strips EXIF and other metadata from your images directly in the browser. Drop in a JPEG, PNG, WebP, or AVIF file, choose what to remove, and download a cleaned copy. For multiple files, package the results into a single ZIP archive. Nothing is uploaded to any server.",[10,19,21],{"id":20},"what-metadata-can-be-removed","What metadata can be removed?",[23,24,25,33,39,45],"ul",{},[26,27,28,32],"li",{},[29,30,31],"strong",{},"GPS location"," — the GPS latitude, longitude, and altitude recorded by the camera or phone.",[26,34,35,38],{},[29,36,37],{},"Device & software"," — camera make and model, the software used to process the file, and lens information.",[26,40,41,44],{},[29,42,43],{},"Capture time"," — the original date and time the photo was taken.",[26,46,47,50],{},[29,48,49],{},"All metadata"," — every EXIF tag, plus embedded XMP and ICC color profiles when you choose the full-clear option.",[15,52,53,54,57],{},"You can keep the ",[29,55,56],{},"orientation"," flag so the picture still rotates correctly on devices that rely on it.",[10,59,61],{"id":60},"how-the-removal-works","How the removal works",[15,63,64,65,69,70,73],{},"The tool rewrites the image's metadata blocks without re-encoding the pixel data, so the visual result is identical to the original. For JPEG it rebuilds the APP1 segment, for PNG it removes the ",[66,67,68],"code",{},"eXIf"," chunk and metadata text chunks, for WebP it drops the EXIF chunk, and for AVIF it removes the nested ",[66,71,72],{},"Exif"," box. The container stays valid and the file size drops by exactly the size of the removed metadata.",[10,75,77],{"id":76},"supported-formats","Supported formats",[15,79,80],{},"JPEG, PNG, WebP, and AVIF. Formats that do not carry EXIF (such as GIF) are returned unchanged.",[10,82,84],{"id":83},"why-remove-exif","Why remove EXIF?",[15,86,87],{},"Photos often embed precise GPS coordinates, the device serial details, and the exact capture time. Sharing them online can leak where and when a picture was taken. Stripping that metadata before posting protects your privacy while keeping the image itself intact.",[10,89,91],{"id":90},"privacy-and-security","Privacy and security",[15,93,94],{},"Everything runs locally in your browser tab. The image is decoded and rewritten in memory; nothing is uploaded to any server and no data is stored after you close the page. Object URLs for previews are revoked when you remove a file or leave the page.",{"title":96,"searchDepth":97,"depth":97,"links":98},"",2,[99,100,101,102,103,104],{"id":12,"depth":97,"text":13},{"id":20,"depth":97,"text":21},{"id":60,"depth":97,"text":61},{"id":76,"depth":97,"text":77},{"id":83,"depth":97,"text":84},{"id":90,"depth":97,"text":91},"Free online EXIF remover. Strip GPS, device, and capture time from JPEG, PNG, WebP, and AVIF locally, keep orientation, export a ZIP. No uploads.","md","en",{},true,"\u002Ftools\u002Fen\u002Fexif-remover",{"title":5,"description":105},"tools\u002Fen\u002Fexif-remover","exif-remover","h5GhJSeC7IHet9HbLXo65A2xH_oVNHGJ77wmZ_y_XDg",1792391417463]