Remove metadata from JPG images
Photos carry more than the picture: where they were taken, when, and on what. This removes all of it from your JPG files without touching the image itself.
- Nothing leaves your device
- No account, no email
- Free, and no watermark
Drop your files here
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Choose filesUp to 30 files at a time · 60 MB per file
What your photos are telling people
Open the properties of a photo from any recent phone and you will find more than you expected. The coordinates where it was taken, usually accurate to within a few metres. The date and time to the second. The make and model of the device, the lens, the focal length, the shutter speed. Often the software that edited it, and on some cameras a body serial number. None of that is visible in the picture, and all of it travels with the file.
The blunt way to get rid of it is to open the photo in an editor and save a copy, because most editors write fresh metadata and drop the original. That works, but it re-compresses the picture, and JPEG loses a little detail every round trip. This tool walks the file structure instead. A JPEG is a chain of labelled segments, and the private data sits in three of them: the EXIF block, an XMP block if the photo has been through Adobe software, and a Photoshop block. Those are unhooked from the chain and the compressed scan data is copied across byte for byte.
How to remove metadata from a JPG
- Drop your JPG files into the box above, or click to pick them.
- Hit clean. The metadata blocks are removed and the image data is copied across untouched.
- Download the cleaned file. It will look identical, because it is.
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Frequently asked questions
Why does this matter?
A photo taken on a phone usually records exactly where it was taken, to within a few metres. Post it to a forum, send it to a buyer on a marketplace, or attach it to a listing, and you may be handing over your home address without realising. Most social networks strip this on upload — but a file you send directly, by email or messaging, keeps it.
What exactly gets removed?
The EXIF block, which holds GPS coordinates, the date and time, the camera or phone model, and the exposure settings. Also XMP and Photoshop blocks, and any embedded comment. The JFIF header and the colour profile stay, because losing those would change how the image looks.
Does cleaning change the image?
Not at all. This is not a re-encode: the compressed image data is copied across byte for byte, and only the metadata blocks are dropped. The result is pixel-identical to what you started with, just smaller.
Are my photos uploaded anywhere?
No. The conversion runs entirely in your browser using WebAssembly and the Canvas API. Your images are never sent over the network, never touch a server, and are dropped from memory as soon as you close the tab.
Is there a limit or a cost?
It is free and there is no account. The only limits are practical: 30 files at a time and 60 MB per file, so that the tab does not run out of memory on a phone.
Does it work on a phone?
Yes, on iOS and Android. Large batches are slower on a phone because the decoding happens on the device, so stick to smaller groups if things feel sluggish.
JPG — Joint Photographic Experts Group
JPEG has been the default photo format for more than thirty years, and that longevity is the entire point: there is no device, browser, printer or application that cannot open one. It discards detail your eye is unlikely to miss, which keeps files small — but it repeats that loss every single time you re-save.
Other conversions
Same tool, different formats.