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EXIF Viewer & Remover

Click the map or drag the pin to set the location of the highlighted photo card. Street map © Esri & OpenStreetMap contributors · Satellite © Esri.

Adds the currently selected photo’s EXIF values to every other photo’s form — then press Save all (or Save on each card) to write them into the files.

How saving works: JPEG edits are written natively — pixels are never re-encoded and tags you didn’t touch are preserved. PNG/WebP are exported as edited JPEG copies. HEIC photos can be viewed; convert them to JPG first to edit. Remove EXIF re-saves a photo from its pixels only.

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Photos quietly store the camera model, settings, date and often the exact GPS location where they were taken. Every photo gets its own editor card above: type the coordinates or pick them on the map, and set the title, tags, camera, artist and copyright, then press Save on that card. After saving, the tool re-reads the finished file, so the location badge you see is the one actually stored in the file. Only place search text is sent to the search provider (Photon, using OpenStreetMap data) — your photos are never uploaded.

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EXIF Viewer, Editor & Remover — Photo Metadata Online Free guide

Free EXIF viewer, editor & remover: view the camera, settings, dates and GPS location hidden in any photo, edit or geotag it, or strip all metadata. No sign-up. Every photo gets its own card: add or fix a GPS location by typing coordinates or picking a point on the map, and set its title, tags, camera make and model, artist, copyright and description — or download a clean copy with all metadata removed. Everything happens entirely in your browser: your photos are never uploaded.

📖 From the blog: EXIF data in your photos: how to see it, fix it and strip it

How to use this tool

  1. Add your photos: drop one photo or a whole batch (JPG, PNG, WebP or HEIC) onto the panel, or click to choose. Each photo becomes its own card, showing whether it carries GPS, its dimensions and when it was taken; the metadata reader loads on demand the first time you use the tool.
  2. Edit a photo on its own card. Every card carries its own form, pre-filled with that photo's existing values: GPS latitude, longitude and altitude, title, tags, camera make and model, artist, copyright and description. Type the values you want — only the fields you fill are written — then press Save on that card. The tool re-reads the saved file to confirm the values are really in it before marking the card saved.
  3. Geotag with the map: click a card to make it the map's target, then click the spot on the map, drag the pin, or search for a place by name to set its latitude and longitude. To give many photos the same location, set the point on one card, then add that card's values to the rest with Add EXIF values to all — then press Save all.
  4. Review the full record before you share: use View all metadata on any card to open its complete properties table — camera, lens, exposure, ISO, dates and more. Once a card has been saved, the table shows the saved file's own metadata, read back from the file itself; if the photo contains GPS coordinates they are called out with a map link, so you can see exactly what would leak.
  5. Strip instead of editing: in the metadata view use Remove metadata & download clean copy for one photo, or Remove EXIF from all under the map for the whole batch. Every photo is re-saved from its pixels only — EXIF, GPS, XMP and thumbnail data are left behind — and each result is verified clean by re-reading it. Download each finished photo from its card, or grab them all at once with Download all.

A worked example

A folder of holiday photos from a camera with no GPS can be geotagged in minutes: search the place once on the map to set it on the first card, use Add EXIF values to all to fill every card's form, then Save all — every shot now carries the same location. A typical phone photo contains 40 or more properties — after cleaning, the same photo keeps its full resolution and visual quality but reports no location, device or timestamp metadata at all. The same batch workflow protects you in reverse: a seller photographing items at home can strip a whole folder in one pass, so no listing photo quietly gives away their address.

What you can do with this tool

How it works

The viewer reads embedded metadata segments (EXIF, IPTC, XMP, ICC and file headers) directly from the file bytes in your browser. The editor writes with the piexifjs library: for JPEG files the new tags are merged into the file's EXIF segment — tags you did not edit are preserved and the image pixels are never re-encoded. GPS coordinates are converted to the standard degrees/minutes/seconds form with the correct hemisphere and altitude references. PNG and WebP files cannot hold EXIF in the same way, so they are exported as edited JPEG copies at 92% quality. The remover works differently again: it decodes the image and re-encodes only the pixels onto a fresh canvas, so no metadata segment is copied across. Every save and every clean copy is verified by re-reading the finished file; if the expected values are not found in it, the result is discarded and the card says so.

Frequently asked questions

What is EXIF data?

EXIF is metadata cameras and phones embed in photo files: device model, lens, exposure settings, date and time, and frequently GPS coordinates accurate to a few metres. Anyone you send the original file to can read it.

Can I add a location to photos that have none?

Yes — that is what each card's form and the map are for. Highlight the photo's card, then click the spot on the map (or search for the place by name) to set the latitude and longitude, add an altitude if you know it, and press Save on the card. The coordinates are written as standard GPS EXIF tags, so maps and photo apps will place the photo correctly — and the card's badge is re-read from the saved file, so what you see is what is actually stored.

Does editing recompress or damage my JPEG?

No. For JPEG files the editor writes the metadata segment directly into the file bytes and leaves the compressed image data untouched, so quality is identical. Only the remover and the PNG/WebP export path re-encode, at 92% quality.

Does removing metadata change how the photo looks?

No. The pixels are preserved at full resolution; JPEG output is re-encoded at 92% quality, which is visually indistinguishable in normal use. Only the hidden data segments are removed.

Is my photo uploaded for analysis?

No. Reading, editing and cleaning happen locally in your browser, and your photos — and their locations — never leave your device. The only thing ever sent anywhere is the text you type into the place search, which goes to the free Photon search service (built on OpenStreetMap data, with OpenStreetMap's Nominatim as a backup) to find the place; no photo data is included in that request.

Why strip metadata before sharing?

Posting an original photo can reveal where you live, when a picture was taken and what device you own. Marketplaces, forums and email attachments often keep the original file intact, so cleaning it yourself is the reliable option.

Which photo formats are supported?

JPG, PNG, WebP and HEIC can all be viewed. Editing and stripping are native for JPEG; PNG and WebP edits are exported as JPEG copies (labelled on the card), and HEIC photos can be viewed but need converting to JPG first — our HEIC to JPG Converter does that in your browser too.

Can I edit or clean many photos at once?

Yes. Add up to 100 photos; each keeps its own card and its own values. Share one location across the batch by adding a finished card's values with Add EXIF values to all, save everything with Save all, strip everything with Remove EXIF from all, and download the saved photos with Download all — a single saved photo downloads directly, and several come down together as one ZIP.