What is it?
Photos from phones carry hidden details called EXIF: the exact place they were taken (GPS), the date and time, the phone or camera model and its settings. EXIF Viewer shows all of it and lets you save a clean copy with the location or all details removed.
Who is it for?
Anyone posting photos of their home, children or valuables online, sellers listing items from home, journalists and activists protecting sources, and photographers checking camera settings.
How to use it
- Choose a JPG photo. The details appear, including a map link if it has a location; Not recorded means that detail isn’t in the photo.
- Tap Remove location to keep camera and date details, or Remove all metadata before posting publicly.
- Download the clean copy. The picture itself is unchanged.
When is the location risky?
A photo of your new car outside your house, posted from the original file on a marketplace or blog, can reveal your home’s exact coordinates. WhatsApp “photo” messages remove EXIF, but sending as a document keeps it. Clean such photos first.
Try a sample opens a holiday photo with a made-up camera (“Infinity Cam”) and location so you can try both buttons safely.
Is my file uploaded?
No. The file is opened and changed inside your browser, on your own phone or computer. Nothing is sent to us, and closing the page clears it.
Errors and how to fix them
- “This is not a valid JPG file”: EXIF removal works on JPG photos. Convert PNG or WebP to JPG first if needed.
- “This JPG looks damaged”: try the original photo from the phone’s gallery.
- “This browser cannot open this kind of photo”: for iPhone HEIC photos, use HEIC to JPG; its copies carry no metadata.
- “No hidden details found in this photo”: good news – WhatsApp and most social apps already strip details when they send photos.
Open the tool: EXIF Viewer and Remover
Still stuck?
Contact support. Tell us which tool or page you were using, what you tapped, what you saw, and your phone or computer and browser (for example: Android phone, Chrome). We reply by email.
Questions, or an error not listed here?
Tell us in the comments: what you were doing, the exact message you saw, and your device and browser. We read every comment and add new fixes to this article.