Image EXIF Stripper
Drop a photo and download a clean copy with EXIF, GPS, and other metadata removed — all in your browser, no upload.
The output contains only pixels — no EXIF, no GPS, no camera info.
How to use
- Pick the output format — JPEG (smaller, lossy), PNG (lossless, larger), or WebP (smaller than JPEG, lossy).
- Adjust quality for JPEG / WebP (PNG has no quality slider — it's always lossless).
- Drop an image, then download the cleaned copy with the Download button.
About this tool
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Drop a photo and download a copy that carries nothing but pixels. The image is redrawn onto a canvas and re-encoded, which is a blunt instrument in the best sense: EXIF, GPS coordinates, camera and lens details, IPTC and XMP blocks, embedded thumbnails and the ICC colour profile are all left behind because none of them survive the trip through raw pixel data. Two consequences to plan for. Re-encoding a JPEG is lossy, so the clean copy is not byte-identical and loses a little quality — choose PNG if you need it lossless and can accept a larger file. And with the colour profile gone, an image shot in a wide gamut such as Display P3 will be read as sRGB and can look slightly flatter. Nothing is uploaded; the whole operation happens on your device.
Frequently asked questions
Is anything uploaded?
No. The image is read, decoded, and re-encoded entirely with the browser's Canvas API — nothing leaves your device.
Why is the cleaned file sometimes bigger?
Re-encoding (especially to PNG) can produce a larger file than the original. Choose JPEG or WebP at ~90% quality for output usually smaller than or close to the original size.
Does it preserve transparency?
PNG and WebP preserve transparency. JPEG has no alpha channel — transparent areas become white.
Can I check that EXIF was actually removed?
Yes — run the cleaned file through the EXIF Viewer tool on this site; the metadata sections should all be empty.
Do social platforms already strip this for me?
Most large ones do strip EXIF on upload, but that is their policy rather than a guarantee, it does not cover a file you email or put in a shared folder, and it happens after the original has already reached their servers. Stripping before you send is the part you control.
Why does the colour look slightly different afterwards?
The ICC colour profile goes with everything else, so an image shot in a wide gamut such as Display P3 is then interpreted as sRGB and can read a little flatter. If colour accuracy matters more than metadata removal, keep an untouched original alongside the clean copy.
Guides on this topic
- Compressing and Resizing Images for the WebHow to make images small without making them look bad: resize before you compress, pick the right format, and understand what a quality slider actually does.
- Why your photos rotate when you upload themA photo looks upright on your phone, then lands sideways on the website you uploaded it to. The pixels never moved: the camera stored the picture the way the sensor read it and attached a note saying which way is up, and not every program reads that note.
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