EXIF viewer and remover
See exactly what your photo reveals — camera, settings, date, GPS coordinates — and strip it before you share.
Every photo your camera or phone takes carries hidden metadata: the device, the exposure settings, the date and time, and frequently the precise GPS coordinates where it was taken. That travels with the file when you email it, upload it, or put it on a website.
This reads all of it and gives you a cleaned copy with the metadata gone.
How to use it
- Drop in a photo.
- Read what it contains. GPS coordinates are flagged prominently.
- Download the cleaned copy if you are about to share it.
Why GPS data in photos matters
A photo taken at home and posted publicly can pin your address to within a few metres. This has been used to locate people who believed they were anonymous, and it applies to entirely innocuous pictures — a pet, a meal, a plant on a windowsill.
Most large social networks strip EXIF on upload, but many do not: forums, marketplace listings, email attachments, cloud links and personal websites usually pass the original file through untouched.
If you are selling something online, listing a rental, or posting anywhere that is not a major social platform, strip the metadata first.
What EXIF contains
- Camera make and model, and sometimes the lens
- Exposure settings — shutter speed, aperture, ISO, focal length
- Date and time the photo was taken, to the second
- GPS coordinates and altitude, if location services were on
- Orientation, which tells software which way up to display it
- Software used to edit it, and occasionally the owner's name
For photographers, this is useful: reviewing settings on shots that worked is how you learn. The risk is only in publishing it.
How removal works
Metadata cannot be selectively deleted from a JPEG without rewriting the file. Invo decodes the image and re-encodes the pixels alone, so no metadata carries across.
Because that means a fresh JPEG encode, the cleaned copy is saved at high quality — the change is not visible, but it is not a byte-for-byte copy of your original either. Keep the original if you need the capture data.
Questions
Does removing EXIF change how the photo looks?
No. The pixels are re-encoded at high quality; the visible difference is nil.
Do social networks already strip EXIF?
The major ones usually do. Forums, marketplaces, email attachments and personal websites often do not.
Can I see EXIF in a RAW file?
Yes. RAW, HEIC, TIFF and JPEG are all read.
Why does my photo show no EXIF?
It was probably stripped already — by a messaging app, a screenshot, or an earlier edit.
Does this remove the orientation tag too?
Yes, and the correct rotation is baked into the pixels, so the image still displays the right way up.
Is my photo uploaded?
No. It is read entirely in your browser.