Exactly what gets removed?

All of the EXIF: camera make and model, lens, aperture/shutter/ISO, capture time, GPS coordinates, body serial number, software version, and the rest. The browser re-encodes the exported file from pixels, so it holds only the basic header the encoder writes — not EXIF, and no capture information at all. A tool such as exiftool may still show fields like JFIF (in a JPG) or pHYs (in a PNG); those belong to the image format's own header, not to EXIF.

Does it cost me image quality?

Depends on the format you pick, and there is no hedging here. Export re-encodes: PNG is lossless — every pixel identical, at the cost of a larger file — while JPG or WebP is a second lossy pass: this page encodes them at a fixed 95% quality with no quality slider, so the file has been through one more round of encoding than your original. If fidelity matters, pick PNG under «Output format».

Remove EXIF · strip GPS location and camera data

GPS and camera data both stripped. Nothing uploaded, orientation kept, PNG lossless.

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Photos from a phone carry the latitude and longitude of where they were taken by default, often precise to the doorstep. Group chats, second-hand listings, forum posts — none of them need to know where you live, and most people have no idea that data has been travelling with the image all along.

The method is short: drag the photo in, then download it. The EXIF is gone — camera model, lens, aperture/shutter/ISO, capture time, GPS coordinates, and body serial number, none of it comes along. The reason is worth spelling out, because it determines how much you can rely on this: once opened, the image goes onto the canvas, and the canvas holds only pixels; the original file's bytes are never handled again. Export re-encodes a new file from those pixels, so there is nowhere for EXIF to slip back in. This is not "some code that deletes it" — the metadata structurally cannot cross over. The exported file holds only the basic header the encoder writes — no EXIF, nothing about where or with what the photo was taken. The cost belongs in the open too: re-encoding means JPG and WebP are compressed lossily a second time — this page encodes them at a fixed 95% quality, with no quality slider; if you care about fidelity, pick PNG under «Output format», which is lossless at the cost of a bigger file. Orientation is not lost — the browser rights the image according to how it was shot before handing the pixels to the canvas, so even without an orientation tag the exported file looks upright. And one point matters especially here: the photo is never uploaded. Many online "EXIF strippers" have to send your photo to their server before they can strip it — handing over the photo along with the location in order to remove the location. That trade is a bad one. Here everything runs in your own browser.

Key features

GPS coordinates go too

Location, time, camera model, lens, serial number — none of it comes along.

Nothing is uploaded

Handing over the photo to remove its location is a bad trade. This runs locally.

Orientation is kept

The browser rights the image before the canvas sees it, so the export looks upright.

PNG stays lossless

Export PNG if fidelity matters; JPG takes a second lossy pass, said plainly.

How to use

1
Drag the photo in

Drop it straight onto the page, or click the box to pick a file; Ctrl+V works too.
2
Pick the output format

«Output format» defaults to JPG; switch to PNG or WebP if you like. JPG and WebP are encoded at a fixed 95% quality — there is no quality slider.
3
Download

Download the new file; its extension matches the format you picked.
4
Check it

Open the new file's properties on your system — the capture and location fields should be empty.

FAQ

Exactly what gets removed?: All of the EXIF: camera make and model, lens, aperture/shutter/ISO, capture time, GPS coordinates, body serial number, software version, and the rest. The browser re-encodes the exported file from pixels, so it holds only the basic header the encoder writes — not EXIF, and no capture information at all. A tool such as exiftool may still show fields like JFIF (in a JPG) or pHYs (in a PNG); those belong to the image format's own header, not to EXIF.
Does it cost me image quality?: Depends on the format you pick, and there is no hedging here. Export re-encodes: PNG is lossless — every pixel identical, at the cost of a larger file — while JPG or WebP is a second lossy pass: this page encodes them at a fixed 95% quality with no quality slider, so the file has been through one more round of encoding than your original. If fidelity matters, pick PNG under «Output format».
Will my photo end up sideways?: No. Photos flop onto their side in many tools because the orientation lived in the EXIF and got deleted with it. Not here: the browser rights the image according to how it was shot before handing the pixels to the canvas, so orientation is baked into the pixels themselves, and the exported file looks upright even without an orientation tag.
Is my photo uploaded? Is it free?: Never uploaded. That matters especially when the point is removing location: plenty of online "EXIF strippers" must send your photo to their server before they can strip it — handing over the photo along with the location in order to remove the location. Here everything runs in your own browser. Free, no sign-up, no usage limit.

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