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 exported JPG keeps only a JFIF resolution and the PNG only a pHYs resolution, while WebP keeps nothing — those two say how large the picture should print, are not EXIF, and carry no capture information at all.

Does it cost me image quality?

Depends on the format, and there is no hedging here. Export re-encodes: PNG is lossless — every pixel identical, at the cost of a larger file — while JPG is a second lossy pass, and even at maximum quality it has been through one more round of encoding than your original. If fidelity matters, export PNG.

Remove EXIF · strip GPS location and camera data

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

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A photo you send out carrying the place it was taken is usually not what you intended.

The method is short: drag the photo in, then export 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. Two things do survive in the exported file, and neither is EXIF: a JPG carries a JFIF resolution (DPI) and a PNG carries a pHYs resolution, while WebP carries nothing. They say how large the picture should print — nothing about where or with what it was taken. The cost belongs in the open too: re-encoding means a JPG is compressed lossily a second time, even at maximum quality; if you care about fidelity, export PNG, 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 open it from the File menu.
2
Optionally edit something

Crop or adjust if you like; changing nothing works too — EXIF still will not follow.
3
Export

PNG for fidelity (lossless, larger); JPG for a small file (second lossy pass).
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 exported JPG keeps only a JFIF resolution and the PNG only a pHYs resolution, while WebP keeps nothing — those two say how large the picture should print, are not EXIF, and carry no capture information at all.
Does it cost me image quality?: Depends on the format, and there is no hedging here. Export re-encodes: PNG is lossless — every pixel identical, at the cost of a larger file — while JPG is a second lossy pass, and even at maximum quality it has been through one more round of encoding than your original. If fidelity matters, export PNG.
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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Runs fully in your browser · no install · no signup · images never uploaded

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