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Remove GPS location from a photo

Almost every photo taken with a smartphone contains hidden GPS coordinates in the EXIF metadata. Those coordinates often point at someone's front door. This page shows exactly how to strip them out without changing how the photo looks.

For anyone posting photos publicly — marketplace listings, dating profiles, social media, forums — who doesn't want the picture to reveal where they live, work or travel.

Tool for this job
Open the metadata remover

Strips GPS, camera model, date and other EXIF from JPG, PNG and WEBP.

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Step-by-step

  1. Open the metadata remover above.
  2. Drop the photo (or several) into the drop zone.
  3. Each image is decoded into a canvas and re-encoded — a process that drops the entire EXIF block including GPS.
  4. Optionally check what was inside first with the EXIF Viewer.
  5. Download the cleaned image and share it wherever you like.

Common mistakes to avoid

  • •Assuming that screenshots or downloaded images are safe. Photos re-shared from a phone often still carry the original GPS.
  • •Uploading to Facebook or Instagram and thinking that removes EXIF from the file you saved locally. It doesn't touch your copy.
  • •Blurring the background to hide the location while leaving GPS tags that give it away in one click.
  • •Trusting "disable location on camera" for old photos — the setting only affects new ones.
Format advice

The metadata remover works for JPG, PNG and WEBP. For iPhone HEIC photos, convert to JPG first with the HEIC → JPG tool, then run the metadata remover.

Privacy

Everything happens in your browser via the Canvas API. Your image is never uploaded, logged, or retained. Close the tab and it's gone.

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EXIF Viewer
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Frequently asked questions

How accurate is the GPS in a photo?
Modern phone GPS is usually accurate to within 5–10 metres outdoors, which is close enough to identify a specific house, hotel room or office. A single leaked photo can effectively become a pin on a map.
Do social networks strip EXIF automatically?
Instagram, Facebook and Twitter/X remove most EXIF from the version they display, but not from anything you sent via DM, email or a marketplace listing. And it never removes it from the copy on your device.
Will removing EXIF change how the photo looks?
No. The pixels are re-encoded at high quality — the visible image is effectively identical, only the hidden metadata block is gone.
What else is in EXIF besides GPS?
Camera make and model, lens, ISO, shutter speed, exact date and time, orientation, colour profile and software used. Enough for someone to correlate photos across accounts or place you at a specific event.
Can I check what's in a photo first?
Yes — the EXIF Viewer parses everything locally and shows you what's inside, including a link to the coordinates if GPS is present.
Ready to fix it?
Strips GPS, camera model, date and other EXIF from JPG, PNG and WEBP.
Open the metadata remover