iPhone photo metadata remover

Photos from an iPhone can include where and when they were taken. Check what is inside and remove it before you share.

Free
No quality loss
Stays on your device

Drop your photos here
or paste an image. JPG, PNG and WebP work, and you can add many at once.
Choose photos

Cleaning photos from your iPhone

This tool works with JPG, PNG and WebP. To save new photos as JPG, open Settings, then Camera, then Formats, and choose Most Compatible.
Drop your photos above. You can add many at once.
Look for the location, camera model and date in the list of what was found.
Download the clean copies.

When you share from the Photos app, the share sheet has an Options button with a Location switch, which sends the photo without its location. Menus can change between iOS versions.

More guides

What can be hidden in a photo

GPS location. Many phone photos record exactly where you took them, sometimes down to a few meters.
Camera and device. The make, model and sometimes the serial number of the camera or phone.
Date and time. When the photo was taken and when it was edited.
Editing history. Software names, XMP data, comments, author and copyright fields, and embedded preview images.

Questions

Why is my iPhone photo not supported?

Photos saved in the HEIC format are not supported yet. Switch the camera format to Most Compatible for new photos, or export the photo as JPG first.

Is my photo uploaded to your servers?

No. Everything runs on your device, so your photo never leaves your iPhone or computer.

Are my photos uploaded anywhere?

No. Everything runs on your device, and the tool does not download any extra files to process your photos.

Does removing metadata reduce image quality?

No. The tool removes the metadata blocks from the file without re-compressing the image, so the pixels stay exactly the same.

Why keep the photo rotation?

Phones often store a photo sideways and use a rotation tag to display it upright. If you remove that tag, the photo may appear rotated. The rotation tag holds no personal information, so keeping it is safe. You can turn it off.

Does it remove the data from the original file?

No. Your original file is not changed. You download a new, cleaned copy.

Which files can it clean?

JPG, PNG and WebP. Other formats, like HEIC from iPhones, are not supported yet. Convert them to JPG first.