View Hidden Image Data: EXIF, GPS Location, Camera Model and Date, and Remove It Before Sharing
Phone pictures often carry the coordinates of your home or workplace inside the file. Most social networks strip them, but sending the file directly by some email or chat routes may not. Choose a picture to see what it hides, then press "Save a clean copy", which redraws the picture from pixels only.
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Drop a picture here or choose a file
Where it was taken (no map is opened, so the coordinates are not sent anywhere):
What was found
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FAQ
Why worry about GPS in pictures?
The coordinates of a picture taken at home can give your address to within a few metres. If you send the original file to a stranger or upload it to a site that does not strip it, anyone can read it.
How is the "clean copy" different from the original?
Every pixel is the same but the hidden data is gone. A JPG is re-compressed at high quality, so the file size differs slightly. The camera rotation has already been applied to the pixels.
Does it read everything?
It reads the common EXIF tags of JPG, PNG and WebP, including the location, and reports that XMP, IPTC or hidden text exist, but it does not decode every maker-specific block some cameras add.
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