Image Metadata Viewer
A photograph usually carries more than a picture: the camera, the date, sometimes exactly where you were standing. See it here, then save a copy with all of it removed.
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What is hiding in a photograph
Almost every photo from a phone or camera carries a block of information called EXIF, written by the device without asking you. It usually holds the make and model, the exposure settings, the exact time the shutter fired, and — if location was switched on — GPS coordinates accurate to a few metres.
None of it is visible in the picture, and none of it is secret to anyone who opens the file. This page opens the file and reads it out, so you can see what you would be handing over.
The location is the one to care about
A photo taken at home and sent to a stranger can carry your home address to within a few metres. So can one taken at a child's school, a workplace, or a place you would rather not be tied to. People have been located from pictures they posted innocently.
Many large sites strip location when you upload, and that is worth knowing — but you cannot tell from the outside which ones do. A file sent by email, as an attachment in a chat app, through a cloud link, or uploaded to a small forum usually arrives with everything intact. If a photo is going anywhere you do not control, check it here first.
Other details that identify
The camera's serial number is often stored too, which can tie photos taken on the same device together, or link a photo to the person who bought that camera. The date and time are the camera's own clock, with no time zone written down, so they may not match when you think you took it. And a copyright or artist field is often filled in by editing software, sometimes with a name you did not choose.
Why the size can look swapped
Phones often save a photograph sideways and add a tag saying which way to turn it. Browsers apply the tag, so the pixel size shown at the top is the size the picture appears. When the two differ, the table adds the size it is actually stored at.
Removing it
The clean copy is drawn afresh from the picture's pixels, and drawing never carries the hidden block across. Nothing is edited in place and your original is untouched. Two things to know: a JPEG is compressed again, which loses a little detail; and the copy is drawn the right way up, because the tag saying “this is stored sideways” is one of the things removed.
There is no map link on this page, on purpose. Opening the coordinates on a mapping site would tell that site exactly where the photo was taken. The numbers are shown so you can decide what to do with them.
What this page cannot read
It reads JPEG, PNG and WebP. Phone formats such as HEIC are not supported by browsers, and camera raw files are not either. It shows the standard fields but not the manufacturer's private notes, which every maker encodes differently — it will tell you when those are present.
Frequently asked questions
Does the photo get uploaded?
No. The file is read by your own browser and the details are worked out here. Nothing is sent anywhere, which is the only sensible way to look at a photo you are worried about.
Why is there no map link for the GPS location?
Because opening the coordinates on a mapping site would tell that site exactly where the photo was taken. The numbers are shown instead, and you can decide what to do with them.
Does removing the metadata change the picture?
The clean copy is redrawn from the pixels. A PNG stays identical; a JPEG is compressed again, which loses a small amount of detail. The copy is also drawn the right way up, since the sideways-storage tag is removed with everything else.
Do social networks remove this?
Many large ones remove location when you upload, but you cannot check from outside which do, and it changes. Email attachments, files sent from a chat app, cloud links and small websites usually keep everything. When it matters, remove it yourself.
The date is wrong by a few hours. Why?
The date is the camera's own clock and carries no time zone. A camera set to the wrong zone, or to the time where you bought it, will stamp every photo that way. The number is correct for the camera, not necessarily for where you were.
Is my text sent anywhere?
No. Everything happens in JavaScript inside your own browser. Nothing is uploaded and nothing is saved - close the tab and it is gone.