EXIF viewer & stripper
See what your photo reveals and remove it.
About this tool
View the EXIF, IPTC and XMP metadata embedded in JPG and HEIC photos - camera model, lens, exposure settings, ISO, shutter speed, capture timestamp, GPS coordinates and more. Then strip all of it with one click before sharing the photo publicly.
EXIF can leak surprisingly sensitive information: GPS coordinates often pinpoint a home address, capture timestamps reveal daily routines, and device IDs identify which phone took the picture. Privvert reads and removes everything locally - your photo never goes to a server.
Features
- Full EXIF, IPTC and XMP readout
- GPS coordinates with map link (Google Maps / OpenStreetMap)
- Camera, lens, exposure, ISO, white balance display
- One-click strip-all-metadata export
- Reads JPG, JPEG, HEIC, WebP
- Browser-only - files never uploaded
- Free and unlimited
- Highlights potentially sensitive fields like GPS coordinates and capture date
How to use it
- Drop in a photo.
- Review the metadata in the table.
- Click 'Strip metadata' to download a clean copy.
Everything happens inside your browser using JavaScript and WebAssembly. Your files are never uploaded to a server, never stored, and never seen by us.
Frequently asked questions
EXIF can leak your home address (via GPS), routines (via timestamps), and which device took the photo (via serial number). Stripping is a basic privacy hygiene step before posting publicly.
Most major platforms (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter) strip EXIF on upload, but not all. WhatsApp, Telegram, email attachments, Google Drive shares and direct messages typically keep EXIF intact.
No - only the metadata header is removed; the encoded image data is bit-identical.
Selective edit is on the roadmap. Today the choices are 'view all' or 'strip all'.
Camera model, lens, exposure settings, the exact GPS coordinates where the photo was taken, the date and time, and sometimes a thumbnail of the original photo. The GPS coordinates are usually the most sensitive - they pinpoint your home, your child's school, or wherever else you take photos regularly.
No. EXIF lives in a separate section of the file from the image pixels. Stripping it removes the metadata while leaving the photo completely untouched.