Photo metadata remover

How it works

When you choose a photo, your browser reads the file directly from your device. The tool looks for the EXIF block inside JPEG files and shows the most revealing fields in plain language: camera make and model, lens, date and time taken, the software that last edited it, orientation, and GPS coordinates as a simple latitude and longitude readout, with no map.

When you tap Remove metadata, the tool draws the image’s pixels onto a canvas and saves them as a brand-new JPEG, with orientation already applied. A new file built only from pixels carries none of the original’s embedded data, so EXIF, GPS, XMP, IPTC and other metadata are gone.

All of this happens in the page itself. The photo is never uploaded, and nothing is kept after you leave.

What EXIF data is

EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format) is a standard for storing information about a photo inside the image file itself. Your camera app writes it automatically every time you take a picture. It’s useful for sorting your library by date or place, but it travels with the file when you share it as a file.

On an iPhone, a single photo can include:

• Location: precise GPS coordinates, if Location Services is on for the Camera.
• Date and time: when the photo was taken, down to the second.
• Device: the phone model and which lens was used.
• Software: the iOS version or editing app that last saved it.
• Orientation: how the image should be rotated for display.

What it can reveal

Location is the big one. A photo taken at home, shared as an original file, can point to your address. A set of photos over time can reveal a routine. Even without GPS, a device model and timestamps can help link photos to the same person.

Many social platforms and messaging apps strip some metadata when you upload, but behaviour varies, and sending a file as a document, by email or through cloud links often keeps it intact. The safest assumption is that the original file carries everything. Which apps can see your photos explains who gets access in the first place.

Using the tool on iPhone

1. Open this page in Safari.
2. Tap the picker and choose a photo from your library or from Files.
3. Review the fields. If GPS shows coordinates, the photo contains your location.
4. Tap Remove metadata and save the clean copy.
5. Share the clean copy, not the original.

Note that iOS may convert a HEIC photo to JPEG when you pick it in Safari, so the file the tool sees can differ slightly from the one in your library. For built-in options, such as turning off location in the share sheet, read how to remove photo metadata on iPhone.

Privacy

The tool works locally in your browser. There is no upload step, no account, and no server that receives your image. That follows the same principle as Velcrypt itself: private data should stay on your device. See offline, no account.

Limitations

• Already shared copies: the tool can only clean the file you give it. Copies you’ve already sent, posted or backed up keep their metadata.
• Visible content: faces, house numbers, street signs, views from a window and reflections can still reveal who or where.
• Formats: JPEG, PNG and WebP work in any modern browser. HEIC works only where the browser can open it, such as Safari.
• Re-encoding: the clean copy is a new JPEG, so file size and compression can change slightly.
• Readout: the detailed field view is focused on EXIF in JPEG files; other formats may show fewer details even though the clean copy still drops their metadata.

If the photos are sensitive in themselves, removing metadata is only part of the picture. Storing intimate photos safely covers the rest, and the pattern strength checker can help you think about how you lock them away.