Remove GPS Data from Photos
This tool does exactly one thing: deletes the location entries from a photo's metadata and keeps everything else — camera, lens, dates, settings. Drop in up to 20 photos and download the cleaned copies.
Runs locally. Coordinates never reach any server, including ours.
Want a fully clean file instead? Use the full metadata remover.
Drop photos to strip their GPS
up to 20 at a time · JPEG, PNG, WebP (HEIC in Safari)
Why GPS in photos is a bigger deal than the rest of the EXIF
Camera model and timestamps describe the file; coordinates describe your life. A handful of "innocent" photos — the balcony view, the kid's school gate, the regular parking spot — can map out where you live, work, and spend time. Once a geotagged file reaches a public page, anyone who downloads the original can read the exact coordinates, even though nothing shows on the visible image.
Platforms differ in whether they keep it. Instagram and X re-encode uploads and typically drop the block. Email attachments, file-as-document messaging, cloud storage links, Discord attachments and most forums preserve the original bytes. Since you rarely control the receiving side, removing the location before you hit send is the only reliable option.
What gets removed — and what deliberately stays
The tool rewrites the EXIF segment without these entries: latitude, longitude and their reference hemispheres, altitude, GPS timestamp and date, direction/heading, and the map datum. Everything outside the GPS group is untouched, so a photo journalist can still prove when and with what a picture was taken without disclosing where. The pixels themselves are never re-encoded — the output is visually and technically identical.
Stop geotagging at the source
Cleaning existing files fixes the past. For future shots, turn the camera's location access off:
- iPhone: Settings → Privacy & Security → Location Services → Camera → Never.
- Android: open the Camera app → Settings (gear) → toggle off "Location tags" / "Save location" (naming varies by manufacturer).
- Verify with the EXIF viewer: a fresh photo should show no GPS group at all.
Note that turning location off loses the ability to sort your own library by place. A middle path: keep tagging on, and run anything you're about to publish through this page first.
Frequently asked questions
Does removing GPS change the other metadata?
No — the EXIF block is rebuilt without the location entries and every other field survives unchanged. Pixels are copied byte-for-byte.
Is the photo uploaded anywhere?
No. The stripping happens in your tab; the Network tab will show no image transfer.
How accurate is photo GPS?
Roughly 5–20 meters outdoors — house-level precision, which is why it's worth removing before public sharing.
How do I stop my phone adding GPS?
iPhone: Location Services → Camera → Never. Android: Camera settings → disable location tags. New photos will carry no coordinates.
Do social platforms strip it anyway?
Some re-encode and drop EXIF, but email, document-style messaging, cloud drives and many forums preserve the original file. Cleaning first means you never have to guess.
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