Every photo a phone or camera takes is saved with EXIF metadata attached: the GPS coordinates of where it was shot, the make and model of the device, the exact date and time, the camera settings, sometimes the device serial number. None of it is visible in the image, and all of it travels with the file when you send or publish it. For a photo taken at home, that GPS pair is your home address.
How this page removes it
Converting an image re-encodes its pixels, and pixels are all a re-encode carries — the metadata simply has nowhere to go. Drop your photo in the tool above and download the copy: it comes out with zero EXIF tags. The quality is preset to 95% because the point here is stripping metadata, not compressing; at that level the recompression is not visible.
What this does, and what it does not
- You get a clean copy. Your original file stays exactly as it was on your disk, metadata included — this does not scrub an original in place.
- The filename is kept. If it contains something identifying (a name, a reference, a date), rename the downloaded copy.
- Nothing is uploaded, so nothing needs deleting afterwards. Disconnect from the network and the page still works.
- A Keep metadata (EXIF) checkbox sits in the controls above, unchecked by default. This page assumes you want the metadata gone — tick it only if you need the reverse.
Check it yourself
On Windows: right-click the file → Properties → Details. On macOS: open it in Preview →
Tools → Show Inspector. Compare the original with the converted copy — the GPS and camera
sections are gone on the copy. With exiftool installed,
exiftool photo.jpg shows the same thing in one line.
Related conversions: HEIC to JPG, PNG to JPG, WebP to JPG.