Check a photo's EXIF data before sharing it

The job

Cameras and phones write a metadata block called EXIF into JPG files: camera model, lens, exposure settings, the date and time — and often GPS coordinates precise to a few metres. Uploading the file anywhere hands that data over too.

Read the file

Open the EXIF viewer and choose the photo. The table lists what was found: make and model, lens, capture time, orientation, exposure details, and dimensions. If GPS was on, the coordinates appear with a map link.

• No EXIF section means the file is a screenshot, a re-exported image, or a format that does not store it (PNG, WebP).
• The file is read locally — nothing is uploaded to check it.

Worked example

A holiday photo taken on a phone typically shows the phone model, the aperture and ISO, the local capture time, and — if location was enabled — latitude and longitude accurate enough to place the photo at a specific beach.

If you want it gone

To share the picture without the metadata, run it through the metadata remover, which rewrites the file with no EXIF block. Social networks usually strip EXIF on upload anyway — but a photo sent as a file attachment keeps it intact.

• Limits: JPG and TIFF files up to 25 MiB. PNG, WebP, and HEIC files generally contain no EXIF and are reported as such.