View image metadata (EXIF)
See the EXIF data hidden in a photo — camera, date and GPS location.
Drop your file here
It is processed on your device — nothing is uploaded.
What a photograph knows about you
Every photo taken on a phone or camera carries a block of EXIF metadata alongside the pixels. It routinely includes the make and model of the device, the exact date and time to the second, the shutter speed, aperture and ISO, whether the flash fired, the lens, the software that last edited it — and, if location services were on, the GPS coordinates where you were standing.
That last one is the one worth pausing over. A photograph posted publicly can carry the latitude and longitude of a home, a school or a workplace, accurate to a few metres. Most large social platforms strip EXIF on upload, but forums, marketplace listings, email attachments, cloud storage links and messaging apps that send "as a file" frequently do not.
Reading it here
Drop a photo in and you get everything the file declares, laid out plainly, with GPS coordinates shown separately when they are present. Nothing is uploaded — the file is parsed in your browser — which matters rather a lot for a tool whose whole purpose is inspecting private information.
Why photographers care about the other fields
Metadata is also how you learn from your own pictures. Which lens you actually reach for, whether a shot was underexposed because of shutter speed or ISO, what settings produced the frame that worked. The camera records the answer to every one of those questions and almost nobody looks.
When it is missing
Screenshots have almost none. Images that have been through a social platform usually have been stripped already. A photo edited and re-exported may show the editing software rather than the camera. An empty result is not a failure of the tool — it means the file genuinely carries nothing.
Removing it
If you are about to share a photo publicly, strip the metadata first.
Common questions
What is EXIF data?
A block of information cameras store alongside the image: device, date, exposure settings, and often GPS coordinates.
Can a photo really reveal where I live?
Yes, if location services were on when it was taken. The coordinates are usually accurate to a few metres.
Why does my photo show no metadata?
Screenshots carry almost none, and most social platforms strip it on upload. The file genuinely has nothing to show.
Is my photo uploaded to read it?
No. It is parsed in your browser, which matters for a tool that exists to inspect private information.
Can I remove the location only?
The metadata remover strips the whole block. Selective editing is a separate job.