EXIF Editor
View, edit, and remove EXIF metadata from your photos. No upload needed.
Drop a JPG image here or click to browse
JPG and JPEG only — other formats need a different encoder to write metadata back
About EXIF Editor
Every JPEG photo you take contains invisible metadata embedded by your camera or smartphone — information that goes far beyond the image itself. This EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format) data records the make and model of your camera, the exact lens, the editing software, aperture, ISO, shutter speed, focal length, and critically, the precise GPS coordinates where the photo was taken along with the exact date and time.
Most people are unaware that photos shared on social media, sent in emails, or posted on websites may still contain this location data. While major platforms like Instagram and Twitter strip EXIF data automatically, many platforms and direct file shares do not. Our EXIF Editor lets you inspect the metadata that matters in a JPEG file — camera and lens, exposure settings, dimensions and color space, timestamps and GPS, with a link that opens the coordinates on Google Maps — then edit the fields you care about, selectively remove GPS coordinates for privacy, or strip all metadata entirely by redrawing the image through the Canvas API. Photos carrying location data are flagged with a warning the moment you open them.
Six fields are writable: Make, Model, Taken (DateTimeOriginal), Artist, Copyright and Description. That covers what photographers managing professional archives actually need — updating copyright and artist information, correcting a wrong capture date, or adding standardized descriptions before submitting to stock agencies or clients. The date must follow the EXIF format YYYY:MM:DD HH:MM:SS; if it does not, the field is highlighted and the original timestamp is preserved rather than written back malformed. Technical settings like aperture and ISO stay read-only, since rewriting them would only make the file lie. All editing happens locally — your photos never leave your device.
How to Use EXIF Editor
- 1Drop a JPG onto the upload area or click it to browse — this tool reads and writes JPEG/JPG only.
- 2Browse the metadata panel: camera info, exposure settings, dates, GPS location and image info, each in its own section.
- 3Edit any of the six writable fields directly in the table — Make, Model, Taken, Artist, Copyright and Description.
- 4Keep the Taken field in EXIF format, YYYY:MM:DD HH:MM:SS — the field turns orange if it does not match, and that timestamp is then left untouched.
- 5If the photo has GPS, a "Clear GPS" button appears — click it to drop the coordinates while keeping everything else, then "Save Changes" to download the cleaned file.
- 6Click "Remove All EXIF" to strip every tag at once and download a privacy-clean copy immediately.
- 7Click "Save Changes" to download the modified JPEG with your edits applied.
Use Cases
- →Check if a photo contains embedded GPS coordinates before posting it publicly online
- →Remove all metadata from photos before sharing on websites, forums, or with strangers
- →Update copyright and artist information on professional photos before stock submission
- →Verify camera settings (aperture, ISO, shutter speed, focal length) used in a specific shot
- →Open a photo's GPS coordinates straight on Google Maps to confirm exactly where it was taken
- →Correct incorrect date or time metadata on photos taken with a misconfigured camera
- →Clean metadata from client photos before delivering files to protect their privacy
Tips
- ✓This tool works with JPEG/JPG only — PNG, WebP and HEIC can carry EXIF too, but writing it back needs a format-specific encoder
- ✓"Clear GPS" and "Save Changes" rewrite only the metadata bytes, leaving your pixels untouched; "Remove All EXIF" re-encodes the image at 95% quality
- ✓Use "Clear GPS" to remove only location data while preserving camera and settings information
- ✓Use "Remove All EXIF" before sharing photos publicly if you are concerned about location privacy
- ✓DateTimeOriginal records when the photo was taken; DateTimeDigitized is when it was processed
- ✓The Make and Model fields reveal your camera or phone model — remove these if you prefer anonymity
- ✓Street photography: always strip GPS before publishing photos of other people in sensitive contexts
Frequently Asked Questions
EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format) is metadata embedded inside JPG photos by your camera or phone. It includes camera model, settings (aperture, ISO, shutter speed), timestamps, and sometimes GPS coordinates.
GPS coordinates in EXIF data can reveal exactly where a photo was taken — your home, workplace, or travel locations. Removing metadata before sharing photos online protects your privacy.
EXIF is most common in JPG/JPEG, which is what this tool accepts. Other formats can carry it too — PNG defines an eXIf chunk, the WebP container has an EXIF chunk, and HEIC stores Exif as a metadata item — but writing metadata back into those formats requires a format-specific encoder that this tool does not include.
The "Remove All EXIF" function redraws the image through Canvas at 95% quality — there may be a very slight quality change. "Clear GPS" and "Save Changes" use piexifjs to modify only the metadata bytes, preserving original pixel data.
You can edit Make, Model, DateTimeOriginal, Artist, Copyright, and ImageDescription. The date must follow the EXIF format YYYY:MM:DD HH:MM:SS — if it does not, the field is highlighted and the original timestamp is left untouched instead of being written back malformed. Technical settings like aperture, ISO, and shutter speed are read-only because changing them would be inaccurate.
No. All processing happens entirely in your browser. Your photos are never sent to any server.