A JPG's EXIF block is a diary the photo keeps about itself: camera model and serial-adjacent details, timestamps, editing software, sometimes a thumbnail of the pre-cropped original, and often GPS. Most of it exists for photographers' workflows, and none of it needs to travel with a file you share.
This page opens the metadata tool on your file, groups what it finds by risk, and exports a copy with the metadata containers left behind. The output is reparsed to confirm zero remaining fields before you download it.
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This is Image Metadata Viewer & Remover preconfigured for this task — open the full tool for every option.
Select a photo. Metadata is parsed locally and grouped by Location, Device, Time, Identity, and Other.
Risky fields such as GPS coordinates are highlighted first.
Export a clean copy — the image is re-encoded without metadata.
The output is reparsed to confirm the fields are gone, and you get a before/after report of field counts.
The exported bytes are reparsed with the same metadata engine. Success requires zero remaining EXIF/GPS/XMP/IPTC fields; the report lists field names and counts only, never values.
The embedded thumbnail. Some editors update the main image but not the preview, so a cropped or redacted photo can carry a tiny copy of the original inside its metadata. A full strip removes it.
Mostly for feed posts, less reliably for attachments and forwards, and email and cloud drives don't touch it at all. Stripping before sharing is the only behavior you can rely on.
Technical guidance for choosing settings and reviewing the result.
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