Remove Hidden Location Data from Photos Before Sharing
Updated 20 August 2026 · 4 min read
Phone photos can reveal exactly where you live. Here's what EXIF metadata is and how to strip it in seconds.
What is EXIF?
EXIF is information your camera saves inside the photo: date, time, camera model and often GPS coordinates accurate to a few meters.
Who can see it?
Some apps strip metadata when you upload, but many file-sharing methods, email attachments and marketplaces keep it. Anyone who downloads the original file can read it.
How to remove it
Open the Image Metadata Remover, add your photos and download clean copies. SolveIt shows what it found (for example ‘GPS location’) and re-encodes the image so no hidden data remains.