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Remove Location from a Photo
Choose a photo to see whether it records where it was taken, then save a copy with the location removed.
Free tools that run in your browser. Nothing you type, open or create is uploaded to NerdBible or anyone else.
Metadata found
JPG, PNG and WebP files are cleaned without re-compressing: the picture data is copied byte for byte and only the metadata blocks are left out. Other formats are redrawn and saved as PNG.
How to use it
- Choose or drop a photo.
- Check what it carries: camera, date taken and, most importantly, whether it records the place it was taken. Open View all metadata to see every tag in the file, grouped by block, with GPS coordinates shown as numbers.
- Choose to remove all metadata, or for a JPG only the location, then press the button and share the clean copy instead of the original.
Questions
How do I know if my photo has location data?
Choose the photo and the tool shows whether it holds GPS coordinates, along with the other metadata it found.
Does removing the location reduce photo quality?
No. For JPG files only the GPS entries are taken out; the image data itself is copied as it is.
Can I remove location from a PNG or HEIC photo?
For PNG and WebP, the tool removes all metadata, location included. HEIC photos need converting to JPG first, which also drops their location.
About this tool
Where the location hides
Phones and many cameras write the GPS position into each photo's EXIF data, often precise enough to show a house or a school. The picture looks the same; the coordinates travel with the file.
- Check first. The tool shows whether the photo carries a location and lists the metadata it found.
- Location only, for JPG. The GPS entries are removed and the rest is kept: date taken, camera model and settings, and the rotation flag. The picture itself is not re-encoded, so quality is unchanged.
- PNG and WebP. Location-only removal is for JPG files. For other formats, all metadata is removed instead.
When it matters
Many social networks strip location when they publish a photo, but email attachments, cloud sharing links, marketplace listings and some chat apps can pass on the original file with its coordinates. Remove the location before selling something from home, posting photos of children, or sending pictures to people you do not know well. To stop it at the source, turn off location tagging in your phone's camera settings.
Everything happens in your browser; the photo is never uploaded.
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