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Check what a photo reveals before you share it
A photo file can carry where it was taken, exactly when, and which phone took it. Before you send one to someone you don’t know well, or post it somewhere public, take a minute to see and remove what’s inside.
Prepare photos safely before sharing, selling or submitting
- 1. Checkwhat the photo reveals
- 2. Cleanremove location and camera data
- 3. Resizeto the pixels you need
- 4. Compressunder the size limit
Step-by-step for: Photos for a sale listing · Photos for an application or form · Privacy check before sharing · Using this for work?
1 See everything stored in the photo
Open the EXIF viewer and drop the photo in. It lists every field your browser can read: GPS coordinates, date and time, phone or camera model, lens and settings, and sometimes an owner name or serial number.
2 Remove location and camera details
Drop the same photo into the location and EXIF remover. It writes a clean copy without changing a single pixel, so there is no quality loss.
3 Confirm the copy is clean
The remover reads its own copy again before offering it. Look for the green Clean copy verified tag. To double-check, drop the downloaded file into the EXIF viewer: the location and camera rows should be gone.
Example
| Field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| GPS location | 40.68925, -74.04450 | Removed |
| Date taken | Jun 14, 2025, 6:42 PM | Removed |
| Phone | Apple iPhone 15 Pro | Removed |
| Lens and settings | f/1.8 · 1/120 s · ISO 64 | Removed |
| Picture | 4032 × 3024 | Unchanged, same pixels |
What this can’t remove
- What’s visible in the picture: faces, house numbers, street signs, screens and documents. Crop or blur them in a photo editor.
- The file name: names like PXL_20250614_184207 include the date. Rename the file before sending if that matters.
- What the receiving app does: some apps keep the original file. See which apps remove location.
Make it a habit
If you share photos often, turn off location for your camera so new photos are clean from the start, and keep using clean copies for older ones.
Check that nothing is uploaded
You don’t have to take our word for it. Check in about a minute:
- On a computer, open your browser’s developer tools: F12 on Windows, ⌥ Option + ⌘ Cmd + I on a Mac. Choose the Network tab.
- Add a photo to the tool and let it finish.
- Read the list. You’ll see this site’s own files, the open-source library files and one tiny anonymous visit count. No request is anywhere near the size of your photo, and none contains it.
- Or load the page, then turn off Wi‑Fi and mobile data. The tool keeps working, because your device does all the work.
The site also sends your browser a security policy that only allows connections to this site, the library host and the visit counter, so the page can’t send your photo anywhere else.