Remove location from photo files before you share them
If you want to remove location from photo files, this tool does it in seconds without sending a single picture anywhere. Most smartphone photos quietly record where they were taken. When you post a picture of your new sofa, sell something online or send a photo to a stranger, those hidden coordinates can travel with it and point straight to your front door.
Because the whole process runs inside your browser, the private location never leaves your device. There is no upload, no account, no watermark and no limit on the number of photos. The tool accepts iPhone HEIC photos as well as JPG, PNG and WebP files.
What your photo metadata reveals
Every photo carries a small block of information called EXIF metadata. Some of it is harmless and useful, some of it is personal.
| Information | Example | Privacy risk |
|---|---|---|
| GPS location | Latitude and longitude, often accurate to a few metres | High – can reveal your home, work or routine |
| Date and time | 14 March, 08:12 | Medium – shows when you were somewhere |
| Camera and lens | iPhone model, lens, exposure | Low |
| Orientation | Portrait or landscape | None – needed to display the photo correctly |
JPG files can also contain XMP metadata, a second block that can hold GPS coordinates as well. This tool removes location from XMP too, so nothing is left behind by accident.
Where the GPS data comes from
On an iPhone, the Camera app saves the location in every photo whenever Location Services are switched on for it, which is the default for many people. Android phones behave similarly when location tagging is enabled in the camera settings. The coordinates are invisible when you look at the picture, but any photo viewer, website or app that reads metadata can display them on a map.
Three modes for EXIF data
The tool offers the same choices as our converters, under “Photo info (EXIF)”:
- Keep, remove location (default) – deletes the GPS position but keeps date, camera and lens, so your photos still sort correctly by date.
- Remove all – strips every piece of metadata for maximum privacy, a full EXIF remover.
- Keep all – leaves everything as it is.
After processing, each photo shows a label: location removed, location kept, or no location data found. You can see at a glance which pictures actually contained GPS coordinates.
Lossless cleaning for JPG photos
When you drop a JPG, keep it at original size and save it as JPG, the photo is cleaned without re-compression. The pixels are not touched at all; only the metadata is edited. Your picture keeps exactly the same quality as before, which makes this ideal for photos you have already edited or want to print.
iPhone HEIC photos are converted to JPG or PNG at the same time, because most websites and apps can’t use HEIC anyway. At the default high quality the difference is invisible. Orientation is applied correctly and the colour profile (Display P3 on iPhones) is preserved.
Stop your iPhone from tagging locations
Cleaning photos after the fact works, but you can also prevent location tagging in the first place:
- For all future photos: open Settings › Privacy & Security › Location Services › Camera and choose Never.
- For a single photo you share: tap Share, then Options at the top of the share sheet, and turn off Location.
Photos you took before changing the setting still contain their coordinates, so run older pictures through this tool before posting them.
Tip: selling something online? Clean every listing photo first. Marketplace buyers don’t need to know which street the item is on.
More privacy-friendly tools
All our converters remove the GPS location by default. To share smaller files, compress HEIC photos to light JPGs. To check a HEIC picture before deciding what to do with it, open it in the HEIC viewer. For a whole album, see how to batch convert HEIC to JPG, or simply use the HEIC to JPG converter.
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