Strip GPS Location from Your Photos
If location services were on when you took a photo, the exact GPS coordinates are embedded in the file — precise enough to point at your front door. This tool checks photos for location data and removes it before you share, entirely in your browser. Nothing is uploaded, because checking a photo for your home address should not require sending it to a stranger's server.
The actual tool runs in our ad-free secure workspace — nothing on this page processes your file.
Open Remove Photo Metadata →What this tool does
- Detects embedded GPS coordinates in JPEG, PNG, and WebP photos and shows you the location they reveal.
- Removes the location data — along with other EXIF, XMP, and IPTC fields if you choose — and saves a clean copy.
- Handles batches, so you can sweep an entire album before sharing it.
- Also surfaces timestamps and device identifiers, which combine with location into a detailed personal trail.
- Reports exactly what was found and removed for each photo, so you are not trusting a silent 'done'.
Your privacy on this tool
Stays on your device
- Your photos and their GPS coordinates are read and processed only on your device.
- The location check itself is private — no server ever learns where your photos were taken.
- Cleaned photos download straight to your device; nothing is transmitted or retained.
Reaches our server: nothing
This tool makes no upload. Your content is processed entirely in your browser.
How to use it
- Open the tool at /app/remove-photo-metadata.
- Add the photos you plan to share — from your camera roll, downloads, or an export.
- Look at the location report: photos with GPS data show where they were taken.
- Remove location data (or all metadata — recommended for anything shared publicly).
- Download the cleaned copies and share those, not the originals.
- Spot-check one cleaned photo in the viewer to confirm the coordinates are gone.
Common uses
- Selling items online — marketplace photos taken at home can otherwise hand your address to every browser of the listing.
- Posting photos of children, where combining a face, a timestamp, and coordinates is a genuine safety issue.
- Sharing pictures after leaving an unsafe situation, when your current whereabouts must stay unknown to a specific person.
- Renting your home: listing photos should not double as a map to it.
- Posting vacation photos without confirming in real time that your house is empty.
- Sending pet or hobby photos to online communities you only know pseudonymously.
Supported formats
- JPEG
- PNG
- WebP
Runs in any up-to-date browser on desktop or mobile — you can clean photos directly on the phone that took them.
Limitations & security notes
Limitations
- Stripping GPS does not hide what is visible in the frame — landmarks, street names, and reflections can localize a photo without any metadata.
- Photos already posted have already shared their coordinates; cleaning helps future shares, not past ones.
- HEIC and RAW files are not supported directly — convert to JPEG first, then clean the converted file.
- Screenshots usually contain no GPS data, but the map apps or location pins visible in them are their own leak.
- SecretPNG is in beta and has not been independently audited.
Security notes
- Phone GPS in photo metadata is typically accurate to within a few meters — 'roughly my neighborhood' is not the right mental model; 'my exact door' is.
- A single photo leaks a place; an album leaks a pattern — home, work, school run, gym. Batch-clean before sharing sets of photos.
- The safest default for anything public is removing all metadata, not just GPS; device serials and timestamps support correlation attacks too.
- Consider disabling location tagging in your camera app for photos you take to share — cleaning is a safety net, not the ideal first line.
- If you are dealing with a stalking or abuse situation, treat every photo as suspect and verify with the report, not memory, before posting anything.
Frequently asked questions
- How do I know if a photo has my location in it?
- Drop it into the tool: the report shows whether GPS coordinates are present and where they point. On your phone you can also check the photo's info panel, but the tool's report covers batches and shows the other risky fields — timestamps and device identifiers — at the same time.
- Which photos are most likely to have location data?
- Photos taken with a phone camera while location services were enabled — which is the default on many devices. Screenshots generally do not carry GPS. Photos that were sent through WhatsApp or posted to major social apps have usually been stripped in transit, but files shared 'as original' or by email or cloud link keep everything.
- Does removing location damage the photo?
- No. GPS data lives in metadata segments separate from the image pixels; removal deletes those segments and leaves picture quality untouched. Your cleaned copy looks identical to the original.
- Why should I trust an online tool with photos of my home?
- You should not trust any tool that uploads them — which is why this one does not. The photo is processed inside your own browser, and you can verify with your browser's network tools that no image data leaves your device. The privacy check happens where the photos already are.
- I already posted photos with location data. What now?
- Delete or re-upload cleaned versions where you can, and assume the coordinates may have been seen or archived while they were up. Going forward, disable geotagging in your camera settings and clean anything sensitive before sharing. If there is a safety concern tied to a specific person, prioritize the platforms they can access.
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Last reviewed: 2026-07-14Open Remove Photo Metadata
SecretPNG is in beta and has not been independently audited. Security status.