A photo can hold more information than you can see: the GPS coordinates of where it was taken, the date, the time and the phone model. That data is called EXIF metadata.
Why it matters
If you post or send a photo of your home, your office or your car, that information can reveal where you live or work. Some platforms strip the metadata when you post, others don't, and emails or files sent directly usually keep it. The safest approach is not to rely on that.
How to remove it
- Open Remove EXIF Metadata from Photos and select your photos.
- Choose the quality for JPG files.
- Download the clean copies.
The page tells you whether each photo had metadata. The image is regenerated without it; for JPG, new compression is applied, so the file size may change a little.
Hiding faces, license plates and data
Metadata isn't the only thing: the image may show faces, license plates, cards or documents. With Blur Faces and License Plates you mark the areas yourself and choose between blurring, pixelating or covering with a solid color. The tool doesn't detect faces on its own. For sensitive information, covering with a solid color is the safest option.
Protecting your authorship
If you share your own photos, a watermark helps people recognize where they came from, though it doesn't completely stop others from using them.
Before sending
- If your photos are HEIC (iPhone), convert them with HEIC to JPG.
- If they're too large, use Compress images.
Everything is processed on your device, so the location you want to hide never passes through someone else's server.