See what a photo is quietly carrying — where it was taken, on which device, when, and by whom — then remove it in one click if you would rather not share it.
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Photo metadata viewerFree · no sign-up
No photo to hand? Try one with made-up metadata
Never uploadedPhotos are read and cleaned in your browser.
Image untouchedOnly metadata is removed; the picture is copied byte for byte.
Stays uprightOrientation and colour profile are kept.
No limitsAny number of photos, downloaded as a ZIP.
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Look before you share
Drop a photo into this photo metadata viewer and it lays out everything stored alongside the image: location, device, dates, names, the apps that edited it, and any AI or provenance labels. Nothing is hidden behind raw tag names; each group says in plain words why it matters.
If you find something you would rather keep private, one button removes it and gives you a clean copy of the same picture. The whole check runs in your browser — the photo is not uploaded to view it.
A metadata viewer that sorts by what matters
A classic EXIF dump lists a hundred tags in the order the camera wrote them, with the GPS coordinates somewhere between the white balance and the flash mode. That is fine for photographers and useless for anyone asking "what am I about to give away?".
This photo metadata viewer groups fields by their effect on your privacy. Location comes first, then the device and its serial numbers, then dates and times, then names and captions, then software and edit history. Camera settings and technical fields come last. GPS coordinates are shown as one readable pair of numbers rather than degrees, minutes and seconds.
EXIF viewer, XMP and IPTC in one place
Photos keep information in several standards at once. EXIF is written by the camera; XMP is added by editors such as Lightroom or Photoshop; IPTC holds captions, keywords and copyright notices used by news and stock workflows. An EXIF viewer that only reads EXIF misses the rest.
The photo metadata viewer reads all three from JPEG, PNG, WebP and HEIC files, plus the text chunks inside PNG files, and shows them together. It also tells you when a file carries an embedded preview image or extra data after the main picture, such as an HDR gain map.
Check photo metadata for AI labels
More and more generators mark their output. You may find Content Credentials (C2PA), a signed record of how an image was made; an IPTC "digital source type" saying the picture was created with generative AI; or, in PNG files from some image tools, the full prompt and settings used to generate it. The photo metadata viewer lists all of these in their own group.
Treat what you see as a statement the file makes about itself, not as proof. Metadata can be edited or removed by any app, so its absence does not mean an image was not generated, and its presence does not guarantee who made it.
Reading HEIC photos from an iPhone
iPhones save photos as HEIC by default. The photo metadata viewer can open those files and show their location, device and time information like any other format.
Cleaning HEIC files is not supported yet, and the tool says so plainly instead of returning an unchanged copy. JPEG, PNG and WebP can be viewed and cleaned.
From viewing to a clean copy
Once the photo metadata viewer has shown you what a photo contains, "Remove metadata" produces a copy without it. The picture itself is not re-compressed: the image data is copied unchanged, and only the metadata blocks are dropped. The orientation value and colour profile are kept so the photo looks the same.
AI and provenance labels are kept by default, because they describe how the image was made rather than who you are. You can untick that option if you want them removed as well.
What a photo metadata viewer cannot tell you
Metadata is useful evidence, but it has clear limits.
It cannot tell you whether an image is authentic or has been edited — metadata is easy to change.
It cannot detect invisible watermarks woven into the pixels, such as SynthID.
An empty result only means no metadata is stored; many platforms strip it on upload.
It does not identify people or places from the picture itself.
No. The file is read locally by your browser and the results are shown on this page. Nothing about the photo — not the image, its name or its metadata — is sent to us or anyone else.
How do I check if a photo has location data?
Drop it into the photo metadata viewer. If the file contains GPS information, a Location group appears at the top with the coordinates and any place names. If there is no Location group, the file holds no location data.
Why does my photo show no metadata at all?
Screenshots, images saved from social networks and files sent through many messaging apps have usually had their metadata stripped already. Photos straight from a camera or phone gallery normally have plenty.
Can this tell me if an image was made with AI?
Only if the file says so. The viewer shows Content Credentials, IPTC source-type labels and generator settings when they are present. It does not analyse the pixels, so an AI image without those labels will not be flagged.
What is the difference between EXIF and metadata?
Metadata is any information stored with the photo. EXIF is one standard for it, written mostly by cameras. XMP, IPTC and PNG text chunks are others. The photo metadata viewer reads all of them.
Can I remove the metadata after viewing it?
Yes. Use the "Remove metadata" button above the results. You get a copy with the same image and without the personal details, ready to download on its own or as a ZIP when you have several photos.