Free tool
Photo metadata viewer: see a photo’s EXIF data
See every hidden detail a photo carries: EXIF data, GPS location, date, phone model and camera settings. Explained in plain English, with the sensitive parts flagged.
- Runs on your device
- Nothing uploaded
- Every field shown
Read on this device. Your photo is never uploaded.
How it works
How to view the metadata of a photo
Phones and cameras save hidden details inside every photo, mostly as EXIF data. This metadata viewer reads all of it and tells you what each part gives away.
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Choose a photo
Pick a photo or drop it on the box. JPEG, iPhone HEIC, PNG, WebP, TIFF and AVIF photos work.
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Read it on your device
The viewer reads every metadata block in the file (EXIF, GPS, XMP, IPTC and the colour profile) without uploading it.
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See it, then remove it
Details are grouped in plain English, with the sensitive ones flagged. Press Remove these details to download a clean copy.
Which metadata is sensitive
Most fields are technical. A few can lead someone to you, and those are the ones to remove before you share.
Sensitive
- GPS coordinates, altitude and the direction the camera faced
- City, region or country written in by an app
- Camera and lens serial numbers, and the owner's name
- Author and copyright names
Mostly harmless
- Shutter speed, aperture, ISO and focal length
- Flash, white balance and exposure mode
- Image size, rotation and colour profile
- Date, device and software: not dangerous alone, but they add up across several photos
Without a tool
How to check photo metadata on your phone or computer
Your devices show some metadata too. They usually show a summary, though, not every field the file carries.
On iPhone or iPad
Open the photo in Photos and swipe up, or tap the info button. You'll see the date, the device, camera settings and, if it was saved, a map of the location.
On Android
Open the photo in Google Photos and swipe up, or tap More. Details shows the date, file size, camera and location.
On Windows
Right-click the photo, choose Properties, then the Details tab. Scroll down for camera, date and GPS fields.
On a Mac
Open the photo in Preview, choose Tools, then Show Inspector. The More Info tab shows EXIF, and a GPS tab appears if there's a location.
Why it matters
What a photo’s metadata can reveal
Where you were
If location was on, the coordinates can point to the exact spot, often precise enough to find a front door.
When you were there
The date and time, down to the second, and on newer phones the time zone too.
What you used
The phone model and system version, and on many cameras a serial number unique to that camera.
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Questions about photo metadata
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Choose the photo above and the viewer lists everything saved inside it, grouped into location, date, device, names, software and camera settings. Your phone and computer can show some of it too: the steps for iPhone, Android, Windows and Mac are on this page.
EXIF is the standard way cameras and phones save details inside a photo: when it was taken, on which device, the camera settings and, if location was on, the GPS coordinates. Photos can also carry XMP and IPTC data, often added by editing apps, and this viewer shows all three.
No. The photo is read by your browser, on your device, and never sent to any server, ours or anyone else's. The page blocks itself from connecting to the internet, so you can turn on airplane mode after it loads and it still works.
The ones that point to a place or a person: GPS coordinates, altitude, serial numbers and names. They're flagged as Sensitive. Dates, the device and software are flagged as Personal: harmless on their own, but they can show a pattern across several photos.
It was probably removed. Most messaging and social apps strip metadata when you send or post a photo, and screenshots never had a location. It doesn't mean every copy is clean: the original on your phone usually still has everything.
Yes. HEIC photos are read directly, in any browser. The small preview only shows in Safari, because other browsers can't display HEIC, but the metadata is read either way.
Press Remove these details under the results. The viewer takes out the location, date, device and other details on your device, checks the cleaned copy to make sure nothing personal is left, and gives you a clean photo to download. Your original isn't changed. To clean many photos at once, use the free photo metadata remover.
It can remove metadata, but not edit it. Remove these details strips the personal fields and keeps only what's needed to show the picture correctly: the rotation and the colour profile.