How to clean a photo
- Drop one or more photos.
- See what they reveal: location, date, camera…
- Download the clean copy (or all copies in a ZIP) and share that one.
To stop recording the location: on iPhone, Settings > Privacy > Location Services > Camera > “Never”; on Android, turn off “Save location” in the camera settings.
Frequently asked questions
What data can a photo hide?
EXIF data recorded by the phone or camera: GPS location, date and time, camera model, sometimes its serial number, the editing software and a thumbnail of the original photo. Some photos also carry XMP or IPTC data (author, caption, editing history).
Don’t social networks remove it already?
Some do, but not all of them, and email attachments, messaging apps sending “files”, classified ads or upload forms usually keep it. Cleaning the photo before sending it is safer.
Does the photo lose quality?
Not for an upright JPG: only the metadata is removed and the image itself is copied as is. A photo rotated by the phone, a PNG, WebP or HEIC is redrawn at 92% quality, which is invisible to the eye.
Are my photos uploaded to a server?
No. Reading and cleaning happen in your browser; your photos never leave your device.
More Images tools
- HEIC to JPG: Turn iPhone photos into JPG or PNG that open anywhere.
- Compress image: Lighter JPG, PNG or WebP photos with no visible loss.
- Convert image: JPG, PNG or WebP: the format you’ve been asked for.
- Resize image: Change the size in pixels or as a percentage.
- Crop image: Crop a photo freely or to 1:1, 16:9, story or 4:5.
- Blur part of an image: Hide a face, a licence plate or an address on a photo.
- Add text to a photo: Write on an image: font, colour, outline or banner.