How can I verify the metadata is gone?

Right-click the downloaded file and open its properties, or run an EXIF viewer over it. The camera, date and GPS fields will be empty.

Does this change how the image looks?

Re-encoding to PNG is lossless and pixel-identical. Re-encoding to JPEG or WebP is lossy, so use a high quality setting if fidelity matters.

Does the image keep its correct orientation?

Yes. The orientation tag is applied by the decoder before the pixels are re-written, so the output looks the way the photo is meant to look — and it no longer depends on a tag.

Do social networks not strip metadata anyway?

Most do, but not all, and not consistently across every upload path. If a photo is going anywhere you do not control — email, a forum, a file share — strip it yourself first.

Local

Remove metadata from a photo

Strip EXIF, GPS location and camera information by re-encoding the image locally.

Drop an image here

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Accepted: JPG, PNG, WEBP, AVIF

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Processed locally. Your image never leaves your device.

Keep going without re-uploading

Your image stays loaded in the editor. Pick the next action and carry on.

Photos carry more than pixels. A phone photo typically records the exact GPS coordinates where it was taken, the device model, the date and time, and sometimes the owner’s name. Share it as-is and you share all of that.

The reliable way to remove metadata is to re-encode the image: decode the pixels, throw away everything else, and write a fresh file. That is exactly what happens here — in your browser, with no upload, which matters more than usual when the whole point is privacy.

What you get

Removes GPS coordinates
Location tags are the most sensitive thing in a typical photo. Re-encoding leaves none behind.
Removes camera and device data
Make, model, lens, serial number, software version and capture settings all go with it.
Removes timestamps
The original capture date is stored in EXIF, not in the pixels, so it does not survive the re-encode.
Nothing is uploaded to be cleaned
A privacy tool that requires you to upload the file first is solving the wrong problem. This one runs on your device.

How it works

1
Load the photo
The browser decodes it to raw pixels. Metadata lives in the file container, not in the pixel data, so it is already left behind at this point.
2
Choose an output format
JPEG, PNG or WebP. Any of them produces a clean file — the metadata is not carried across.
3
Download the clean copy
A fresh file is written from the pixels alone. Your original stays untouched on disk.

Why use KaiConvert

No upload for local tools
Works offline once the page is loaded
Cloud AI is always clearly labelled before you start

Keep going without re-uploading

What you get

Removes GPS coordinates

Removes camera and device data

Removes timestamps

Nothing is uploaded to be cleaned

How it works

Load the photo

Choose an output format

Download the clean copy

Why use KaiConvert

Frequently asked questions

How can I verify the metadata is gone?

Does this change how the image looks?

Does the image keep its correct orientation?

Do social networks not strip metadata anyway?

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