EXIF Remover Guide
Strip EXIF, GPS and other hidden metadata from a photo by re-encoding it in the browser.
A short companion for EXIF Remover: when it is useful, what it expects, and what to check before using the result.
What it does
A photo carries more than the picture: the camera model, the time it was taken, the software that saved it and often the exact place on the map. Re-encoding the pixels through a canvas rebuilds the image without any of that, so what you share carries only what you can see.
Use the tool
Open EXIF Remover, add the input the tool asks for, run it, and check the output before using it elsewhere.
Input and output
- Input: text.
- Output: text.
- Category: Web.
Privacy and processing
Processing happens locally in your browser. This tool does not upload the input to ilham.dev.
Questions
Does re-encoding change how the picture looks?
It redraws the same pixels, so it looks the same to the eye. A JPEG is saved again at the chosen quality, which costs a little sharpness; choosing PNG or a high quality keeps that to a minimum.
Why does the file sometimes get bigger?
The original may have been compressed very hard or stored as a smaller size. Re-encoding at a high quality can produce more bytes than you started with, and the change line shows that rather than hiding it.
Is the metadata really gone?
Yes. The output is written fresh from the canvas, and a canvas only holds pixels, so EXIF, GPS, XMP and any embedded thumbnail have no way to come along.
Related guide
For broader background, see Practical Image Tools.