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How to Remove GPS Location from Photos
Most smartphones save the exact GPS coordinates of where every photo was taken, hidden inside the image file as EXIF metadata. If you post that photo online or send it to someone you don't know, they can often pinpoint your home, your workplace, or wherever you were standing. Removing this data takes seconds.
What's actually hidden in your photos
Beyond GPS, a typical photo also carries the camera or phone model, the date and time, and sometimes the software used to edit it. None of that is visible when you look at the picture — but anyone who downloads the file can read it with free tools.
Remove it in your browser
- Open Vootkit's Metadata & EXIF Remover and drop in a photo.
- It shows you exactly what's hidden — GPS location, camera, date.
- Click Strip metadata & download to get a clean copy of the image.
Because the tool runs entirely on your device, your photo is never uploaded — which matters most for the very files you're trying to keep private.
When you should strip metadata
- Before posting photos publicly on social media or forums.
- Before listing items for sale on marketplaces (buyers can see where you live).
- Before sending photos to people you don't fully trust.