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Remove GPS location from a photo

Your photos are processed in this tab and never sent anywhere. The map is opt-in, because loading map tiles would reveal the location.

Phones write the exact latitude and longitude into a photo when it is taken, and often the altitude and the direction the camera was facing. Sharing that picture can hand over a home address without anyone realising. This shows you the coordinates that are in the file, then removes them along with the rest of the identifying metadata.

Drop your files here

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how your file is handled

  • It is read, not uploaded. The file is opened by JavaScript running in this tab and processed in memory, in a background worker.
  • The page cannot send it anywhere. This site is served with a Content-Security-Policy whose connect-src is 'self', so no script on the page is permitted to contact another server, even by mistake.
  • You can check it yourself. Open your browser's developer tools, switch to the Network tab and convert a file: nothing is sent. Or turn off your Wi-Fi first, because these tools keep working offline.

how to use it

  1. 01Drop the photos you are about to share onto the box above.
  2. 02Look at the GPS coordinates found in each one. Opening a map is optional and off by default.
  3. 03Download the cleaned photos and share those instead.

questions

Does viewing the location on a map leak it?
It would, which is why the map is off unless you ask for it. Loading map tiles means requesting them from a map provider, and the tiles you request reveal roughly where the photo was taken. The coordinates are shown as plain text by default so you can read them without contacting anyone.
Does social media already strip GPS for me?
Major platforms usually do strip metadata on upload, but that protects their published copy, not the file itself. Anything you send directly, by email, messaging apps that send the original, cloud folders or file transfers, generally keeps the coordinates intact.
Can the location be recovered from the cleaned file?
Not from the metadata, because the fields are removed rather than blanked, and the output is scanned again afterwards to confirm nothing remains. Bear in mind that the picture itself may still show where it was taken, and that the file name can too, so renaming is offered as an option.
Is the photo uploaded to check it?
No. The coordinates are read in this tab by JavaScript, and the stripped file is produced here too. The page's Content-Security-Policy limits connect-src to 'self', so it cannot send the photo to another origin. It works offline, which you can check by disabling your Wi-Fi.

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