Strip all metadata from an image — EXIF, GPS location, camera info — by re-exporting through the browser canvas.
Every photo a phone or camera takes carries invisible metadata embedded in the file: the device model, the date and time, the lens settings, and often the exact GPS coordinates where the picture was taken. That information travels with the file when you share it, and anyone who opens it in an EXIF viewer can see where you were standing, when, and with what. This tool strips all of it by drawing the image onto a canvas element and re-exporting the raw pixels into a new file, which by definition contains no metadata — the canvas API has no concept of EXIF.
The result is a pixel-identical image in your chosen format — JPEG, PNG or WebP — with zero embedded metadata. The technique is not a filter or a redaction: it works because the HTML5 canvas reads pixel values from the source, not ancillary data blocks. GPS, camera make, software version, colour profile, thumbnail, copyright notice and every other tag are simply absent from the export. The only thing carried over is the pixel grid itself.
This is the single fastest way to share a photo without revealing where it was taken, and it runs entirely in your browser with no upload to any server. The typical use case is posting a photo online or sending it to someone who should not see the location. Phone screenshots are already metadata-free by default, but photos from the camera are not, and social networks strip metadata on upload — but messaging apps, e-mail and cloud storage often do not.
Yes — all metadata is removed, including GPS coordinates, camera make, date, time and every other EXIF, IPTC and XMP tag.
The pixels are identical. If you export as JPEG, the re-encoding introduces a tiny quality loss (set to 92% by default), which is imperceptible. PNG is lossless.
No. The canvas operation runs locally. The image is never uploaded, stored or transmitted.
No — this tool handles images only. Video metadata removal requires different tools.
Most do, including Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. But WhatsApp, Telegram, e-mail and cloud links often preserve it. If in doubt, strip it yourself.
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Vai.la is not responsible for how the tools are used or for decisions made based on their results.