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Remove the location from a photo

Take the GPS position out of a photo and keep its date and camera details. The picture is not touched, and it never leaves your device.

Drop a photo, or click to choose

JPG, PNG or WebP. Only the location is removed.

How to remove the location from a photo

  1. Add the photo. Location is already the choice, so a copy without the GPS position and place names is made straight away.
  2. Check what was found. The Location group shows the position the photo carried, struck through. Camera, date and the rest stay as they were.
  3. Download the clean copy. Share that copy instead of the original. The picture itself is byte for byte the same.

Why remove only the location

When a phone camera has location turned on, it writes the exact spot into every photo, often to within a few metres. A picture taken at home tells anyone who opens the file where you live. The date and camera details are rarely a risk, and they are useful: albums sort by date and some apps show the camera settings. Removing just the location keeps those.

If you would rather take out everything, including camera serial numbers, switch to Everything in the panel. To correct the position instead of removing it, pick Edit and type the latitude and longitude. The full photo metadata viewer shows every field a photo carries.

When the location travels with a photo

Some apps remove location when you post. A photo sent as a file is different: an email attachment, a cloud storage link or a chat app’s “send as file” option usually delivers it exactly as it left the phone, location included. Clean the copy before sending it that way.

To stop new photos recording it at all: on an iPhone, Settings, Privacy and Security, Location Services, Camera, then Never. On Android, open the camera app’s settings and turn off location tags (the name varies by phone maker).

The full tool

This page opens Photo metadata (EXIF) viewer set to remove the location only. Every other option is still there, so you can change your mind without leaving. For other jobs, see all image tools.

Common questions

What exactly is removed?
The GPS position (latitude, longitude and the related GPS fields) and any place names such as city or country written by an editing app. Camera, date, settings and everything else stay.
Does removing the location change the picture?
No. The photo is not re-encoded: the image data is copied unchanged and only the location fields are left out of the file.
How do I know the photo had a location?
If it did, a Location group appears with the position and a link to see it on a map. No Location group means the photo carries no position, and nothing changes.
Can someone still tell where the photo was taken?
The tool removes the stored position, not what is in the picture. A street sign, a landmark or a house number can still give a place away, so look at the photo itself too.
Does it work with iPhone HEIC photos?
HEIC photos can be checked but not cleaned here. Share the photo as a JPG, or set the camera to Most Compatible under Settings, Camera, Formats, so it saves JPG.
Can I clean several photos at once?
One photo at a time. After downloading, choose the next photo; the location choice stays set.
Is my photo uploaded?
No. The file is read and cleaned in your browser and never sent to a server.