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EXIF viewer

Every photo your phone or camera takes quietly records metadata alongside the picture itself: the camera model, the exact date and time, the software that last edited it, and very often the precise GPS coordinates of where you were standing. This EXIF viewer reads all of it directly from the file's bytes in your browser and shows you exactly what a photo reveals before you post, email or hand it to someone else.

  • No upload — files stay on your device
  • Works offline once loaded
  • Free forever, no signup, no watermark

What a photo can quietly reveal

  • The camera or phone model, and often the exact lens used
  • The precise date and time the photo was taken, down to the second
  • GPS coordinates accurate enough to point at a specific house or room
  • The editing software last used to touch the file, and sometimes the editor's name

None of this shows up when you simply look at the picture — it only appears to something that reads the file's raw bytes, which is exactly what most social apps, messaging tools, and photo forums do behind the scenes. Checking and clearing it before you share is the only reliable way to control what a photo says about you beyond what is in the frame.

How to use this tool

  1. Drop any JPG or PNG photo

    Nothing is uploaded — the file is read byte by byte inside your browser tab.

  2. Read the summary cards

    Camera and lens, the date taken, exposure settings, the software that last touched the file, and orientation all show at a glance.

  3. Check the GPS card

    If location data is embedded, the exact coordinates show as text with a link to open them in Google Maps — nothing is plotted on any embedded map or sent anywhere.

Questions people ask

How do I see where a photo was taken?

Drop it into the viewer above — if GPS coordinates are embedded in the file, they show up immediately as latitude and longitude, with a link to open the exact spot in Google Maps. If the location card is empty, no GPS data was stored in that file.

Do all photos contain location data?

Most phone photos do, unless location access was switched off for the camera app — plus a timestamp, the device model, and sometimes editing software details, all the time. Photos from a dedicated camera usually carry the same technical data but rarely GPS, since most cameras lack a GPS chip.

How do I remove location from a photo?

Use the companion remove location from photo tool — it strips the GPS tags along with the rest of the metadata, losslessly for JPEG and PNG, so the image quality is completely untouched.

Does WhatsApp remove EXIF data automatically?

WhatsApp strips most metadata from photos sent the normal way, but sending a photo as a 'document' instead keeps it intact — and email attachments and cloud drive links generally keep everything. Strip metadata yourself before sharing if you are not certain how it is being sent.

Can removed EXIF data be recovered afterwards?

Not from the cleaned file — those bytes are genuinely gone, not just hidden. Keep your original photo somewhere if you might ever want a copy with the metadata intact.

Is my photo uploaded to a server to read this?

No. The bytes are parsed entirely inside your browser using plain JavaScript, with no library and no server involved — you can disconnect from the internet after the page loads and the viewer keeps working.

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Free because it costs us nothing to run: your browser does the work, not our servers. Made by Dynamb Technologies — we build software for businesses.