EXIF Viewer: See What Your Photo Reveals
This EXIF viewer shows the metadata hidden inside a photo: the exact GPS location, the phone or camera, the date and time, and the exposure settings. Drop a JPG, HEIC, PNG, or WebP and it is read in your browser, never uploaded.
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JPG, HEIC, PNG, WebP, TIFF, AVIF — up to 50 MB. Read on your device, never uploaded.
What is EXIF data?
EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format) is a block of information that a camera or phone writes into every photo at the moment it is taken. It records the device make and model, the lens, the date and time to the second, the exposure settings, which way up the phone was held, and, if location services are on, the GPS coordinates of where you were standing. Editors add their own blocks on top: XMP from Lightroom and Photoshop, and IPTC from newsroom tools, which can carry captions, author names, and more location fields.
Check a photo's location before you share it
The GPS tags are the ones that matter. A phone photo is usually tagged to within a few metres, so a picture taken at home, posted as an original file, can reveal your address to anyone who opens it in a tool like this one. The viewer puts a clear banner at the top: either the coordinates it found, with altitude where recorded, or confirmation that there are none. If there are, the EXIF remover can strip all metadata or just the location, and you can drop the cleaned file back in here to confirm it worked.
Why there is no embedded map
Most online EXIF viewers show the location on an embedded map, which means your coordinates are sent to a map-tile server the moment the photo loads, whether you wanted that or not. This viewer reads the file entirely in your browser and makes no network requests with your data. The map link only sends the coordinates if you click it, and it opens OpenStreetMap in a new tab so you can see exactly what is being shared.
Reading the camera and exposure details
Beyond location, EXIF is genuinely useful for photographers. The summary shows aperture (f-number), shutter speed, ISO, and focal length, so you can see how a shot was made, compare settings between frames, or confirm which lens a photo came from. The full tag list underneath shows everything else the file carries, grouped by where it was stored. Some tags, like the software version or a serial number, are small privacy leaks of their own.
Why some photos show nothing
An empty result is information too. Facebook, Instagram, X, and most messaging apps strip metadata from the copies other people receive, and screenshots never had camera data at all. iPhone photos are HEIC by default, and the viewer reads those directly; if you need a JPG afterwards, use the HEIC to JPG converter. For a full walkthrough of removing location on every device, read how to remove metadata from photos.
Frequently asked questions
How do I see the EXIF data of a photo?
Drop the photo into the viewer above. It reads the metadata blocks inside the file (EXIF, GPS, XMP, and IPTC) and shows them grouped: location, camera and lens, date taken, and exposure settings. Every raw tag is listed underneath. Nothing is uploaded; the file is read by your browser.
How can I tell if a photo has location data?
Open it in the viewer. If the photo carries GPS coordinates, a banner says so and shows the latitude, longitude, and altitude, with a link to see the spot on a map. If it says no location data was found, the file does not contain GPS tags, though the scene itself may still reveal where it was taken.
Why does a photo I downloaded have no EXIF data?
Most social networks and messaging apps strip metadata from the copy other people download, and editing apps often drop it when exporting. Screenshots never had camera EXIF to begin with. The original file on the phone that took the photo usually still has everything.
Does the map link upload my photo?
No. The photo never leaves your device. The coordinates are only sent if you click "Open in OpenStreetMap", which opens a normal map page in a new tab with the location in its address. The viewer deliberately does not embed a map, because loading map tiles would send your location to a tile server automatically.
Which file types can the EXIF viewer read?
JPG, iPhone HEIC and HEIF, PNG, WebP, TIFF, and AVIF. JPG and HEIC from phones and cameras carry the richest metadata; PNG and WebP usually carry little or none unless an editor added it.
How do I remove the EXIF data once I have seen it?
Click "Download without metadata" to save a clean copy straight from the viewer, or use the EXIF remover for several photos at once and for the option to remove only the location while keeping camera details.
Related reading
- How to Remove Location and Metadata From Photos Before You Share Them
What a photo really reveals, the built-in way to strip it on every device, why lossless removal matters, and which apps strip it for you.