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ExifGuard

Private image metadata studio

See what your photos reveal, then remove it in the browser

ExifGuard inspects EXIF, GPS, camera tags, timestamps, and AI prompts on your device. There is no account and no image upload.

Open the studioRead the EXIF guide

Why photo metadata matters

Location can be exact

Many phone cameras embed latitude and longitude. Sharing the original file can point to a home, school, or workplace.

Cameras identify themselves

Make, model, lens, and sometimes serial-related fields travel with the file even after you crop or rename it.

AI tools leave prompts

Some generators store prompts, seeds, and workflow text inside PNG or JPEG chunks. That can be more revealing than the picture.

What you can do in ExifGuard

  • Inspect GPS on a map and strip coordinates only.
  • Review camera, timestamp, and authorship fields.
  • Search raw tags and remove selected categories.
  • Edit artist, copyright, GPS, camera, or comment values.
  • Clean a batch of files and download a ZIP when you choose.
  • Work with JPEG, PNG, WebP, TIFF, AVIF, and HEIC.

How it works

  1. Step 1

    Choose files locally

    Drop photos in the studio. They stay in browser memory.

  2. Step 2

    Inspect the hidden fields

    See GPS, camera, dates, AI tags, and the raw tag list.

  3. Step 3

    Strip or edit, then download

    Nothing is saved until you click Download or export a ZIP.

Frequently asked questions

Does ExifGuard upload my photos?
No. Parsing, editing, and stripping happen in your browser memory. There is no backend image API and no account system.
What metadata can photos contain?
Common fields include GPS coordinates, camera make and model, lens data, capture time, artist or copyright tags, and AI generation prompts stored by some image tools.
Which file types are supported?
JPEG, PNG, WebP, TIFF, AVIF, and HEIC. HEIC previews are decoded in the browser when the file cannot be displayed natively.
Will removing metadata change photo quality?
ExifGuard is designed to edit metadata containers rather than re-encode pixels when the format allows it. Visual quality should stay the same for typical JPEG and PNG files.
Is this enough to hide my location?
Stripping GPS and related tags removes coordinates stored in the file. It does not change what you already posted elsewhere, and some apps may store location outside EXIF.