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Read the metadata stored in an image
Add one JPG, PNG, or WebP. Each group appears only when the file contains that kind of data. The image is not changed and not uploaded.
File
Camera
Location
Date and time
Capture settings
Text and credits
Color
Technical
How to check image metadata
Choose one image, or drop it on the page. Another choice replaces the result. If several files are dropped together, only the first is read. The file may be up to 25 MB, and neither edge may be over 30,000 pixels.
The File group always lists the name, the type detected from the contents, the file size, and the stored pixel dimensions. Camera, Location, Date and time, Capture settings, Text and credits, Color, and Technical stay hidden until that data is present. When the file has location, camera, date, or other privacy-related text, a link reads Remove metadata from this file. That link passes the original file to the removal tool. It does not build the cleaned copy.
What metadata can appear
A photo can contain a camera make, model, lens make, and lens. It can also contain an exposure time, an aperture, an ISO value, and a focal length. Those rows appear only when the tags are in the file. Exposure is shown in seconds, to two decimal places, not as a shutter fraction. Aperture is shown as an f-number, and focal length in millimetres. Flash is not listed.
The same file can contain software, artist, copyright, a description, and a JPEG comment. IPTC byline, caption, credit, copyright, and keywords are listed when those records exist. An XMP packet is reported as present, and its individual fields are not extracted. A tag this parser does not map is left out.
Why a field may be missing
The camera or the app may never have written it. Screenshots usually have no camera block and no GPS. Saving again, exporting, or sending the image through a chat or a social site often drops those tags. A missing row does not prove the tag never existed.
After the metadata remover, location, camera, dates, comments, XMP, and IPTC are gone from the copy this site makes. A JPEG can still show an ICC profile and a JFIF segment. A PNG can still show gamma, an sRGB chunk, pixel density, and the profile keyword. An animated WebP can still show that it is animated and how many frames were counted. Those leftovers are structure or color, not the privacy fields.
GPS coordinates, not a place name
When GPS tags are readable and inside a real latitude and longitude range, Location shows decimal degrees rounded to six decimal places. South and west become a minus sign. Altitude, when the file stores it, is shown in meters rounded to two decimal places. There is no map.
The original degrees, minutes, and seconds are not shown, and the page does not look up a city. The numbers are whatever the file stores. They can be missing, copied, or wrong, so they are not proof of where the picture was taken. As a conversion, 37°46'30" north and 122°25'00" west are shown as 37.775, -122.416667.
Capture dates are not the file date
DateTimeOriginal, DateTimeDigitized, and DateTime are separate rows, in the text stored in the file, such as 2020:01:02 03:04:06. A fractional second is joined with a dot when that tag exists, so 12345 becomes 2020:01:02 03:04:06.12345. A time offset such as +01:00 is its own row, and only when the file contains it. The page does not invent a timezone, and it does not show the date your computer saved the file.
Orientation and pixel size
Pixel dimensions are the width and height stored in the container, such as 200×100. The orientation row shows the EXIF number and a short name. Value 1 is Normal. Value 6 is Rotated 90° clockwise: the stored pixels stay 200×100, and a displayed-orientation row shows 100×200. The viewer does not rotate the file.
If you only need the width and the height, the image dimensions checker is the focused tool. This page includes size as one part of reading the metadata.
PNG text, WebP, and color profiles
A PNG can show text from its text chunks, as the keyword and the value, including text that was stored compressed. It can also show a PNG time, gamma, an sRGB chunk, and pixel density such as 2835 px/m (72 DPI). An ICC profile is reported as present. On a PNG, the profile keyword is added in parentheses when it can be read, for example sRGB. A JPEG profile is presence only, with no name.
A WebP can show the same camera, date, and GPS fields when those chunks exist, plus an XMP packet as present and an ICC profile as present, without a profile name. An animated WebP adds an animation row and a frame count. Transparency is not its own row. GIF, HEIC, HEIF, and SVG are refused, and so is any other type that is not JPG, PNG, or WebP. A JPEG renamed to .png is still read as JPEG. A text file renamed to .jpg is refused. Converting HEIC to JPG makes a new JPEG and does not copy camera or location tags into it.
Reading is not the same as removing
Opening a file here does not rewrite it, does not download a new image, and does not change the metadata. The values stay on this page.
Remove metadata builds a cleaned copy. Use it after you have seen what is embedded. The link on this page sends the original file, in this browser, so the next page can clean it. That save is not an upload. A color profile is not treated as a privacy warning, so a file that only has an ICC profile and a JFIF segment does not offer the link.
Questions
What metadata can an image contain?
It can contain a camera make and model, a lens, exposure, aperture, ISO, focal length, dates, software, copyright, a comment, IPTC text, and GPS coordinates. This page shows a field only when it can read that field. An XMP packet is noted as present, not field by field. Flash is not shown.
How can I view EXIF data?
Add one JPG, PNG, or WebP. Camera, date, and GPS rows are the EXIF values this parser reads. The image stays in your browser.
Can I see GPS coordinates in a photo?
Yes, when the file still has readable GPS tags. They are decimal degrees, rounded to six places, with west and south negative. There is no map and no city name. A missing Location group means this file had no readable GPS block. It does not prove the photo never had one.
Why does my image have no EXIF data?
The camera may not have written it, or a later export, chat, or social upload may have removed it. Screenshots are often empty. A copy from the metadata remover has those fields gone as well.
Can metadata tell exactly where a photo was taken?
No. This page can show coordinates stored in the file. It does not look at the picture and guess a place. Stored coordinates can be missing, copied, or edited.
Does metadata prove when a photo was taken?
No. DateTimeOriginal is the capture time stored in the file, shown as written. An offset appears only when the file has one. The value can be missing or changed. It is not the date on your computer.
Does viewing metadata change the image?
No. The viewer does not save a new file. When the remove-metadata link appears, it passes the original file onward. Cleaning happens on the removal page, and you download that copy yourself.
Is the image uploaded?
No. Reading happens in your browser. A compressed PNG text chunk can load a small decoder from this same site. The image is not sent to a server, and coordinates are not sent to a map.