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How to remove EXIF / location from a photo

Phones store GPS in the file. A listing or a chat can leak your address. You will export a clean copy in this tab and keep the original if you still need the map pin.

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Today's result A photo that no longer carries GPS or camera EXIF, plus the original still on disk.

Open the EXIF tool when the photo is on disk. Re-encoding in this tab strips metadata. Screenshots often have none to begin with.

Open EXIF remover
Contents

  1. Check whether the file even has GPS

    The tool shows if it is tagged. Screenshots and many chat exports already have none.

    Photo file = pixels + GPS. Export = pixels only.
    Photo file = pixels + GPS. Export = pixels only.

  2. Open the EXIF tool on cv.cm

    Work stays in this tab. Nothing is uploaded.

    Open EXIF remover

  3. Drop the photo

    If it shows a location, that is the pin you are about to strip.

  4. Export JPEG or PNG

    The canvas write does not copy EXIF. Keep the original if you still want the pin for yourself.

  5. Drop the export back into the same tool

    The second pass should show no location. If it still shows GPS, you opened the original by mistake.

  6. Send the clean copy, keep the original if you need the pin

    A chat app may strip GPS on its own. Do not trust that for a public listing — prove it with the second drop.

    Drop, export, drop the export again. The second pass should be clean.
    Drop, export, drop the export again. The second pass should be clean.

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FAQ

How do I remove GPS from an iPhone photo?

Drop it on cv.cm EXIF in this tab, export, then drop the export to confirm. Keep the original if you still want the pin.

Does WhatsApp already strip location?

Some chats compress and strip. Public listings and email attachments often do not. Prove it with a second drop.

Are photos uploaded?

No. Closing the tab discards them.

Does this delete the original?

No. You download a new file. Keep or delete the original yourself.

What about PNG screenshots?

They often have no GPS. Drop one in; if it is already clean, you are done.