Read EXIF, XMP, and IPTC metadata from any image. Free, private, runs in your browser.
100% private — your files never leave your browser. All processing happens locally on your device.
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JPG, HEIC, PNG, WebP. EXIF / XMP / IPTC are read locally via exifr (~40 KB).
EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format) is a standardised metadata block that most cameras and smartphones embed in every JPG and TIFF they produce. Inside you'll find: camera make and model, lens info, date and time to the second, shutter speed, aperture, ISO, focal length, flash status, white balance mode, and — if location services were enabled — GPS coordinates of where the photo was taken. Newer iPhones write HEIF/HEIC with the same tag set. Photoshop and Lightroom add their own XMP block on top of EXIF for editing history, keywords, ratings, and caption text.
Photos from a modern phone with location services enabled quietly embed GPS coordinates in every shot. For travel photography this is a gift — you can retroactively map where each shot came from. For anything you publish on social media, it's a leak: every photo you upload from home, from the office, from a private location, carries the exact latitude-longitude of that place unless the platform strips it (and many don't). Most users have no idea. This tool makes that invisible metadata visible — so you can see what's actually in the file before you send it.
Beyond EXIF, professional image workflows use XMP (for Photoshop/Lightroom edit history, ratings, colour labels, keywords) and IPTC (for editorial caption, byline, credit, copyright). If you open a stock-photo download, the IPTC block usually contains the photographer's credit and usage rights. XMP blocks can grow surprisingly large — sometimes several KB of editing-history logs — and the 'Show raw metadata dump' section reveals all of it so you can understand everything a file is carrying.
The image is read by exifr (~40 KB) entirely in your browser. The file never leaves your device. This matters: EXIF metadata can include location data, personally-identifiable camera serial numbers, edit histories, and internal file paths — material many users would consider private. A server-side viewer would log, index, or cache your file; this one can't.
Once you've seen what's in your image, if it's more than you wanted to share, use the Strip EXIF tool (linked from this page) to produce a clean copy with all metadata removed. Strip EXIF keeps the pixel data untouched — same quality, same format — but wipes the EXIF, XMP, and IPTC blocks out. The combined workflow — inspect, then strip — gives you confident control over what your photos are disclosing.
EXIF (camera make/model, date, exposure, GPS), XMP (software-written tags from Photoshop/Lightroom), and IPTC (editorial captions, credits). The full raw dump is available in a collapsible panel.
JPG and HEIC (iPhone photos) almost always do. TIFF and DNG carry extensive EXIF. PNG and WebP sometimes carry EXIF but often don't. Images exported from Photoshop typically include XMP.
Photos taken with a smartphone that had location services enabled include GPS coordinates. This is often exactly what you want (travel memories) and occasionally exactly what you don't (publishing a selfie from home). The tool shows the coordinates and links to OpenStreetMap.
Use the Strip EXIF tool — it's linked from this page. That removes every EXIF/XMP/IPTC tag and gives you a clean image to share publicly.