EXIF Viewer
See exactly what your photos reveal: camera and lens, exposure settings, timestamps, software — and GPS coordinates with an optional map. Everything is inspected locally in your browser.
What you can inspect
The viewer reads the metadata blocks inside the file and groups them the way the format does, so you can see not only the values but where they came from:
- Camera and lens — make, model, lens, and serial numbers on many bodies.
- Exposure — shutter speed, aperture, ISO, focal length, flash state.
- Date and time — capture timestamp with the UTC offset, plus modified and digitized stamps.
- GPS — latitude, longitude, altitude, GPS timestamp — optionally plotted on a map.
- Software and edit history — which app produced the file, and in some pipelines a trail of editing steps.
- Embedded thumbnail — a hidden preview that can outlive edits to the main image.
The five fields worth checking before you post a photo
| Field | What it can reveal |
|---|---|
| GPS latitude / longitude | Where you stood, to roughly a metre. With the map loaded, the building. |
| Capture timestamp | Your routine: work hours, holidays, which days you were away from home. |
| Camera serial or body ID | Ties separate photos to one device — including photos posted under another name. |
| Software / edit history | Which app you used, and sometimes what was done to the file. |
| Embedded thumbnail | The original frame, still visible after the main image was cropped. |
Why a photo can look clean and still leak
- Re-saving a file in an editor does not necessarily strip metadata — plenty of apps copy the original blocks through untouched.
- Cropping changes pixels, not the metadata around them. The coordinates usually survive.
- Screenshots carry almost no EXIF, but they capture whatever was on screen at the time.
- "Export for web" is not a promise. Some tools keep GPS, some keep everything but the thumbnail.
That is why the reliable order is: inspect first, then strip. Once you know what is in the file, the EXIF remover can take out everything, or only the location, without touching the image itself.
No uploads, and it works offline
The browser is the whole application: there is no file-processing backend to send anything to. You can verify it the same way the rest of this site is verified — open the Network tab while inspecting a photo and watch that no request carries the file. After the first load, the page works with the network disconnected.
Frequently asked questions
Does the viewer upload my photos?▼
No. The file is opened in browser memory and parsed by a Web Worker on your device. There is no upload step, and if you disconnect from the internet the viewer keeps working.
Can I see where a photo was taken without loading the map?▼
Yes. GPS latitude and longitude are shown as numbers as soon as the file is read. The map is a separate, opt-in view for people who want to see the spot visually.
Why is the map opt-in?▼
Because drawing a map means downloading map tiles from openstreetmap.org, and that request tells a third party which area you are looking at. The coordinates stay on your device until you explicitly ask for the map.
Does it read HEIC photos from an iPhone?▼
Yes — HEIC and HEIF files can be inspected here. They cannot be rewritten losslessly in the browser, so to actually remove the metadata, convert them to JPG first; conversion drops it.
Does it work for PNG and WebP as well as JPEG?▼
Yes. PNG and WebP can carry EXIF too, though there are usually fewer fields than in a JPEG straight from a camera. The viewer lists whatever the file actually contains.
How do I know if a file hides an embedded thumbnail?▼
The viewer flags files that carry one. This matters because the thumbnail has its own copy of the tags and can show the original frame even after the main image was cropped.
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