Remove location from a photo

Phones save the exact place a photo was taken inside the file. Anyone who gets the original file can see it, and for a photo taken at home that means your address. Drop in a photo to see whether it has a location, then download a copy without it. Free, and your photo never leaves your device.

How to remove the location

1. Choose a photo, or drop it in the box above.
2. Read the Location privacy line. If the photo contains its location, it shows the coordinates.
3. Click Remove location & download. A copy named “…-no-location.jpg” is saved to your device.
4. Send or post the new copy, not the original.

For a JPEG only the GPS data is removed, so the capture date stays in the file. That matters if you need the photo as a dated record, for example for a security deposit or a rental car damage charge.

How to remove location without this tool

iPhone

1. In the Photos app, open the photo and tap Share.
2. Tap Options at the top of the share sheet and turn off Location.
3. Share as usual. This applies to that one share only; the photo in your library keeps its location.

Windows

1. Right-click the file in File Explorer and choose Properties, then open the Details tab.
2. Click “Remove Properties and Personal Information” at the bottom.
3. Choose to create a copy with all possible properties removed, or pick the GPS fields to remove.

Mac

1. Open the photo in Preview and choose Tools > Show Inspector.
2. If the photo has a location, there is a GPS tab with a Remove Location Info button.
3. Save the file. This changes the file itself, so work on a copy if you want to keep the original.

Android

Phone makers differ. Turning off location in the camera app's settings stops new photos from getting a location. For photos you already have, use the tool above in Chrome.

Questions

Is my photo uploaded anywhere?

No. The location is removed by JavaScript inside your browser, and the clean copy is saved straight to your device. Nothing is sent to a server. You can check: load the page, switch to airplane mode, and it still works.

The only things we count are that the page was opened and that the tool was used (numbers per day, with no information about you or the photo).

What exactly is removed?

For a JPEG, only the GPS block: latitude, longitude, altitude and the GPS time. The capture date, camera details and the picture itself stay exactly as they were; the image is not re-compressed. For HEIC, PNG, TIFF and WebP the photo is re-saved as a JPEG in your browser, which removes all metadata, location included. The tool tells you which of the two happened.

Is the original photo changed?

No. The tool saves a new copy whose name ends in “-no-location”. Your original file stays as it was, so delete it or keep it private if you no longer want the location around.

Do social networks remove the location anyway?

Many large social networks and messaging apps remove or rewrite metadata when they publish or compress a picture, but it differs from app to app and changes over time. Sending the original file (email attachments, AirDrop, cloud links, or a messaging app's “send as file” option) usually keeps the location. Removing it yourself is the only way to be sure.

How do I stop my phone adding the location?

On an iPhone, go to Settings > Privacy & Security > Location Services > Camera and choose Never. On Android, open the camera app's settings and turn off the location option (its name differs by phone maker). This only affects new photos; photos you already took keep their location.

Does it work for several photos at once?

This page handles one photo at a time. The date stamp tool takes several photos at once and has an option to remove the location from all of them while it adds the date.