EXIF Data Editor

EXIF stands for Exchangeable Image File Format, the standard cameras and phones use to store details about each shot inside the file. This editor opens a JPEG and shows five of those fields: Make, Model, Software, Date/Time and Description. You can change any of them, clear one by leaving it empty, and save a copy. Other tags already in the file, such as exposure settings, lens details and GPS coordinates, are kept as they are when you save edits. The Remove All EXIF button deletes the whole EXIF block when you want a clean file instead.

The editor has no separate GPS fields, so location is removed together with the rest of the EXIF data. Click the area labeled Click to Upload JPEG Image, choose your photo, and press Remove All EXIF. The tool deletes the file's EXIF block, which is where cameras and phones store GPS coordinates, and downloads a copy with cleared_ added to the start of the name. Note that Save & Download keeps any existing GPS tags, so use Remove All EXIF whenever location privacy matters, and check the result in your computer's file properties before sharing.

Metadata travels with your files wherever they go, so it is worth controlling. Accurate camera and date fields keep archives sorted correctly in cataloging software, and the description field can carry a caption or credit line. Privacy matters too: a photo taken at a client's home or a private event can carry GPS coordinates that reveal the location, and removing EXIF before sharing prevents that. Some photographers also prefer not to publish their exact gear and settings. For dedicated creator and copyright fields, use the IPTC panel in your cataloging software, since this editor works with EXIF only.

Usually at the very end, after you export your final JPEGs and before delivery or publication. During culling and editing, the original EXIF helps your editing software apply lens corrections and lets you sort by capture time, so leave it intact on your master files. Once the finished JPEGs are exported, use the editor to correct the camera, date or description fields, or remove all EXIF from copies you will share publicly. Doing this as the final step also means a later export from your editing software cannot overwrite the changes you made.

The platform is usually responsible. Most social networks remove EXIF data from photos people post, partly to shrink files for faster loading and partly to protect privacy by dropping location tags. So even if your saved copy carries the corrected camera, date or description fields, people who view or download it from those networks will not see them. You can confirm the edits are in your file by opening its properties on your computer. If you want metadata visible to viewers, share through a portfolio site or photo community that reads and displays EXIF.

Both are types of image metadata, but they serve different purposes. EXIF data is technical information created automatically by your camera at the moment of capture, such as the camera model, focal length, aperture and shutter speed. IPTC data is descriptive information added by the photographer or editor afterward, such as the creator's name, copyright notice, title, keywords and captions. This tool edits EXIF only, and its Remove All EXIF button leaves IPTC fields in place. In short, EXIF describes how the photo was taken, while IPTC describes who took it and what it shows.

No. The editor never decodes or re-encodes the picture. Save & Download rewrites only the EXIF block inside the JPEG, and Remove All EXIF deletes it, while the compressed image data, the dimensions and the embedded color profile are copied across unchanged. That makes it safe to correct details on a finished deliverable. The tool works on one JPEG at a time and always saves a new copy, named with edited_ or cleared_ at the start, so your original file is never altered and you can return to it if needed.

Scanners stamp files with the date of the scan rather than the day the film was exposed. To correct it, open the scanned JPEG in the editor, type the date into the Date/Time field in the format YYYY:MM:DD HH:MM:SS, for example 1998:06:14 12:00:00, and press Save & Download. If you only know the year or month, choose a placeholder day and time. The field written is the main Date/Time tag. Some catalog apps sort by a separate original capture date tag, which this editor does not change, so check how your app orders the corrected files.

The editor accepts JPEG files only, with a .jpg or .jpeg extension, because it writes EXIF directly into the JPEG file structure. If you choose a PNG, WebP, TIFF, HEIC or RAW file, it asks for a JPEG instead. For RAW files such as CR3, NEF or ARW, process the image in your raw converter first, export a high-quality JPEG, and open that JPEG here. If saving shows an error, check the text you typed: the fields accept plain ASCII characters only, so accented letters and symbols such as the copyright sign can stop the save.

An Unknown Lens reading usually means the camera body could not communicate with the lens electronically. It is common with vintage manual lenses adapted to modern mirrorless cameras, because those lenses have no electronic contacts to report their focal length or maximum aperture. It can also happen with third-party lenses when the camera's firmware does not recognize them. This editor has no lens fields; it edits Make, Model, Software, Date/Time and Description and keeps existing lens tags as they are. A practical workaround is to note the lens, such as 50mm f/1.4 manual, in the Description field.