Extract EXIF
Extract and view detailed EXIF metadata from your photos including camera settings, GPS coordinates, date taken, and much more. Perfect for photographers and image analysts.
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Reading the hidden data in a photograph
Every photograph from a camera or phone carries an EXIF block alongside the pixels. It records how the picture was taken — shutter speed, aperture, ISO, focal length, whether the flash fired, the lens used — and often where and when: GPS coordinates to several decimal places, the local timestamp, the device make and model, and the software that last edited the file.
Reading it is straightforward for anyone with the right tool, which is the important thing to understand. This information is not hidden in any protective sense; it is simply not displayed by default. Photographers use it to learn from their own settings and to prove authorship, journalists use it to verify when and where an image was captured, and anyone about to publish a photo should use it to see what they are about to disclose.
Why we built this tool
The two audiences are opposite and equally well served: people who want the technical data, and people who want to know what a file is leaking before it leaves their hands.
For the second group especially, an uploading tool makes no sense — checking whether a photo reveals your home address should not involve sending that photo, address included, to someone else's server. Our reader parses the EXIF block in your browser with JavaScript, so the file is read from disk into the tab and nothing is transmitted. No upload, no storage, no account, and it works offline once loaded.
Tips and common mistakes
- GPS coordinates are the field that matters most; check it before publishing any photo taken at home.
- Absent metadata usually means the file has already been processed or exported by an app that stripped it.
- Timestamps come from the camera's clock, which is frequently wrong or set to another time zone.
- EXIF is easily edited, so treat it as an indication of origin rather than proof of it.
Quick start: using Extract EXIF
- Load the photograph you want to inspect.
- Read the camera settings section for exposure, aperture, ISO, and lens.
- Check the GPS fields — if coordinates are present, the exact location is recorded.
- Note the timestamp and device model, which also identify the photo's origin.
- Decide whether to strip anything before sharing the file.
If you find data you would rather not publish, Remove EXIF produces a clean copy in the same browser-only way.