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Remove Location from Photo

Strip hidden GPS coordinates, camera serial numbers, and timestamps from your photos locally in your browser before sharing.

EXIFR BINARY TELEMETRY (Sample_Original_iPhone.HEIC)
GPS Tag (0x8825)25.7826° N, 80.1341° W
Original Shutter Time2026-10-24 17:42:19 (-04:00)
Camera & Lens FOViPhone 16 Pro · 24mm (73.7° HFOV)
Compass Bearing (0x0011)248.0° WSW (Golden Hour)
CRYPTOGRAPHICALLY VERIFIED PRIVACY SCRUBBER

Destroy GPS, timestamps, XMP & serial numbers locally.

Re-encodes the image buffer in browser memory and runs a second pass with exifr to verify 0 residual metadata tags survive.

▸ Technical Specifications & Verification FAQ↓

To permanently remove location data from a photo with zero privacy risk, LocatePic renders the raw image bitmap onto a clean HTML5 canvas in browser RAM and exports a brand-new byte stream—physically eliminating all APP1 EXIF, GPS, XMP, and MakerNote segments.

PRIVACY SCRUBBER BYTE-LEVEL VERIFICATION

MetricMethodPrecisionNote
GPS Coordinates & AltitudeComplete Removal of GPSIFD (0x8825) Pointer & Payload100% PurgedPrevents home or workplace address leaks from smartphone photos
Device Serial & MakerNoteStrips Apple/Canon/Sony Proprietary Binary Blocks100% PurgedEliminates unique camera sensor and lens serial identifiers
Capture Timestamps & TimezoneRemoves DateTimeOriginal & SubSecTime Tags100% PurgedPrevents timeline reconstruction from shared attachments
Visual Pixel IntegrityHigh-Bitrate Lossless/95% Canvas Re-encodeZero Visual DegradationDownload clean JPEG/PNG immediately from browser RAM

Does removing location from a photo on LocatePic upload my image anywhere?

No. Both the before-audit and the pixel re-encoding happen strictly inside your browser memory. You can even disconnect from the internet after loading the page and scrub your files offline.

Wait—if I remove EXIF GPS, can someone still locate my photo visually?

Yes! That is why LocatePic is unique: after scrubbing your EXIF metadata, you can run our Optical Triangulation check on the same screen to verify whether street signs, house numbers, or skylines in the background still give away your location.

Does this also remove XMP and IPTC metadata?

Yes. Re-encoding from raw canvas pixels creates a fresh image container with zero APP1 (EXIF/XMP) or APP13 (IPTC) headers.