Photo Metadata Viewer & EXIF Inspector
Inspect hidden photo metadata and safeguard your digital privacy directly in your browser — no file uploads, 100% free. Extract deep EXIF, IPTC & XMP tags, reveal exact GPS location coordinates with one-click Google Maps viewing, inspect camera & lens specifications (ISO, aperture, shutter speed, serial numbers), detect AI-generated image signatures (Midjourney, DALL-E, Stable Diffusion), calculate an automated Privacy Risk Score, and scrub all metadata with instant clean photo download for JPEG, PNG, WebP, and HEIC files.
Select Photo for Metadata Inspection
Inspect hidden GPS coordinates, camera model, timestamps, and AI watermarks. 100% private in browser.
Choose a photo or drag & drop here
Supports JPEG, PNG, WEBP, HEIC (Max 60MB)
Note: All image processing, metadata extraction, and cleanup is done locally within your browser. Your photo data is never uploaded, saved, stored, or sent to any server.
This tool is intended for privacy, file cleanup, compatibility, and metadata management purposes only.
Do not use this tool to remove AI-related metadata, Content Credentials, SynthID markers, AI labels, watermarks, or other provenance information for the purpose of misleading others about the origin of content.
If you publish, distribute, or share AI-generated content, you are responsible for complying with applicable laws, platform policies, and disclosure requirements. Many platforms may require users to disclose when content is AI-generated.
By using this tool, you agree not to use it for fraud, impersonation, misinformation, deception, or any unlawful activity.
About Photo Metadata Viewer
Free Image Metadata Checker & Viewer including EXIF Cleaner, Detect GPS, Device & EXIF Information including AI Generated Image Detection.
Photo / Image Metadata Viewer is a privacy-first tool designed to help you regain control over your digital footprint. Every digital image contains hidden "EXIF" data—a fingerprint of when, where, and how you took the photo.
Our mission is to provide a zero-knowledge tool that reveals this data and scrubs it clean without ever uploading your personal files to a server.
Key Capabilities & Features
- EXIF, IPTC & XMP Extraction: Deep binary header scanning revealing dozens of hidden metadata tags
- GPS Coordinates & Maps: Detects latitude, longitude, altitude, and links directly to Google Maps with one-click copy
- Hardware & Lens Profiles: Inspect camera make, model, lens specs, focal length, aperture, shutter speed, and ISO
- AI-Generated Image Detection: Identifies signatures and models (Midjourney, DALL-E, Stable Diffusion, Firefly)
- Privacy Risk Scoring: Real-time assessment (High, Medium, Low, Safe) of personal data exposure risks
- One-Click Metadata Scrubbing: Clean and strip EXIF data via clean canvas reconstruction without damaging pixels
- Wide Format Support: Full inspection & cleaning for JPEG, PNG, WebP, and modern HEIC/HEIF files up to 60MB
- 100% Client-Side Privacy: Operates entirely in your browser memory — zero bytes uploaded, stored, or tracked
Why Privacy Matters
A single photo can leak more information than a social media profile.
GPS Leakage
Photos often store exact coordinates of your home or office, visible to anyone you share the file with.
Device Fingerprinting
Serial numbers and unique hardware IDs can be used to track your activities across different platforms.
AI Labeling
AI signatures can cause platforms to shadowban or auto-label your creative work as 'AI Generated'.
How It Works
Binary Parsing
We use the exifr library to scan the binary headers of your image for EXIF, IPTC, and XMP tags.
Canvas Reconstruction
To 'clean' the image, we draw it onto a clean HTML5 canvas and re-export it as a new blob.
Zero Uploads
Since the browser handles all operations, your photo never travels over the network.
Local-Only Processing
AI Detection & Privacy Risk Notes
Reading your detection results
- AI Provenance SignalsWe scan for C2PA Content Credentials and generator fields. A hit means cryptographic proof of AI generation origin — but not every AI tool writes them.
- No AI Markers FoundIf the image contains no AI training markers, prompts, or Content Credentials signatures, we report it as organic — this is not a guarantee the image is real.
- Messages Stripped in Transit⚠️ If this image was shared via WhatsApp, Telegram, Twitter, or Instagram before reaching you, the AI signature may have been stripped and detection would fail. Direct downloads are always detectable.
- Canvas ReconstructionNote: Professional scrubbing (Canvas method) removes 100% of headers for maximum safety. Metadata detection depends on what the camera or app embedded, so always verify cleaned images by re-uploading.
How to interpret your Privacy Risk Score
- Direct Camera PhotosDirect camera photos often contain full GPS, device, and timestamp metadata — expect a higher privacy risk score.
- ScreenshotsScreenshots contain no camera metadata — they are always clean.
- Messaging App PhotosWhatsApp already stripped GPS & device serial from this image. Only basic JFIF headers remain — this is why the risk score is SAFE.
- C2PA Credentials PresentC2PA credentials found. Could be AI-generated or a C2PA-enabled camera (Sony/Canon/Nikon). A claim_generator field is cryptographic proof of AI generation origin.
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