EXIF Metadata Viewer
See exactly what metadata a photo contains — camera body, lens, shutter, ISO, GPS location, edit history. Check what you're sharing before you publish.
What is EXIF metadata and why does it matter?
EXIF (Exchangeable Image File) is the metadata standard every modern camera and phone embeds in your image files. Next to the pixels, each file stores a structured block of information: camera make and model, lens, exposure settings (ISO, aperture, shutter speed), capture date, editing software, colour profile, and — if location services were on — the exact GPS coordinates where the shot was taken.
Photographers rely on it for cataloguing, portfolio building, and troubleshooting settings. Privacy-conscious users should audit it before sharing — most social platforms strip EXIF on upload, but direct email attachments, cloud-storage links, and website downloads preserve it in full. A photo posted with EXIF intact can reveal your home address.
This tool runs instantly using the exifr library. Your file never uploads. If you also want to convert the image format after reviewing metadata, pass it through our Format Converter (also private, no upload). For images that need a resolution boost before publishing, the AI Image Upscaler preserves EXIF orientation on portrait photos when upscaling.
What people use the metadata viewer for
Check GPS before sharing a photo online
Phones embed GPS coordinates into every photo if location is on. Before posting a house photo to Airbnb, a listing to Facebook, or a kid's birthday to WhatsApp, drop it here and check. If GPS appears, the file reveals your location. Strip it with the Pro tier or use your OS's built-in share option (which usually removes location).
Verify camera settings of a photo
Photographers reviewing a shot they took — or analysing someone else's — see ISO, aperture, shutter, lens, focal length, and capture date. Useful for learning (what settings made this shot work?), portfolio cataloguing, and forensic analysis.
Detect if a photo has been edited
The EXIF Software tag typically records what last saved the file — Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, Snapseed, etc. Photojournalists and editors use this as a first-pass check for manipulated images before digging deeper. Missing EXIF on an image that should have it is also suspicious.
Read IPTC copyright and caption fields
Stock photography and press-agency images use IPTC fields for creator, copyright, keywords, and captions. Drop a supplied image and see if it contains attribution, licensing notes, or model-release data — essential for editorial pipelines and rights-cleared workflows.
Audit a photo you received before using it
Client sent a JPG and you need to know: is this their original? What did they shoot it on? Has it been edited? Does it have GPS? A quick EXIF read answers all of those in ten seconds. Much faster than opening in Photoshop.
Recover capture date from an old archive
Re-organising old photo libraries? The EXIF capture date sticks even when the filename is random, the folder is unsorted, or Windows has overwritten the file modification date. Drop old scans or camera rolls to reconstruct the original timeline.
What each metadata field tells you
Body / Lens / Software
Identifies the capture device and any editing software that touched the file. Missing on screenshots, AI-generated imagery, and stripped exports.
ISO / Aperture / Shutter
The triangle of settings that made the shot. Reveals shooting intent — a high ISO suggests low light, a wide aperture suggests a portrait, a long shutter suggests intentional motion.
GPS / DateTimeOriginal
Where and when the photo was taken. GPS reveals location down to the meter when present; DateTimeOriginal is the camera's timestamp (unchanged by later edits).
Four steps, no signup
Upload an image
Drop any JPG, PNG, WEBP, HEIC, or TIFF up to 10MB. Camera photos, scanned documents, screenshots, stock imagery, Photoshop exports — anything with embedded metadata. Reads metadata instantly.
See the camera settings
Make and model, lens, ISO, aperture, shutter speed, focal length, and capture date — all pulled from the file's EXIF block. If any field is missing, the source file didn't write it (not a tool bug).
Check for location data
If the camera had GPS enabled when the photo was taken, latitude and longitude are extracted and the coordinates shown. Click through to see the capture location on a map. Clear privacy signal for anyone sharing photos online.
Browse raw metadata
Click Show raw for the full EXIF / IPTC / XMP dump — every tag the file contains, including copyright notices, software signatures, colour profiles, and vendor-specific fields.
Read-only, private, complete
Every EXIF viewer online uploads your file to "check it." Ours reads it on your device — nothing leaves your browser.
Private
Reads EXIF locally. Your photo never uploads; no server ever sees the file.
Full spec coverage
EXIF, IPTC, XMP, plus raw tag dump. If the file contains it, we show it — including vendor-specific fields.
GPS + time + camera
The three things most people actually want to check. Clearly labelled and formatted, not hidden in a raw dump.
Instant read
Drop and read in under a second for most files. Even large RAW-style TIFFs parse locally faster than uploading to a server.
Frequently asked
Q.What is EXIF data?
Q.Is my image uploaded anywhere?
Q.Why don't I see any EXIF data for this image?
Q.Can I see the GPS location of a photo?
Q.Can I remove or edit EXIF data?
Q.What formats support EXIF?
Q.Can I use this to verify a photo is original and unedited?
Q.Can I use the extracted data commercially?
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