# Free EXIF Data > 100% free, private, client-side, zero-upload EXIF metadata viewer, remover, and GPS locator. Zero uploads to any server. Free EXIF Data (https://freexifdata.com) is a secure, browser-native web application designed to view, inspect, and remove EXIF, IPTC, and XMP metadata from digital images. All processing is executed locally on the user's device using client-side JavaScript, HTML5 Canvas, and modern browser APIs. No photos are ever uploaded to any cloud server or third party. ## Core Online Tools - [EXIF Data Viewer](https://freexifdata.com/exif-viewer/): Inspect comprehensive image metadata including camera model, lens specifications, shutter speed, aperture, ISO, timestamp, and embedded GPS coordinates directly in your browser. - [Remove EXIF Data](https://freexifdata.com/remove-exif-data/): Strip private EXIF tags, GPS location data, camera serial numbers, and device history. Also the canonical "EXIF remover" — supports direct clean-copy export for JPEG, PNG, WebP, and AVIF, and metadata inspection plus sanitized pixel export for HEIC/HEIF, TIFF, and Camera RAW formats. - [GPS Photo Checker](https://freexifdata.com/gps-photo-checker/): Check if photos have hidden GPS geotags, map latitude and longitude coordinates, and strip location metadata before sharing. ## EXIF Tag Reference - [Complete EXIF Tag Reference](https://freexifdata.com/exif-reference/): Every EXIF, IPTC and XMP tag explained, with its tag ID, real-world values, and a privacy risk rating from None to Critical. - [GPS Coordinates](https://freexifdata.com/exif-gps-coordinates/): The GPS IFD, latitude/longitude encoding, and why it is the most dangerous tag in any photo. - [Date and Time Taken](https://freexifdata.com/exif-date-time-original/): DateTimeOriginal, DateTimeDigitized and DateTime, and why exact timestamps are a high-risk leak. - [Camera Serial Number](https://freexifdata.com/exif-serial-number/): BodySerialNumber and why a serial identifies one specific physical device. - [Lens Model and Lens Serial Number](https://freexifdata.com/exif-lens-model/): LensMake, LensModel, LensSpecification and LensSerialNumber. - [Owner Name and Copyright](https://freexifdata.com/exif-owner-name/): Artist, CameraOwnerName, IPTC By-line and the fields that attribute a photo to a real person. - [Camera Make and Model](https://freexifdata.com/exif-camera-make/): The Make and Model tags, and how they fingerprint a device. - [Software](https://freexifdata.com/exif-software/): The Software tag and xmp:CreatorTool, and what they reveal about your editing workflow. - [Orientation](https://freexifdata.com/exif-orientation/): The eight Orientation values and why deleting it can rotate your photos. - [Image Dimensions](https://freexifdata.com/exif-image-dimensions/): ImageWidth, ImageLength, PixelXDimension and PixelYDimension. - [Aperture](https://freexifdata.com/exif-aperture/), [ISO](https://freexifdata.com/exif-iso/), [Focal Length](https://freexifdata.com/exif-focal-length/), [Shutter Speed](https://freexifdata.com/exif-shutter-speed/), [White Balance](https://freexifdata.com/exif-white-balance/): the capture-setting tags. - [GPS Date Stamp](https://freexifdata.com/exif-gps-date-stamp/): GPSDateStamp and the timezone offset it can reveal. - [Copyright Notice](https://freexifdata.com/exif-copyright/): The Copyright tag, IPTC 2:116 and XMP dc:rights. ## Privacy & Security Guarantees - **100% In-Browser Execution**: All file parsing, reading, and stripping occur strictly on the user's computer or smartphone. - **Zero Cloud Uploads**: Image bytes never cross the network. Network activity can be verified via browser developer tools. - **No Account or Sign-Up**: Free for everyone without registration, limits, or watermarks. - **Supported Formats & Capabilities**: - Direct Clean-Copy Export: JPEG, JPG, PNG, WebP, AVIF. - Metadata Inspection & Sanitized Pixel Export: HEIC/HEIF, TIFF, and Camera RAW (CR2, CR3, NEF, ARW, DNG, RAF) via high-fidelity raster export (conversion is format-dependent and not universally lossless). ## Knowledge Base & Technical Guides - [What is EXIF Data?](https://freexifdata.com/what-is-exif-data/): Comprehensive technical overview of Exchangeable Image File Format (EXIF) tags, IPTC, and XMP metadata. - [How to Remove GPS from Photos](https://freexifdata.com/how-to-remove-gps-from-photos/): Complete walkthrough for stripping photo location metadata on iPhone (iOS), Android, Windows, macOS, and web browsers. - [EXIF vs XMP vs IPTC Metadata](https://freexifdata.com/exif-vs-xmp-vs-iptc/): In-depth comparison of image metadata standards, structures, capabilities, and privacy implications. - [JPEG Metadata Explained](https://freexifdata.com/jpeg-metadata-explained/): The byte-level anatomy of a JPEG file, from the SOI marker through the APP1 EXIF and XMP segments to the image data. - [View EXIF Data on Windows](https://freexifdata.com/view-exif-data-windows/) · [on macOS](https://freexifdata.com/view-exif-data-mac/) · [on iPhone](https://freexifdata.com/view-exif-data-iphone/) · [on Android](https://freexifdata.com/view-exif-data-android/): Platform-specific instructions for inspecting photo metadata natively. - [Does Instagram Strip EXIF Data?](https://freexifdata.com/does-instagram-strip-exif/) · [Does Facebook Remove EXIF Data?](https://freexifdata.com/does-facebook-remove-exif/): What each social platform strips on upload, and where the original file still leaks. - [HEIC EXIF Viewer](https://freexifdata.com/heic-exif-viewer/): Where EXIF lives inside HEIF containers and why browsers need a HEVC decoder. - [RAW EXIF Viewer](https://freexifdata.com/raw-exif-viewer/): Inspecting metadata in CR2, CR3, NEF, ARW, DNG and RAF camera raw files. - [freexifdata vs ExifTool](https://freexifdata.com/exif-tool-vs-exiftool/): A fair comparison of a zero-install browser tool and the command-line standard. - [Camera Serial Number Privacy](https://freexifdata.com/exif-serial-number-privacy/): What a device serial reveals, and how to check and remove it. - [EXIF GPS Photo Scam Prevention](https://freexifdata.com/exif-gps-photo-scam-prevention/): A checklist for removing location data before selling a car, a bike, a room or any used item. - [Editorial & Review Policy](https://freexifdata.com/editorial-policy/): How we research, test, review and correct every tag and guide on this site. ## International Locales Free EXIF Data is localized into 8 languages: - English: `https://freexifdata.com/` - Spanish (Español): `https://freexifdata.com/es/` - German (Deutsch): `https://freexifdata.com/de/` - French (Français): `https://freexifdata.com/fr/` - Japanese (日本語): `https://freexifdata.com/ja/` - Portuguese (Português): `https://freexifdata.com/pt/` - Italian (Italiano): `https://freexifdata.com/it/` - Korean (한국어): `https://freexifdata.com/ko/` ## Extended Context For complete documentation, tool specifications, and detailed FAQ data, see [llms-full.txt](https://freexifdata.com/llms-full.txt).