Every photo your Android phone takes carries hidden data: your GPS location, the exact make and model, and the time it was shot. StripShot strips it all in your browser — no Play Store app, no upload — and leaves the pixels byte-for-byte identical.
Last updated June 2026
You do not need a Play Store app. Open this page in Chrome on your phone, choose a photo, and StripShot reads the metadata and removes it on one tap. Everything runs locally on your device, so the photo is never uploaded — unlike most metadata apps, which send your pictures to a server to process them.
Android saves photos as JPEG by default, which StripShot handles directly. It also removes XMP and C2PA data in the same pass. For the full picture, see remove all metadata from a photo.
| Hidden field | What it reveals |
|---|---|
| GPS latitude / longitude | The exact spot the photo was taken — often your home or workplace |
| Make & model | Your phone, e.g. Samsung Galaxy S25 or Google Pixel 9 |
| Lens, ISO, exposure | The technical capture settings |
| Timestamp | The date and time of capture, down to the second |
| Software / Android version | The OS and processing that wrote the file |
Google Photos can strip the location when you share a photo or link, and that is worth doing. But like the iPhone equivalent, it only removes the GPS coordinates — the phone make and model, the capture timestamp, and software tags stay embedded in the file.
If you want the shared photo to carry nothing but the image, location removal alone is not enough. StripShot clears the location and the device, timestamp, and software data together. For the location-only angle, see remove GPS & location data.
Open this page in Chrome
On your Android phone, open StripShot in your browser. There is no app to install.
Choose your photo
Tap to pick a photo from your gallery. It loads locally in the browser — nothing is uploaded.
See what's hidden
StripShot shows the GPS location, phone make and model, and timestamps stored in the file.
Strip and save
Tap strip and save the clean copy back to your gallery. The image quality is untouched.
Messaging apps are inconsistent. Sending a photo as a compressed image often strips most EXIF, but sending it as a file or document usually keeps everything intact, and behavior changes between apps and updates. The reliable approach is to strip the photo yourself first, so it is clean no matter how it gets sent.
No. Google Photos lets you remove location when you share, which is useful, but it only drops the GPS coordinates. The phone make and model, the capture timestamp, and software tags stay in the file. StripShot removes the location and everything else in one pass.
Yes. Samsung Galaxy, Google Pixel, OnePlus, Xiaomi, Motorola, and the rest all write standard EXIF into their JPEGs. StripShot reads and strips it the same way regardless of manufacturer.
No — and that is the point. Many metadata-remover apps upload your photos to their own servers to process them. StripShot runs entirely in Chrome on your phone, so your photos never leave the device.
No. StripShot works at the binary level and removes only the metadata blocks. The pixels are never recompressed, so the cleaned photo is byte-for-byte identical in quality to the original.
Going forward, that stops new photos from being geotagged. But photos you have already taken still carry their GPS, and the camera setting does not remove device or timestamp data. Strip existing photos before you share them.
Partly and inconsistently. Sending a photo as a compressed image often strips most EXIF, but sending it as a file or document usually keeps everything. Rather than guess per app, strip the photo yourself first so it is clean wherever it goes.
The iOS version of this guide, including HEIC.
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