Every photo your iPhone takes carries hidden data: your GPS location, the exact iPhone model, and the time it was shot. StripShot strips it all in your browser, right on your phone, with the pixels left byte-for-byte identical.
Last updated June 2026
You do not need an app from the App Store. Open this page in Safari or Chrome on your iPhone, drop a photo into the tool above, and StripShot reads the metadata and removes it on one tap. The whole thing runs locally on your device, so the photo is never uploaded.
EXIF is only part of it. StripShot also removes XMP and C2PA data in the same pass, so a single clean covers everything. For the broader walkthrough, 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 |
| Camera = iPhone model | Which iPhone you own (e.g. iPhone 16 Pro) |
| Lens, ISO, exposure | The technical capture settings |
| Timestamp | The date and time of capture, down to the second |
| Software / iOS version | The operating system and processing that wrote the file |
Only partly. When you tap Share and turn off Location under Options, iOS strips the GPS coordinates from that copy — which is genuinely useful. But it stops there: the iPhone model, lens and exposure data, the capture timestamp, and software tags all stay embedded in the file.
If your goal is for the photo to carry nothing but the picture, location removal alone is not enough. StripShot removes the location and the device, timestamp, and software data in a single pass. For a guide focused purely on geotags, see remove GPS & location data.
Newer iPhones shoot in HEIC by default. StripShot processes JPEG, PNG, and WebP, so export or share the photo as a JPEG first. In most cases the iOS share sheet already hands off a JPEG; if you want JPEG everywhere, set Settings → Camera → Formats → Most Compatible.
Either way the cleaned result keeps full image quality — StripShot never recompresses the pixels.
Export the photo as JPEG
In the Photos app, tap Share. If your iPhone is set to HEIC, choose a JPEG export or set Settings → Camera → Formats → Most Compatible first.
Open StripShot
Drop the photo into the tool above. It opens in your browser on your phone — nothing is uploaded.
See what's hidden
StripShot reads the file and shows the GPS location, iPhone model, and timestamps stored inside it.
Strip and save
Tap strip and save the clean copy to your Photos. The image is identical in quality, with the metadata gone.
A Live Photo bundles a still and a short motion clip, both carrying metadata. Export the still as a JPEG, then strip it before sharing.
Screenshots have no GPS, but they still store device and software tags and a timestamp. Running them through StripShot leaves a clean, anonymous file.
Editing in Photos or a third-party app can add its own software tags on top of the original EXIF. StripShot removes those too, so the export does not advertise how it was made.
No. When you share a photo and turn off Location under Options, iOS removes the GPS coordinates but leaves the rest of the EXIF in place — the iPhone model, lens, exposure settings, and the capture timestamp all stay in the file. StripShot removes the location and everything else in one pass.
Share or export the photo as JPEG first, then drop it in. Most iPhone share flows already hand off a JPEG, and you can set Settings → Camera → Formats → Most Compatible to shoot JPEG by default. StripShot processes JPEG, PNG, and WebP.
No. StripShot edits the file at the binary level and removes only the metadata blocks. The pixels are never decoded or recompressed, so the cleaned photo is byte-for-byte identical in quality to the original.
No. Everything runs locally in Safari or Chrome on your device. Your iPhone photos never leave your phone, so there is nothing to upload and nothing stored on a server.
Export a Live Photo as a still JPEG, then strip it. Screenshots carry less metadata than camera photos but can still hold device and software tags and a timestamp, so it is worth running them through too.
Yes. The capture timestamp lives in the EXIF block and is removed from the cleaned file. Keep your original if you want to preserve the date.
Strip camera, GPS, and timestamp EXIF from any photo.
Focused on geotags: strip the location a photo reveals.
Strip EXIF, XMP, IPTC, and C2PA in one pass from any image.
Inspect what is hidden in a file before you strip it.
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