What hidden data do my photos carry?

Photos can contain hidden data including GPS coordinates when location metadata is present, date and time, camera make and model, lens information, and editing software. This data is commonly called EXIF metadata.

How do I remove hidden data from a photo?

Drop your photo into Clean My Photo to scan for hidden data. Review everything found including GPS, timestamps, device info and AI tags. Then click "Clean my photo" to create a new copy with all hidden data removed. Everything runs in your browser and your photo is never uploaded.

Can someone find my location from a photo I shared?

A photo can reveal a precise location when GPS metadata is present. Whether a sharing service preserves that metadata depends on the service, upload path, and whether the image is shared as a file.

Does Instagram remove hidden photo data?

Platform behavior varies by product, version, and sharing mode. An image post may be processed differently from an original file attachment, so check the exported file when privacy matters.

Does Clean My Photo upload my photos to a server?

The image inspection and re-encoding flow runs in your browser. This site does not require an account or an image upload. Browser extensions, network tools, or future third-party services could change what a particular browser session observes.

What are AI tags and content credentials in photos?

Some AI-generated or AI-edited images carry provenance metadata such as C2PA content credentials. The scanner can show metadata it recognizes; re-encoding may remove embedded metadata, but it is not a guarantee against every provenance system or pixel-level watermark.

What photo formats are supported?

The file picker accepts common image extensions, but preview, parsing, and re-encoding support depends on the browser and the specific file. The app reports an error when it cannot complete an operation.

EXIF checker

See what EXIF data your photo contains

EXIF metadata can include the camera model, lens, exposure settings, timestamps, software, and sometimes GPS coordinates. Clean My Photo parses supported fields in your browser and presents them in a readable scan.

No server-side image processing is needed for the scan. File format support depends on the browser and parser, and an empty result does not prove that a file contains no hidden information at all.

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