July 9, 2026 · 5 min read

How to Remove EXIF & GPS Data From iPhone Photos Before Sharing

Every iPhone photo stores the exact GPS coordinates where you took it. Here's how to see what's hidden and strip location, device and EXIF data in your browser.

Your iPhone stamps the exact latitude and longitude into every photo you take — down to a few meters. Share that photo with the metadata intact and you may be handing over your home address, your workplace, or your kid's school without realizing it. Here's what's actually hidden in an iPhone photo and how to strip it before you post or send.

What your iPhone photos secretly store

• GPS coordinates: the precise location where the photo was taken, plus sometimes altitude and compass direction.
• Timestamp: the exact date and time, down to the second.
• Device info: your iPhone model, lens, and camera settings.
• Edit history: some apps write in what was changed, and AI-assisted edits can add Content Credentials tags.

Doesn't the app I share to remove it?

Sometimes — and unreliably. Big social platforms often strip location on upload, but that's not guaranteed, it varies by feature (Stories vs. posts vs. direct file sends), and it does nothing when you AirDrop, email, or message the original file, or upload to a forum or marketplace listing. The only way to be sure is to remove the data yourself before the photo leaves your hands.

How to strip it in your browser

• Step 1 — Open Skrubly's Metadata Cleaner on your iPhone or computer and drop the photo in.
• Step 2 — It shows you exactly what's embedded: GPS, timestamp, device, and any AI tags.
• Step 3 — Tap Clean. Location, EXIF and device data are removed while the image itself stays pixel-for-pixel identical.
• Step 4 — Save the clean copy and share that one instead.

Why do it in the browser instead of an app?

Most "metadata remover" apps and websites upload your photo to their server to process it — which means your private image, GPS and all, sits on someone else's machine. Skrubly runs entirely in your browser: the photo never leaves your device. You can even turn off Wi-Fi after the page loads and it still works. That's the whole point of stripping location data — it shouldn't require handing your photo to a stranger first.