How to use
- Choose a JPEG or PNG from your device.
- Wait until the preview line shows width and height. That means the pixels were drawn locally.
- Download the new JPG. Send that file, not the original.
- If the photo is sensitive, open the download in a metadata viewer and confirm the GPS tag is gone.
A photo file is pixels plus a side pocket of notes: camera model, time, and sometimes the place you were standing. Sharing the original shares the pocket. Drawing the image onto a canvas and saving a new JPEG keeps the picture and leaves the pocket behind, because the new file is built from pixels only.
Nothing in that step needs a server. The file stays in the tab. Close the tab and the browser can drop it. That is the same idea as the HEIC converter on this site: the useful promise is no upload, and the page should say where the promise stops.
The stop is real. A screenshot of a screenshot can still show a street sign. A PNG with a custom chunk, or a format this browser cannot decode, will not magically become clean. Re-encoding also compresses. A 0.92 JPEG is slightly smaller and slightly less sharp than the camera original.
Do not use this as the only step before publishing a document scan of an ID. Crop the ID out. Metadata removal does not hide what is in the picture.
Worked check. Photograph a window, run the file through this page, and open both files in a viewer that shows GPS. The download should not list a location. If it does, do not send it.
FAQ
Is the photo uploaded?
No. The conversion uses the browser canvas.
Does this remove faces?
No. Use the face blur page if the problem is the picture, not the tags.
Will the file look identical?
Close, not identical. JPEG re-encoding changes the file.
What about HEIC?
Convert HEIC to JPG first on the HEIC page, then run this if a tag remains.
Is this a forensic tool?
No. It is a practical strip for ordinary camera JPEGs.