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How to remove location data from your photos
Your phone's camera app can tag every photo with your exact GPS coordinates. Here is how to turn that off before you take the next one, and how to strip it from photos you have already taken.
What this guide explains
Your phone's camera app can tag every photo with your exact GPS coordinates. Here is how to turn that off before you take the next one, and how to strip it from photos you have already taken.
Technical scope
This guide describes browser-based file workflows, format tradeoffs, and ConvertUnlimited processing boundaries for supported tools.
iPhone: turn off location tagging going forward
Open Settings, go to Privacy & Security, then Location Services, then Camera, and set it to Never. New photos will no longer include GPS coordinates. For a single existing photo, open it in Photos, tap the info button, and use Adjust Location to remove or change it.
Android: turn off location tagging going forward
Open your camera app's settings and look for a Location tag or Save location option, then turn it off. The exact menu wording varies by phone manufacturer. For existing photos, most stock gallery apps do not offer a built-in metadata editor, so a browser-based tool is the more reliable option.
Windows: remove location data from existing photos
Right-click the photo file, choose Properties, open the Details tab, then click Remove Properties and Personal Information. Choose to remove GPS and other selected fields, or create a copy with all properties removed.
Mac: remove location data from existing photos
In the Photos app, select a photo, open the Image menu, and use Location to remove it if that option is available for your macOS version. Otherwise, a browser-based metadata tool works the same way regardless of operating system.
Removing location data from many photos at once
All four methods above work one photo at a time through the operating system's own tools. For removing GPS and other EXIF data from many photos in a single batch, before sharing an album or uploading a set of images, a browser-based tool that processes files locally avoids repeating the manual steps for each photo.
FAQ
Does turning off location tagging remove GPS data from photos I already took?
No. Turning off location tagging only affects photos taken after you change the setting. Existing photos keep whatever metadata was embedded when they were taken until you remove it directly.
Will removing location data change how my photo looks?
The visible image is unaffected. Removing embedded metadata typically requires re-encoding the file, which can very slightly change the file's internal data even though there is no visible quality loss for supported formats.
Is reducing GPS precision the same as removing it?
No. Reducing precision, an option on some phones, still stores an approximate location in the photo. Removing the location field entirely is the only way to eliminate it completely.
Action
Strip GPS and all other EXIF data from a batch of photos at once in the browser: Metadata Remover.