Remove GPS location from photos
Every iPhone and Android photo can carry latitude, longitude, altitude and a timestamp. Docfy shows the GPS block, strips it, and verifies the cleaned file — in your browser, in batch.
- 100% in-browser
- Batch up to 20 photos
- JPG, PNG, WebP
- No account
Remove GPS from your photos
GPS and EXIF · up to 20 files · 40 MB each
Paste with ⌘V / Ctrl+V · inspected and cleaned locally
What GPS metadata contains
A photo's EXIF block can store latitude and longitude (often accurate to a few metres), altitude, direction, the capture timestamp and the device that took it. Some cameras also write the owner's name, a copyright line or a body serial number. None of this is visible in the image, but it travels with the file through email, cloud links, marketplaces and forums.
Where it was taken
Latitude and longitude, altitude and direction. Enough to identify a street, a building or a home.
When it happened
Original capture time plus timezone. A sequence of photos can reconstruct a routine.
What took it
Device make and model, lens, body serial number and sometimes the owner's name.
How it was edited
Software fingerprints and XMP or PNG text blocks added by editors.
Why location is different from other metadata
An author name identifies the file's creator. A GPS fix identifies a place — often a home, a workplace, a school or a client site. A listing photo for a flat can reveal the exact building before the address is public. A photo posted in a support forum can tie an employee to a location and a device serial.
Platforms strip metadata inconsistently: some social networks clean uploads, while email, cloud drives and marketplaces usually keep everything. Cleaning the file before it leaves your device is the reliable step.
What actually changes
Docfy keeps the pixels and drops the metadata containers. The cleaned file opens the same way, looks the same, and no longer carries the fields below.
| Field | Original file | After cleaning |
|---|---|---|
| GPS location | 37.7749, −122.4194 | absent |
| Altitude / direction | 16 m · N | absent |
| Device / lens | iPhone 15 Pro · 6.8 mm | absent |
| Capture time | 2026-08-12 14:32:11 | absent |
| Owner and serial | Anthony · F2LX9… | absent |
Remove location in three steps
Inspect the EXIF block
Drop a photo and Docfy lists the GPS fields, device, timestamps and other metadata it finds. Nothing is changed yet.
Clean in the browser
The image is drawn to a canvas and re-encoded. Pixels stay; GPS, XMP and text chunks are not written to the new file.
Verify the output
The cleaned copy is parsed again before download. If GPS or any sensitive field survived, the file is marked as failed.
Questions people ask
Does this remove the GPS location from a photo?
Yes. Docfy reads the EXIF block, shows the GPS fields, and re-encodes the image without writing GPS, device, timestamp or author metadata into the new file. The cleaned copy is parsed again before download.
Can I remove location without losing image quality?
JPEG is re-encoded at quality 0.92; for print work, keep the original and clean a copy. PNG stays lossless. The pixels are preserved, but JPEG is lossy by design.
Does it work with iPhone HEIC photos?
Only where the browser can decode HEIC — Safari usually can; Chrome and Firefox cannot. Export as JPG first if you use Chrome. HEIC files are detected and reported instead of failing silently.
Is the photo uploaded?
No. Reading, cleaning and downloading happen in this tab. Open DevTools → Network and clean a photo: no request carries the image.
How many photos can I clean at once?
Up to 20 photos per batch, 40 MB each. The limit is browser memory, not a server quota. Cleaned files download one at a time.
Does it remove the location from the original file?
No. Docfy creates a new, cleaned copy and leaves the original untouched. Delete the original yourself if you no longer need it.
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GPS and EXIF are removed in the browser — the pixels stay, the location goes, and nothing is uploaded.