Image Metadata & EXIF Viewer
See everything hidden inside an image file — camera settings, timestamps, software history and GPS coordinates. Read locally, displayed as escaped text, exportable as JSON.
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Images are processed on your device and never uploaded.
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Runs on your device — nothing is uploaded.
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How to view image metadata
- Select an image — JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC and AVIF are all parsed.
- Everything found is listed, grouped by category.
- Copy the whole set to your clipboard, or download it as JSON.
What you will see
File — name, size, format, dimensions, aspect ratio, megapixels.
Camera — make, model, lens, and often the body's serial number.
Exposure — shutter speed, aperture, ISO, focal length, exposure compensation, metering mode, flash state.
Dates — original capture time, digitised time, last modified.
Location — latitude, longitude, altitude and GPS timestamp, with a link to view the coordinates on a map.
Technical — colour space, bit depth, DPI, compression, orientation, and the software that last wrote the file.
GPS data is flagged for a reason
Location is shown separately with a warning marker, because it is the field with real-world consequences and the one people least expect to be there. Coordinates in a photo are typically accurate to within a few metres — enough to identify a specific building.
If you find coordinates in a photo you are about to share, run it through the metadata remover first.
Why photographers use this
Beyond privacy, EXIF is a learning tool. Looking at the exposure triangle behind a shot you like — yours or someone else's — tells you far more than guessing. It is also how you verify that a lens is reporting correctly, check whether a photo has been edited and by what, and confirm a capture date.
Everything is escaped before display
Metadata fields are arbitrary strings written by whatever produced the file, and a maliciously crafted image can put HTML or script into a comment field. Every value here is HTML-escaped and rendered as text, never as markup — so a hostile file cannot do anything more interesting than display odd characters.
Frequently asked questions
Are my images uploaded to your server?
No. The image is decoded, processed and re-encoded by your own browser using the Canvas and Web Worker APIs. There is no upload endpoint for this tool — open your browser's network panel while you use it and you will see no request carrying image data.
Why does my image show no metadata?
Common reasons: it was downloaded from a platform that strips EXIF, it is a screenshot, it was exported by software that does not write metadata, or it has already been cleaned. PNG files in particular often carry nothing at all.
Can I see when a photo was edited?
Often. The Software field records what last wrote the file, and the modify date usually differs from the original capture date when a photo has been processed. Neither is proof — both can be edited.
Does it work with RAW files?
Partially. Some RAW containers can be parsed for their EXIF block, but the tool cannot render a preview of the image itself. For reliable results, export to JPEG first.
What happens to my file when I close the tab?
It is gone. The image only ever exists in your browser's memory as an object URL; closing or refreshing the page discards it. Nothing is written to our servers, and nothing is stored on your device unless you download the result.