EXIF Viewer — Check Photo Date, Camera Model & GPS Location

Upload an image to view its EXIF metadata: capture date, camera model, lens info, exposure settings, and GPS location. All parsing happens in your browser — no image is ever uploaded to a server.

Your image is never uploaded to a server. Reading and parsing EXIF data happens entirely inside your browser, so you can safely inspect sensitive images — including ones with GPS location — without sending them anywhere.

What is an EXIF Viewer?

EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format) is metadata that digital cameras and smartphones automatically embed in image files. It can include the capture date and time, camera model, lens type, exposure settings such as aperture and shutter speed, and even GPS coordinates showing exactly where the photo was taken — none of which is visible in the photo itself.

This tool lets you upload an image and instantly see all of that EXIF metadata. Photographers use it to review their own settings and learn from past shots, while many people use it simply to check whether a photo contains GPS location data before posting it to a marketplace listing or social media. All parsing runs as JavaScript inside your browser, so the image is never uploaded anywhere.

How to check EXIF data

Load an image file Drag and drop a file onto the dashed box, or click it to choose a file. JPEG, TIFF, HEIC, PNG, and WebP are supported.
Review capture info and settings Capture date, camera model, aperture, shutter speed, ISO, and more appear organized into cards.
Check GPS location if present If location data was recorded, it is flagged with a warning. Use "Open in Maps" to see exactly where it was taken.
Browse all tags if needed Click "Show all tags" to see every EXIF field that was detected, beyond the main summary.

Tips for getting more out of it

Major social networks like Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), and Facebook automatically strip EXIF data — especially GPS location — when you post an image. That is why photos downloaded directly from those platforms usually show no metadata here.
Screenshots are not taken with a camera, so they normally have no EXIF data at all. That is the most common reason you will see "no metadata found."
To remove GPS location data before sharing a photo, re-save it with this site's Image Resize, Image Compress, or Image Convert tool — re-encoding through the canvas strips all EXIF data along the way.
HEIC photos taken on an iPhone can be analyzed directly here without converting them first.
"Show all tags" lists every EXIF field that could be parsed, excluding proprietary maker notes. Depending on the camera or lens, you may see unfamiliar, highly technical tag names.

When checking EXIF data helps

Before listing an item for sale

Check whether a product photo taken at home contains GPS coordinates before posting it on a marketplace, to avoid revealing your home address.

Photography learning and review

Review the aperture, shutter speed, and ISO of a shot you are happy with to inform your settings for next time.

Confirming when a photo was taken

Useful when you have forgotten the date a photo was taken, or need to document a capture date for reference.

Organizing where photos were taken

Open the GPS location of travel or reporting photos on a map to recall or record exactly where each shot was taken.

EXIF terminology

EXIF: Short for Exchangeable Image File Format, a standard for embedding capture information inside image files, established by Japan's JEITA (Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association).
Aperture (F-number): A number describing how wide the lens diaphragm is open. A smaller number means a wider opening, giving a shallower depth of field with a blurrier background; a larger number keeps more of the scene in focus.
Shutter speed: How long the shutter stays open (exposure time). A fraction like "1/125" means 1/125 of a second — the smaller the fraction (larger denominator), the better motion is frozen.
ISO: The sensitivity of the image sensor to light. A higher ISO produces a brighter image in dark conditions but tends to introduce more visible noise (graininess).
White balance: A setting that adjusts colors so that white objects appear truly white regardless of the light source. "Auto" adjusts automatically based on the shooting environment; "Manual" is set by the photographer.
35mm equivalent focal length: A focal length converted to the equivalent value on a 35mm film camera, allowing angle-of-view comparisons across cameras with different sensor sizes.
Orientation: Rotation/flip information, based on how the camera was held (portrait or landscape), used to display the image the right way up.

Frequently Asked Questions

No. Reading and parsing EXIF data happens entirely inside your browser. Even images containing GPS location data can be safely checked without anything being sent elsewhere.

Major social networks such as Instagram and X (formerly Twitter) automatically strip EXIF data when an image is posted. Screenshots and images re-saved by some editing tools usually never had EXIF data to begin with, or have already lost it.

Re-save the image using this site's Image Resize, Image Compress, or Image Convert tool. Re-encoding the image through the browser's canvas removes all EXIF data, including GPS coordinates.

Yes. HEIC files can be uploaded and analyzed directly, just like JPEG.

The glossary section further down this page explains key terms such as aperture, shutter speed, ISO, and white balance.

Side Note — How EXIF became the camera industry's common language

The EXIF standard was established in 1995 by Japan's JEITA (Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association). At the time, the industry was transitioning from film to digital cameras, and each manufacturer was recording capture information in its own proprietary format — meaning that information could be lost the moment an image was opened in a different piece of software. EXIF was created to solve exactly this problem, embedding capture data inside JPEG files in one unified format that any application could read.

Today, EXIF support spans nearly every capture device, from smartphone camera apps to high-end DSLRs. That is why photo-management software can automatically sort images by capture date, and mapping apps can automatically pin photos to the location where they were taken — regardless of which manufacturer made the camera.

That same convenience has occasionally caused trouble. There have been repeated real-world reports of people accidentally revealing their home address after posting a photo of their child taken at home, simply because the GPS data embedded in the image gave away the location. Most major social networks now strip EXIF data automatically on upload, but if you send the original image file directly through email or a messaging app, the EXIF data — GPS coordinates included — usually stays intact, so some caution is warranted.

What looks like a wall of numbers is really a tiny logbook, quietly recording exactly when, where, with what camera, and under what settings a single photograph was taken.

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