EXIF Viewer

How to see a photo's EXIF data

1. Choose your photo. Drop it on the box above or press Choose photo. JPEG, HEIC, PNG, WebP, AVIF and TIFF files are read.
2. Read the summary. Date taken, camera, lens, shutter speed, aperture, ISO and focal length come first, then the GPS position if there is one.
3. Open "All metadata" to see every field, grouped as camera and file, exposure, GPS, XMP and IPTC.
4. Remove it if you like. Press Download without metadata to save a copy with no EXIF, GPS, XMP or IPTC.

When was this picture taken?

Cameras and phones write the moment of capture into the EXIF field DateTimeOriginal. That is what "Date taken" shows. It comes from the camera's own clock, so it is only as right as that clock was. Newer cameras and phones also store the offset from UTC (for example UTC+02:00); older ones don't, so the time zone is unknown.

If a photo has no date taken, it was probably saved by an app that dropped the metadata, such as a screenshot tool, an editor's "export for web", or a messaging or social app. The file date your computer shows is when the file was saved or copied, not when the photo was taken; this page lists it separately as "file date on this device".

Where was this photo taken?

If the camera or phone had location turned on, the photo stores a GPS latitude and longitude, often with altitude. This page shows the numbers and a link to open them in OpenStreetMap. No map is loaded on the page itself, so the position is only sent to OpenStreetMap if you press that link. Many apps and sites remove GPS when you upload a photo, but not all do, and a photo sent as a file usually keeps it.

Shutter count: which cameras it works for

The shutter count is the number of pictures a camera has taken. Some makers write it into every photo, inside their own private block called the maker note. This tool reads it only where the number is stored plainly and its place is documented:

• Nikon: yes. Read from maker-note tag 0x00A7 (ShutterCount). On models with an electronic shutter it counts electronic and mechanical releases together. Some Nikon models also write a separate mechanical count, which is shown when present. Nikon compacts may not write it.
• Fujifilm: image count only. Fujifilm writes an image count (tag 0x1438), not a shutter count. It may go back to 0 after a firmware update.
• Canon: no. Most Canon cameras do not put the count in their photos. ExifTool reads it for only a few models, such as the EOS R6, R6 Mark II and some 1D bodies. This tool does not.
• Sony: no. The count is in an encrypted part of the maker note whose layout differs between models. This tool does not decode it.
• Pentax: no. The count is stored in an encoded form. This tool does not decode it.
• Olympus, OM System, Panasonic, phones: no. ExifTool's tag tables list no shutter-count tag for these.

The count must come from a photo straight off the camera's memory card. Editing apps, phone galleries and social sites usually remove the maker note, so the count is gone. A camera service can also reset the counter. How many actuations a shutter is rated for varies by model; check the maker's own specification for yours.

Removing metadata vs re-saving the photo

Many "remove EXIF" tools open the photo and save it again. For a JPEG that means compressing it a second time, which loses a little quality. This tool doesn't do that. It copies the file's own bytes and leaves out the metadata blocks, so the picture data stays exactly the same:

• Removed: EXIF (camera, settings, dates, the maker note with its serial numbers and counts), GPS, XMP, IPTC, comments, and in JPEG files any extra preview pictures stored after the main one.
• Kept: the picture data, the colour profile (so colours look the same), and, if you leave the box ticked, the rotation tag, so a photo taken sideways still shows the right way up.
• File types: JPEG, PNG and WebP. HEIC, AVIF and TIFF files can be read but not cleaned here.

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