Image metadata checker
Drop a photo, see what it carries inside.
Questions
What does this tool do?
The Image metadata checker reads what a photo carries inside and shows it: the camera and lens, the date and time, the exposure, the software that touched it, the author and copyright, and — when the camera recorded it — where it was taken, with a link to the map. Nothing in the file is changed.
What are EXIF, XMP and IPTC?
EXIF is the record a camera or phone writes into a photo: the model, the settings, the moment, often the GPS position. XMP and IPTC are the fields editors and newsrooms add on top — author, copyright, caption, keywords. All three travel with the file when you share it.
Where does the location come from, and who can see it?
From the phone or camera, when location was on at the moment of the shot. Anyone who gets the original file can read it with a tool like this one; most social networks and messengers strip it on upload, email and cloud folders usually do not.
Does it remove metadata?
No. This tool only reads. Removing metadata is a different job for a different tool.
Which formats?
JPEG, PNG, WebP, HEIC and TIFF, up to 25 MB.
Why does a photo show no metadata?
It was stripped on the way. Social networks, messengers and many screenshot tools drop EXIF, GPS, XMP and IPTC when they save or send a picture, so a photo that has passed through them arrives empty.