About the EXIF Viewer
Cameras and phones append a block of TIFF structured tags to every JPEG they write. This viewer walks that structure directly: it finds the APP1 segment, reads the byte order mark, follows the offsets through the main directory into the Exif and GPS sub-directories, and renders each tag it recognises with a readable label. Exposure time is shown as a fraction, aperture as an f number, focal length in millimetres, and orientation is spelled out rather than left as the digit 6.
Latitude and longitude are stored as three rationals, degrees, minutes and seconds, plus a separate hemisphere reference. The tool converts those into a single decimal pair you can paste into any map, which is often the quickest way to prove that a photo you are about to post gives away your street.
Formats other than JPEG are still worth inspecting. PNG files are walked chunk by chunk, so bit depth, colour type, interlacing, pixel density, embedded text chunks and any eXIf block are reported. GIF, BMP, WebP and SVG each get their header fields read. If a file shows no EXIF at all, that is information too: screenshots, exported graphics and anything a social network has processed usually arrive stripped. Copy the whole report with the Copy button, or tick Hide GPS rows before sharing a screenshot of it.
How to use
- Drop a photo on the left pane, or paste one from the clipboard.
- Read the grouped tables: file facts, image properties, EXIF and GPS.
- Tick Hide GPS rows if you plan to share the report.
- Use Copy to take the whole reading away as plain text.
Common questions
- Why does my photo show no EXIF data?
- Screenshots never have it, and most social networks strip the block when they re-encode an upload. Only the original file from the camera keeps it.
- Can this tool remove the metadata?
- Not directly. Converting the photo with any tool on this site drops the metadata, because the image is redrawn from pixels alone.
- Are the GPS coordinates accurate?
- They are as accurate as the phone was when the shot was taken, typically within a few metres outdoors and far worse indoors.
- Is my photo sent anywhere to be analysed?
- No. The file is read with the browser FileReader and parsed by JavaScript on this page.