What does your photo reveal?

This photo metadata viewer shows what is hidden inside an image file: where it was taken, when, with which device, and with what settings. It runs entirely in your browser — the photo is read on your device and never uploaded — so you can safely check private images before deciding whether to share them.

What the viewer shows

Image files often carry metadata in formats such as EXIF, along with related blocks some apps add. Depending on the photo, you may see:

• Location: latitude, longitude, and sometimes altitude and direction.
• Date and time: when the photo was taken, and sometimes when it was modified.
• Device: camera make and model, lens, and software or OS version.
• Capture settings: exposure time, aperture, ISO, focal length, flash.
• Image details: dimensions, orientation, color profile.

Not every photo has all of these. What you see depends on the device, its settings, and every app the file has passed through.

How to use it

1. Choose a photo from your device with the picker above (or drag it in on a computer).
2. Your browser reads the file locally and displays what it finds.
3. Nothing leaves your device. Once the page has loaded, you can disconnect from the internet and it still works.

How to read the results

• GPS present. Anyone who receives this exact file can see where it was taken. If that location is your home, school, or workplace, consider removing it before sharing — the EXIF remover does that in your browser too.
• Date and time present. This can establish your routine or confirm that you were somewhere at a specific moment.
• Device model present. Usually harmless, but it can link several photos to the same phone.
• Little or nothing found. The metadata was probably stripped along the way. Many messaging apps and social platforms remove it when you send or post. Screenshots typically contain no camera or GPS data.

A common surprise: photos you send as files (email attachments, cloud links, AirDrop) often keep their metadata, while photos sent through some chat apps lose it. Checking is the only way to know for sure.

How to check metadata on iPhone, natively

The Photos app shows most of this without any tool:

1. Open the photo in Photos.
2. Swipe up, or tap the info button.
3. You will see the date and time, the device and lens, capture settings, file size and resolution, and a map if location data is present.

From the same panel you can adjust the date or time, or set the location to No Location. When sharing, the share sheet's Options let you turn off Location for that copy. Our guide on how to check photo metadata covers iPhone, Mac, and Windows in detail, and turning off location on iPhone photos shows how to stop recording it in the first place.

When this matters most

• Before sending ID documents to a landlord or employer — see ID documents.
• Before posting photos of your home, car, or children online.
• Before passing images from a source to an editor — see journalists and sources.

Keep sensitive photos clean by default

sigil. removes EXIF and location data on import and export, so photos that go in and out of your vault do not carry GPS coordinates. With the private camera, sensitive photos never enter your Camera Roll or iCloud Photos at all. Inside the vault, everything is encrypted with a key derived from a sign only you know.