A documented, recurring issue with metadata removal: a vertically-shot photo comes out sideways. It's not usually a bug in the specific tool — it's how some cameras store rotation. The sensor never physically rotates; instead, an EXIF "orientation" tag tells software which way to display it. Strip that tag without applying the rotation to the actual pixels first, and the photo reverts to its sideways original state.
Remove GPS location from a photo without breaking orientation
A single photo's EXIF data can include GPS coordinates accurate to a few meters, camera make/model/serial number, and timestamps — enough to reveal a home address or daily routine. This EXIF remover strips all of it.
The sideways-photo fix, explained
Before stripping metadata, this tool renders the photo through a canvas — which applies the correct visual orientation the way any modern browser does — and re-encodes from that. The rotation gets baked into the pixels themselves before the EXIF tag disappears, so there's nothing left to revert to.
See what's being removed first
The tool shows you which tags (GPS, camera info, timestamp) are actually present before you remove anything — no guessing.
