EXIF viewer
Choose a JPEG photo to see what it says about itself: camera and lens, date taken, exposure, ISO, focal length, orientation and, if present, GPS coordinates. The file is read on your device.
Runs in your browser: nothing you enter is sent anywhere.
How to use it
- Choose or drop a JPEG photo.
- Read the table: camera, lens, date, exposure time, aperture, ISO, focal length, pixel size, orientation, software and GPS where present.
- If a location is found, you can copy the coordinates as text. Nothing is opened or sent.
How it works
A JPEG file is a series of segments. The tool looks for the one marked APP1 that starts with Exif, which holds a small TIFF-style table of tags in either byte order. It follows the pointers to the camera, exposure and GPS sections and reads only the first part of the file, where this data normally sits. Values are converted for display: an exposure of 0.004 s is shown as 1/250 s, and the aperture as f/2.8.
Tips
- The date taken is the moment of the shot, the date modified may be from editing software.
- Photos you receive through messengers usually have this data already removed.
- Check a photo before publishing it if you do not want to show where it was taken.
Frequently asked questions
What is EXIF?
EXIF is information that cameras and phones write into a photo file: the device, the time, the exposure settings and sometimes the location. It is stored in a header block of JPEG files and does not change how the picture looks.
Why is there no GPS location?
Location is only recorded when the camera had location access switched on. Many sites and chat apps remove it when you upload a photo, and screenshots never have it.
How are GPS coordinates calculated?
The file stores degrees, minutes and seconds. The tool computes decimal degrees as degrees + minutes ÷ 60 + seconds ÷ 3600, and makes south and west negative. For example 48° 51′ 29.6″ N is 48.858222.
Does it work with PNG, WebP or HEIC?
Only JPEG is read. PNG, WebP and HEIC store metadata differently and are not supported here.
How can I remove this data?
Use the remove EXIF tool. It cuts the metadata out of a JPEG without re-encoding the picture.