EXIF viewer
Camera, lens, settings, timestamps and the coordinates a photo was taken at, read in your browser.
Drop an image here to see everything stored inside it.
Your files are processed on this device. Nothing is uploaded.
What is worth looking at
Location
The headline finding. If coordinates are present they’re shown first, with a map link, because that is the field with real consequences. A photo of a living room posted to a forum has told everyone reading where that living room is.
Serial numbers
Many cameras write the body serial number and some write the lens serial too. It is how a stolen camera is sometimes traced and it is also a way of linking a set of anonymous photographs to each other and eventually to you.
Timestamps
There are usually several: when the shutter fired, when the file was created and when it was last modified. A mismatch between them is the usual sign that an image has been edited, which is why the field gets attention in journalism and in disputes.
Software
Editors stamp themselves into the file. It tells you the image has been processed and sometimes which version of what, on which operating system.
What EXIF can’t tell you
It can’t prove an image is unedited. Every field in it is plain text that any tool can rewrite, so a missing edit history means nothing and a present one can be fabricated. Treat metadata as a strong hint about an unremarkable file and as no evidence at all about one someone had reason to tamper with.
Common questions
What is EXIF data?
A block of text your camera writes inside the image file alongside the picture. It records the make and model, the lens, the shutter speed, aperture and ISO, the date and time, often the serial number of the body and on a phone almost always the exact coordinates where the shot was taken. None of it is visible when you look at the photo.
Why does my photo show no metadata at all?
Something stripped it before it reached you. Most social platforms remove EXIF on upload, as do many chat apps, so a photo saved from Instagram or WhatsApp arrives clean. Screenshots never have camera data in the first place and an image that has been through an editor may keep only what that editor chose to write back.
Can EXIF really show where a photo was taken?
Yes, to within a few metres, if the phone had location services enabled for the camera. This page shows the coordinates and links them to a map so you can see exactly how precise they’re. It is worth checking on any photo of your home, your workplace, your car or your children before you post it somewhere that doesn’t strip metadata.
Is my photo uploaded to read its metadata?
No. The file is parsed in your browser. That matters more here than on the other tools, because the whole point of this page is inspecting data you may not want anyone else to have. You can verify it by turning off your network connection once the page has loaded, then dropping a photo in.
Which formats can you read metadata from?
JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC and AVIF. JPG and HEIC are where the interesting data usually lives, because those are what cameras and phones write. PNG carries much less, typically just the software that created it and screenshots often carry nothing at all.
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The other tools
All of them work the same way: the file is read in your browser and never uploaded.