Image Metadata Viewer
View EXIF metadata in images online for free, including GPS location, camera model, and settings. Download as JSON, right in your browser, no uploads.
About This Tool
See exactly what hidden data your photo is carrying before you share it. Digital images often embed EXIF metadata: camera make and model, exposure settings, the exact date and time, and sometimes the precise GPS location where the photo was taken. This tool reads all of that out and gives you a downloadable JSON file listing every tag found. Nothing is altered, this is a read-only viewer.
How To Use
- Drop your image into the upload zone or click to select it.
- Click "View Metadata", no settings to configure.
- Each image's tags are read in your browser.
- Download the .json file listing every metadata tag found.
How It Works
Metadata such as EXIF, GPS, and TIFF tags live in dedicated segments inside a JPEG or TIFF file, separate from the visible pixel data. This tool parses those segments directly out of the raw file bytes using a dedicated EXIF-reading library; it does not decode the image into pixels at all, since none of that is needed to read the tags.
The reader looks at the camera segment (make, model, lens, exposure time, aperture, ISO), the GPS segment (converted into plain decimal latitude and longitude when present), and general TIFF tags (orientation, resolution, software used). Whatever is found is collected into a single object and written out as formatted JSON.
Many images, especially ones already shared through social media or messaging apps, have had their metadata stripped by the platform before you download them, so an empty or near-empty result is common and simply means there was nothing left to read. Everything happens on your device; the image is never sent anywhere.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why does my image show no metadata?
Many platforms (social media, messaging apps, some editors) strip EXIF data automatically before you can download the file. PNG and WebP images also often carry little or no camera metadata compared to JPEG.
Can I see the GPS location a photo was taken at?
If the camera or phone recorded GPS coordinates and they were not stripped, yes, this tool includes them as plain decimal latitude and longitude in the JSON output.
Does viewing metadata change my image?
No. This is a read-only tool. It only reads and reports the existing tags; your original image file is never modified.
How do I remove this metadata instead of just viewing it?
Use our Remove Image Metadata tool, which re-encodes the image to strip all of this data before you share it.
Is my image uploaded anywhere?
No. Metadata is read entirely in your browser. Your image never leaves your device.