EXIF Data Viewer
View metadata and camera settings embedded in photos.
Inspecting the Hidden Metadata in Your Photos
Overview
Every photo your camera or phone takes carries EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format) metadata — an invisible record embedded in the file. It can include the exact date and time, camera make and model, lens, ISO, aperture, shutter speed, and often precise GPS coordinates of where the shot was taken. This viewer reads all of it locally so you can inspect what a photo reveals — useful for photographers studying their settings, and important for anyone who wants to know what they're sharing before they post.
How to Use (Step by Step)
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Drop a photo
JPEG and HEIC carry the richest EXIF. Screenshots and many social-media-downloaded images have had metadata stripped already.
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Read the metadata panel
Camera, lens, exposure settings, timestamp, and GPS (if present) are laid out in readable fields.
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Act on what you find
If GPS coordinates appear and you plan to share the photo publicly, strip the metadata first with an EXIF editor.
How It Works
The tool parses the image file's binary header, locating the EXIF segment (an APP1 marker in JPEG, or the equivalent block in HEIC/TIFF). It walks the IFD (Image File Directory) tag structure, decoding standard tags into readable labels — converting raw rational values into f-stops and shutter speeds, and GPS tags into decimal latitude/longitude. The file is read in your browser; nothing is uploaded, so even geotagged photos stay private.
When to Use This
Photographers reviewing the exact settings (ISO, aperture, shutter) behind a great shot to reproduce it. Checking whether a photo you're about to post online contains your home's GPS location. Verifying when a photo was actually taken (timestamp) for documentation or disputes. Confirming which camera or phone produced an image. Auditing a batch of images before publishing to make sure no location data leaks.
Frequently Asked Questions
It was likely stripped. Most social platforms (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter) remove EXIF on upload, and screenshots never contain camera metadata. PNG files rarely carry EXIF. Original camera/phone files retain it.