🔒 Privacy · 2026
The photo privacy checklist
Every photo you share can carry hidden data — GPS, camera, timestamps. Here's how to share safely in 2026, with free tools that never upload your images.
Before you post, do this
Strip EXIF & GPS metadata. Photos from phones and cameras embed location, date, device and sometimes your name.
Remove it here — privately, in your browser.
Check what's in the frame. Reflective surfaces, mail, screens and license plates can reveal addresses, names and passwords. Crop or
pixelate sensitive areas.
Avoid uploading to random "free" editors. Most online tools send your photo to a server you don't control. Use
browser-based tools that process locally.
Blur faces of others (and kids). Especially in schools, homes or sensitive locations.
Pixelate tool.
Review platform settings. Some platforms re-attach metadata or location; check who can see your posts and turn off location tagging.
Compress before sharing. Smaller files often drop more metadata and upload faster.
Compress here.
Why this matters
A single vacation photo with intact EXIF can reveal exactly where and when you were somewhere — and by extension, when you weren't home. Stripping metadata takes seconds and costs nothing. There's no good reason not to.
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