Stackbench Photo Metadata Viewer & EXIF Checker
Pick a photo and the tool parses the TIFF/EXIF blocks itself, including the Exif and GPS sub-blocks, lists every field it can decode and warns you when precise coordinates are embedded. It can then rebuild the same file without its metadata blocks, copying pixel data byte for byte instead of re-encoding it.
Stripping deletes the metadata blocks themselves, so everything stored inside them goes too, including the embedded thumbnail, which lives inside EXIF. Pixel data is copied byte for byte and never re-encoded. Filenames, folder names and anything a platform attaches after upload sit outside the file, so they cannot be touched here.
No image loaded yet. Pick a photo to inspect its metadata.
How to use
- Click Choose a photo, or drop a JPEG, PNG or WebP file onto the drop zone — the container is detected from the file bytes, not the extension.
- Read the fields under Camera and capture settings, Location and Other metadata; the status line reports the field total and how many were recognised, and a badge warns when GPS data is present.
- Press Strip metadata and download to rebuild the file without its metadata blocks; the thumbnail row then shows the before and after size and how many blocks were removed.
- Use Copy all info to paste the whole table as text, or Clear to start again with another image.
Frequently asked questions
Are my photos uploaded anywhere?
No. The file is read with the browser FileReader API and parsed by JavaScript on your own device, so there is no upload request to intercept. That matters more for EXIF than for most tools, because the interesting fields — camera model, exact capture time and GPS coordinates — are precisely what you would not want to hand to a server.
What exactly does stripping remove, and what can it not touch?
It deletes whole metadata containers: APP1 through APP15 and comment segments before the image data in a JPEG, the eXIf chunk (plus optionally tEXt, zTXt and iTXt) in a PNG, and the EXIF and XMP chunks in a WebP. The embedded thumbnail disappears with them, because it lives inside EXIF. Pixel data is copied byte for byte and never re-encoded. Anything outside the file is beyond its reach: the filename, the folder name, the download timestamp your operating system records, and whatever a chat app or cloud drive attaches after upload.
Why does my screenshot show no camera data?
A screenshot is written by the operating system, not by a camera, so no EXIF block is ever created and the tool honestly reports that there is nothing to read. Screenshots usually carry only rendering hints such as colour profile and pixel density. If a file really does show a make, lens and exposure triangle, it is a camera original or an export that preserved the metadata.
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