Strip GPS from an iPhone photo before you send it
A listing, a CV, or a group chat does not need your home coordinates. Compression does not promise a wipe. Use the EXIF page when location must go. Files are deleted within 1 hour.
- GPS (example)
- 41.3851, 2.1734
- Camera
- iPhone 15 Pro
- Date
- 12 Mar 2026
What is in the file
HEIC and JPEG from a phone often carry GPS, camera model, and capture time. You see those fields on Remove EXIF before we run. Screenshots and images saved from a site usually have little to strip. Camera rolls do.
The map in Photos is the same data sitting inside the file. Anyone who gets the original can read it in an EXIF viewer. A marketplace listing of your spare room is the case that bites.
Sharing from the iPhone only strips that send
The copy that leaves is clean. The original in the library still has GPS. Next share, the toggle is easy to miss. Do not treat the share sheet as a wipe of the library.
- Open the photo in Photos and tap Share.
- Tap Options at the top of the sheet.
- Turn Location off, then send. That copy is clean. The original is not.
Stop tagging new shots
Settings, Privacy and Security, Location Services, Camera, Never. That stops new shots. Old photos stay tagged until you strip them.
In Photos you can Adjust location, then No Location. That edits the library copy. It is not a forensic wipe of every backup, AirDrop, or iCloud download you already sent.
Strip it on Tinolia
Drop the photo on Remove EXIF. Check the preview. Download the clean file. Delete now if it should not sit even for an hour. HEIC, JPEG, PNG, WebP, and AVIF are accepted. Up to 10 files, 20 MB each.
Converting HEIC to JPEG on HEIC to JPG often drops GPS as a side effect. Use Remove EXIF if you need to be sure. Compress image is for bytes, not metadata.
We strip metadata we can see: EXIF, IPTC, XMP, plus comments on JPEG. We are not a forensic shredder for every exotic TIFF field. On JPEG we keep the ICC color profile so colors do not shift. Orientation is written into the image so the next site does not flip the photo. Pixels stay. If decode fails on a broken HEIC, we say so instead of handing you a file that still has a map in it.
Chat, email, CV, listing
Some chat apps recompress a photo and drop metadata. Email attachments and send-as-file often keep them. If the listing or the CV must be clean, strip before you attach. Do not trust the app to do it.
A resume photo does not need the café where you took it. A product shot from home does not need the street. The date and camera model usually leave with the GPS on this page. iCloud Photos can put location back when you download the original later. Strip the file you are about to attach.
Questions
Does turning Location off in Share delete GPS from the original?
No. Only that send is clean. The photo in the library still has GPS.
Does WhatsApp strip GPS?
Sometimes, when it recompresses. Email, Drive, and send-as-file often keep it. Strip first if the listing must be clean.
Will compression remove GPS?
No promise. Convert to JPEG sometimes drops it as a side effect. Use Remove EXIF when location must go.
Can I strip GPS and keep the photo as HEIC?
HEIC is accepted. If decode fails, we say so. You see the fields before we run.
Do you encrypt the file?
No. We strip metadata we can see. Pixels stay. This is not a forensic wipe of every TIFF field.
Do you keep the file?
Original and result are deleted within 1 hour. You can delete them from the download screen.