Does Converting an Image Remove Its Metadata?
Every photo your phone takes carries hidden metadata — sometimes including the exact GPS coordinates where it was shot. Converting an image can quietly strip that away.
What's hidden in your photos
Most photos contain EXIF metadata: the camera or phone model, the date and time, exposure settings, and often the precise GPS location where the photo was taken. Share the original file and you may be sharing your home address along with it.
How conversion affects metadata
When you convert an image through a canvas-based tool, the output is freshly drawn from the pixels alone — the original EXIF block is not carried over. In practice that means converting a photo here produces a clean file without the embedded GPS and device data, which is good for privacy.
Because the conversion also happens entirely in your browser, your photo is never uploaded to read its metadata in the first place. The location data is dropped locally, on your device.
When you want to keep metadata
Photographers sometimes rely on EXIF for cataloguing and copyright. If you need it preserved, keep an untouched original alongside your converted, metadata-free copy — convert for sharing, archive the original for your records.