Edit or Change Metadata of an Image Online

This tool covers every common reason you'd need to edit photo metadata — fixing a wrong date, adding copyright, cleaning up GPS data before posting online. Files are processed on our servers and deleted immediately. No software to install, no account to create.

Editing photo metadata used to mean installing ExifTool on the command line or paying for desktop software. Whether you need a quick change on a single file or a reliable editor for a professional workflow, this tool handles it online, for free.

EXIF is the metadata layer your camera or phone writes automatically: date taken, GPS coordinates, camera model, lens, ISO, aperture, shutter speed. It's useful — until it isn't.

Common reasons photographers edit EXIF data:

• Fix a wrong timestamp — camera clock was off, or you shot across time zones
• Remove GPS coordinates — location data is embedded by default on most smartphones
• Update camera or lens info — useful when migrating files from one system to another
• Correct exposure settings — for archival accuracy or stock submission requirements

Upload, change the fields you need, download. If you need to know how to edit metadata on photos without installing anything, that is the whole flow.

IPTC is the standard for editorial and commercial metadata: copyright notice, creator name, caption, description, and keywords. It has been the backbone of press photography workflows for decades. See the IPTC Photo Metadata standard.

If you're a stock photographer, adding a copyright notice and your creator name to every file protects your work. If you're a media professional, IPTC captions and keywords make images searchable and properly attributed across newsroom systems.

Fields you can edit:

• Copyright notice and rights statement
• Creator / photographer name and contact info
• Caption and description
• Keywords and subject categories

XMP (Extensible Metadata Platform) is Adobe's open standard, and it is the most flexible of the three. It can carry rights management info, licensing terms, digital source type, and custom properties that EXIF and IPTC don't support.

Content creators and agencies use XMP to embed licensing details directly into image files — so the rights information travels with the asset, no matter where it ends up. You can also use XMP to flag AI-generated content or specify usage restrictions.

Sometimes you don't need to add anything. You need to change what's already there — or wipe it entirely. Editing and adding metadata are two sides of the same workflow, and this tool handles both.

Changing existing metadata is just as common as adding it from scratch. Typical use cases:

• Wrong date or timestamp — a batch of photos imported with the wrong date, or a camera that reset after a battery swap
• Outdated copyright info — business name changed, photographer credits need updating
• Incorrect location data — GPS tagged the wrong place, or you want city-level coordinates instead

You can change fields one by one. JPEG is the most common format; TIFF is fully supported for the same EXIF, IPTC, and XMP read/write path.

Every photo you take with a smartphone contains GPS coordinates by default. Sharing an unedited photo online can expose your home address, your workplace, or wherever you happened to be when you pressed the shutter.

Stripping all metadata before sharing removes:

• GPS location data
• Device make and model
• Date and time of capture
• Any personal information in IPTC or XMP fields
• C2PA provenance markers when present (C2PA)

Your files are processed securely and never stored on our servers. They're deleted immediately after processing. No copies kept for later.

Full metadata editing (EXIF, IPTC, XMP) is available for JPEG and TIFF. Metadata reading and removal work across all formats listed below.

• JPEG / JPG — the most widely used photo format; full EXIF, IPTC, and XMP support
• TIFF — standard in professional photography and print workflows; full metadata support
• PNG — common web format; XMP metadata support
• WebP — modern web format used by browsers and CMSs; metadata support

Image metadata is information embedded within digital image files that describes various properties of the image. This data is not visible in the image itself but can be read by software applications, search engines, and other tools.

When you take a photo with a digital camera or smartphone, metadata is automatically added to the file. This includes technical details like camera model, exposure settings, focal length, and often GPS coordinates showing where the photo was taken.

For photographers and content creators, metadata is essential for organizing portfolios, protecting copyright, and ensuring proper attribution. For privacy-conscious users, removing metadata before sharing images online prevents the disclosure of sensitive information like location data.

Our free online metadata editor uses ExifTool, the industry-standard open-source tool, to read and write metadata. Uploads are processed on our servers and deleted immediately after.