Edit Image Metadata Online - Free & No Installation

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. Everything runs in the browser. 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. Not anymore. Whether you need a quick metadata changer for a single file or a reliable file metadata 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

Editing EXIF data here takes seconds. Upload, change the fields you need, download. Done. If you've been wondering how to edit metadata on your photos without installing anything, this is the answer.

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

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's 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.

Need to add metadata to an image for the first time? XMP is often the right place to start, especially for licensing and rights fields not covered by EXIF or IPTC.

Sometimes you don't need to add anything. You need to change what's already there - or wipe it entirely. Knowing how to edit photo metadata and how to add metadata to photos 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 to replace coordinates with a city-level location

This tool lets you change metadata on photos field by field. You're not locked into bulk operations - you can target exactly the fields you want to update. It also works as a jpeg metadata editor for the most common photo format, with full EXIF, IPTC, and XMP read/write support.

Need to edit file metadata across multiple fields at once? Select the fields you want, make your changes, and download. The whole process takes under a minute.

Every photo you take with a smartphone contains GPS coordinates by default. That means 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

Your files are processed securely and never stored on our servers. They're deleted immediately after you download. No logs, no copies, no exceptions.

The tool supports the most common image formats used in photography and web publishing. 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

If you're looking for a free metadata editor that handles all four formats without installing anything, this is it.

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 trusted by professionals worldwide, to read and write metadata with maximum accuracy and reliability.