EXIF Viewer
Reads the EXIF data hidden inside a photo and explains it: the camera and lens, when and where it was taken, what the exposure settings say about the scene, what the file reveals if you share it, and whether it is labelled as AI-generated. The file is read inside your browser and never uploaded.
This tool does not upload your files. Close the tab and nothing is left behind.
Finding out where and when a photo was taken, and what it says about itself
Before listing something on Facebook Marketplace, it is worth knowing whether the photos carry the coordinates of your front door. The opposite case comes up just as often: an insurance adjuster or a landlord wants proof that a damage photo really was taken on the day and at the place you say it was, or a picture arrives that looks a little too perfect and you want to know whether a camera or a model produced it. Cameras and phones write all of this into the file under the name EXIF, and this tool lays it out and says what it means.
The summary gives the camera, the time it was taken, the lens, the pixel dimensions and a map link when coordinates are present, and the shooting conditions are read into plain words: a 35 mm-equivalent focal length becomes 'wide angle' or 'telephoto', and the exposure time, aperture and ISO together say whether the scene was bright sunlight, a dim room or night, and whether the shutter was slow enough to blur. Two cards follow. One lists what the file reveals if you share it, from the GPS position down to the serial number and the embedded thumbnail, with a button that hands a JPG, PNG, WebP or HEIC photo to the Remove EXIF tool. The other says how it was made: whether the file carries an AI label such as an IPTC digital source type, a Content Credentials manifest or Stable Diffusion settings, or a camera's exposure record, and whether it was last saved by an editing program.
Two limits are worth knowing. An empty location field does not mean the photo is clean: messengers and social networks usually strip only the GPS block, leaving the camera, the lens and the timestamp intact, and the UTC offset beside that timestamp still tells anyone which part of the world you were in. And the AI verdict is only as good as the file's own declaration: labels disappear with a screenshot or a trip through a messenger, the manifest's signature is not verified here, and the manufacturer's private maker note is left undecoded. It only reads, never edits, so to actually remove any of this use the Remove EXIF tool.
How to use
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Drop in a photo. JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC, TIFF and AVIF all work.
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Read the summary and the two cards: what the file reveals, and how it was made.
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Expand the tables below for every tag with a short explanation, or copy them all at once.
Frequently asked questions
- Does it really show the camera model?
- Yes. The make and model are stored verbatim, so you get something like 'Apple iPhone 15'. When lens data is present it even distinguishes the front from the rear camera, and the software field often holds the OS version.
- Why is there no location?
- Most messengers and social networks strip the GPS block on upload while leaving everything else. If the camera and time are there but the position is blank, that is what happened. The UTC offset next to the timestamp usually survives, which still narrows down the region.
- Can it tell whether a picture was made by AI?
- Only when the file says so. It looks for an IPTC digital source type, a Content Credentials (C2PA) manifest, Stable Diffusion or ComfyUI generation settings and a known generator in the software field. Those labels vanish with a screenshot or a trip through a messenger, so no label is not proof of a real photo, and the manifest's signature is not verified.
- What does the privacy card check?
- Seven things: GPS position, date and time, device model, serial number, an owner or author name, the embedded thumbnail and the software version. For JPG, PNG, WebP and HEIC, one button hands the photo straight to the Remove EXIF tool.
- Is my photo uploaded anywhere?
- No. The file is parsed in the browser. Uploading a photo to someone else's server just to find out whether it leaks your home address would defeat the purpose, so this tool never sends it. Only if you click a map link are the coordinates passed to that map service.