A single geotagged photo can expose where you live, work or spend your weekends. When location services are on, phones write precise latitude and longitude into a GPS IFD inside the photo's EXIF block, and most sharing platforms do not remove it reliably. GhostMeta finds that GPS tag, plots it on a map so you can see exactly what the picture would reveal, and strips the coordinates along with the rest of the metadata — producing a copy with no location trace. The work happens entirely in your browser: the photo is never uploaded, so the coordinates you are trying to hide are never sent anywhere. This matters most for the pictures people share without thinking — a marketplace listing shot at home, a photo of a child in a garden, a rental ad. Drop the image, confirm the flagged location, and download a version that keeps the picture and drops the map pin.
In the GPS IFD, a sub-block of the EXIF metadata. It holds latitude, longitude and sometimes altitude and a timestamp — enough to pinpoint the exact spot.
Yes. If a GPS tag is present, GhostMeta reads the coordinates and plots them on a map, so you see precisely what the photo would reveal before you strip it.
No. Detection and removal happen in your browser. The coordinates you want to hide are never transmitted to any server.
By default GhostMeta strips the whole metadata layer, so the GPS tag goes along with camera, date and author fields — leaving a fully neutral copy.
Some strip EXIF on upload, many do not, and marketplaces, email attachments and cloud links often keep it. Removing GPS yourself before sharing is the only reliable guarantee.
Yes. Removing the GPS location from a photo is free with no account. Batch processing is a Premium feature.