How to Remove GPS from iPhone Photos Before Sharing

Every photo you take on an iPhone has your exact GPS coordinates baked into the file. Not visible in the image, but readable by anyone you send it to.

What's actually in the file

Take a photo at home and the file contains your latitude, longitude, and altitude to within about 5 metres. It also has the date, time, your phone model, and the iOS version. None of it shows up when you look at the photo. All of it travels with the file when you share it.

When this is a real problem

Instagram and Twitter strip EXIF on upload, so those are fine. The problem is direct sharing: email, WhatsApp, AirDrop, iMessage set to "Original" quality, Dropbox links. The recipient gets the raw file, coordinates included.

Common situations where it matters: posting items for sale on Facebook Marketplace or Gumtree (the photo shows your home address), sharing rental listing photos with strangers, or sending photos to people you don't know well.

Option 1: Strip it with ClientSide

Drop your photos at clientside.sh/metadata. The tool reads the EXIF, shows you what's there (GPS coordinates, camera info), strips it, and hands you a clean file. Nothing is uploaded. You can do a whole batch at once.

The pixel data is untouched. The output looks identical to the original.

Option 2: Turn off location in Camera settings

Settings, Privacy & Security, Location Services, Camera, set to Never. New photos won't have GPS from that point. This does nothing for photos you've already taken.

Option 3: Strip it per-share in the Photos app

Open a photo, tap Share, tap Options at the top, toggle off Location. That share goes out without GPS. The original file on your phone stays unchanged. Useful for one-off sharing, but easy to forget.