EXIF Editor
Change a photo's date, location, camera, author and copyright — without re-compressing the image.
🔒 Processed locally — nothing is uploadedJPG / JPEG photos
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Every photo from a phone or camera carries a hidden block of EXIF data — when it was taken, where, on which device, and who owns it. Sometimes that information is simply wrong: a camera clock that was never set, a time zone that didn't change on holiday, a scan with no date at all. This EXIF editor lets you view and fix those fields directly in your browser, and saves the result without re-compressing a single pixel.
What you can edit
The editor focuses on the fields that photo apps, stock sites and file browsers actually read: title/description, author, copyright, keywords and comment; the date and time taken; the GPS latitude, longitude and altitude; the camera make, model, lens and software; and the orientation flag that tells viewers which way is up. Every other tag the camera wrote — exposure time, aperture, ISO, focal length, white balance — is listed under “All tags in this photo” and kept exactly as it was.
When editing beats deleting
- Your camera clock was wrong. A new camera left on its factory date, or one that never switched to daylight saving time, stamps every photo with the wrong time. Correct the date here and your timeline sorts properly again.
- Scanned or received photos with no date. Scans of old prints and images saved from messaging apps usually have no “date taken” at all. Adding one lets photo libraries place them in the right year.
- Claiming your work. Photographers, designers and anyone publishing images can embed an author and copyright notice that travels with the file wherever it's shared.
- Hiding the location but keeping the rest. If you only want to remove the GPS position — or replace it with the town rather than your front door — clear or edit just those fields while keeping the camera settings intact.
- A photo shows up sideways. Change the orientation flag and the photo displays the right way up in viewers that respect it, with no rotation re-encode.
Why the photo keeps its full quality
A JPEG file is a series of blocks: a few small metadata blocks at the start, followed by the compressed image itself. This tool rebuilds only the EXIF block and copies the image data across byte for byte, so there's no re-compression and no generation loss — the file size typically changes by a few hundred bytes at most. Everything happens in your browser: the photo is never uploaded anywhere.
Frequently asked questions
Will editing EXIF data reduce my photo's quality?
No. Only the metadata block is rewritten; the compressed image data is copied unchanged, so the photo is pixel-for-pixel identical to the original. The same applies to the “Remove all metadata” button on this page.
Is my photo uploaded to a server?
No. The file is read and rewritten entirely inside your browser. Nothing about the photo — not the image, not its metadata — is sent anywhere.
Why does it only accept JPG files?
EXIF was designed for JPEG, and it's where virtually all camera and phone metadata lives. PNG and WebP store metadata differently and rarely carry it at all. For iPhone HEIC photos, convert them with the HEIC to JPG tool first, then add the fields you need here.
I changed the date, but my photo app still shows the old one. Why?
Many apps, including Google Photos and Apple Photos, read metadata only once, when a photo is first imported. Remove the old copy from the library and import the edited file again. If the photo also has an XMP block, tick the option to remove it so it can't override your new date.
Can I add a location to a photo that doesn't have one?
Yes. Type or paste the latitude and longitude — for example copied from a maps app — and the editor creates the GPS block from scratch. Use the “Check on a map” link to confirm the point before you save.
What's the difference between this and the EXIF Remover?
The EXIF Remover is a one-click privacy clean-up for JPG, PNG and WebP that redraws the image. This editor lets you change individual fields, and its “Remove all metadata” button strips JPEGs losslessly instead, keeping the color profile so colors look exactly the same.