EXIF Magic: Metadata Remover
Edit EXIF, Change GPS Location
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
New: Scramble Location. Tag any photo at one of 548 of the weirdest places on Earth, or anywhere at all. Strips your real metadata first and keeps every pixel. Free.
Every photo carries a hidden file of its own: where you stood, what camera you used, its serial number, the exact second you pressed the shutter. EXIF Magic shows you all of it, lets you remove any of it, and can even make your photo claim it was taken somewhere wild.
NEW: SCRAMBLE LOCATION
Swap a photo's real GPS for one of 548 of the weirdest places on Earth: a bubblegum-pink lake, a glacier that bleeds, a crater that has burned since 1971, the giant heads of Easter Island. Roll again as often as you like; you won't see a repeat until you've seen them all. Want pure chaos? Anywhere mode drops your photo at truly random coordinates. Just protecting a spot? Nearby shifts it a few miles. Want the whole story scrambled? Turn on Scramble everything and it also writes a random real camera and a date to match, from a 1997 floppy-disk Mavica to this year's iPhone. Then share the reveal card, which never includes where you really were.
STRIP METADATA CLEANLY
One tap removes all metadata: EXIF, GPS, TIFF, IPTC, XMP and maker notes. Another removes only the location and keeps your camera settings. Or choose exactly which parts to clear, with an option to keep the orientation tag so the photo doesn't rotate in other apps.
EDITED A REAL PHOTO? REMOVE THE LEFTOVER TAGS
Desktop editors leave software tags behind, and some platforms read those tags as signs that an image was made with AI. EXIF Magic removes the software, editor and XMP tags, so your real photograph is judged on its pixels.
CHANGE THE GPS LOCATION
Keep your favourite spot to yourself. Search a town, landmark, address or ZIP, or tap the map. EXIF Magic strips everything identifying, then writes back only the location you chose.
ZERO QUALITY LOSS
EXIF Magic never decodes and re-encodes your picture. It copies the original compressed image data and rewrites only the metadata, so the export is pixel-for-pixel identical: same dimensions, same colour profile, no extra JPEG loss.
VERIFIED, NOT PROMISED
Every export is re-read and checked before you can save it. If anything sensitive survived, the export is refused and you're told why. When a copy keeps data on purpose, EXIF Magic says so plainly.
READ EVERY FIELD
128 named metadata fields, formatted the way photographers read them: ƒ/1.8, 1/250 s, +0.33 EV, ISO 3200, 24 mm. They're grouped into Image, Camera, Capture, Location, Annotations, File and Advanced, with a searchable list of every field and a plain-language summary of what the photo gives away.
EDIT EXIF SAFELY
Change the author, title, description, copyright, keywords, camera make and model, capture dates or GPS coordinates. Clear any field to delete the tag entirely. Every change goes onto a new copy. Your original is never modified unless you choose to replace it.
COPY IT OUT
Copy the whole metadata set as readable text or structured JSON, or long-press one row to copy just that value.
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
Your photos never leave your device. Metadata is read and written on the phone with Apple's own ImageIO framework. No accounts, no analytics, no ads. Place search and place names come from Apple Maps. EXIF Magic doesn't need access to your photo library to read a photo, and it asks for more only if you choose to replace an original.
Free. No subscriptions, no in-app purchases, no watermark.
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Scramble Location: make your photo "say" it was taken somewhere wild.
• Wild Places: 548 of the planet's strangest spots, from a pink lake and a bleeding glacier to the Door to Hell and the giant heads of Easter Island. No repeats until you've seen them all.
• Anywhere: truly random coordinates, anywhere on Earth. Infinite rolls.
• Nearby: shift the real location by a few miles so your secret spot stays secret.
• Scramble everything: flip one switch and it also fakes the camera and the date. Your beach photo, shot in 1998 on a Game Boy Camera, at Easter Island.
• Share the reveal: one tap makes a card for your story. It never shows where you really were.
Every scramble strips your real GPS, camera, dates and serial numbers first, then writes only the new location. Pixels are untouched, as always.
Also new: rate or share EXIF Magic from Settings. It's free, and every rating helps.
The developer, Steven smith, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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Information
- Seller
- Steven smith
- Size
- 3 MB
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Steven Smith