# exif

- Page: https://shared.btbytes.com/p/exif
- Date: 2025-06-26

You can use the `exiftool` (available on MacOS and other Unixes) to remove GPS information etc from your photos.

```bash
$ brew install exiftool
$ exiftool IMG.HEIC
.... prints out a long list of exif information ...
$ exiftool -all= IMG.HEIC
... strips out exif info ..
$ exiftool IMG.HEIC # to confirm reduced exif infor
```

<figure>
  <img src="https://files.btbytes.com/images/2024/03/exiftool0.png" alt="Original Image with embedded EXIF data">
  <figcaption>Original Image with embedded EXIF data</figcaption>
</figure>

<figure>
  <img src="https://files.btbytes.com/images/2024/03/exiftool1.png" alt="Altered Image with reduced EXIF data">
  <figcaption>Altered Image with reduced EXIF data</figcaption>
</figure>