Best Free Image Metadata Viewer

How it works

1. Upload. Choose a photo to inspect (up to 40 MB).
2. Read or strip. View its dimensions, format and full EXIF, or choose strip to remove the metadata.
3. See or download. Read the metadata on the page, or download a metadata-free copy of the image.

About this tool

Image Metadata Viewer reads the hidden EXIF data embedded in a photo: the camera and lens, the date it was taken, exposure settings, and often the GPS coordinates of where it was shot. It shows you exactly what a photo is quietly carrying. If you'd rather not share that, switch to strip mode and the tool hands back a clean copy of the image with the metadata removed. Nothing is stored — the photo is read in memory and discarded.

What people use it for

• Check whether a photo contains GPS location data
• See what camera and settings took a shot
• Strip metadata before sharing a photo publicly
• Confirm the original date a photo was taken

Developer API

Automate this tool from your own code. Send a POST request to the endpoint below and get the same result the web tool produces. It is rate-limited per IP and needs no signup — API keys for higher limits are coming.

• cURL
• Python
• JavaScript

curl -X POST https://best.free/api/tools/image-metadata/ \
  -F 'file=@photo.jpg' \
  -F 'action=read' \
  -o metadata.json

import requests

files = {"file": open("photo.jpg", "rb")}
data = {"action": "read"}

r = requests.post("https://best.free/api/tools/image-metadata/", files=files, data=data)
with open("metadata.json", "wb") as out:
    out.write(r.content)

const fd = new FormData();
fd.append("file", fileInput.files[0]);
fd.append("action", "read");

const r = await fetch("https://best.free/api/tools/image-metadata/", { method: "POST", body: fd });
const blob = await r.blob();  // the metadata.json

Response: JSON of dimensions, format and EXIF (or a stripped image when action=strip).

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