Remove location from Android photos
Android phones can save where each photo was taken. Choose a photo to see what it gives away, then save a clean copy. It works in Chrome and other browsers, and your photos are never uploaded.
Cleaned on your device. Your photos are never uploaded.
How it works
- Tap the box and pick photos from your gallery or files.
- Check what each photo gives away: location, date, phone model and more.
- Tap Download, or Share to send the clean copy straight to an app.
Questions
How do I stop my phone recording location?
Most Android camera apps have a setting called Location tags, Save location or similar. Turning it off stops new photos recording where they were taken. Photos you've already taken keep it, which is where Photo Scrub helps.
Does sharing from my phone remove the location?
Sometimes. It depends on the phone, the app and the setting, and it can change with updates. Cleaning the photo yourself means you know it's gone.
Are my photos uploaded?
No. Photo Scrub runs entirely in your browser, so your photos never leave your device. Nothing is sent to a server or stored. The only thing that ever loads from elsewhere is the map, and only if you tap Show on map.
What does it remove?
Everything except the picture: GPS location, place names, date and time, phone or camera model and serial number, your name, editing software, unique photo IDs, comments, and the small hidden preview some cameras store. Two harmless things are kept so the photo still looks right: its rotation and its colour profile.
Does it reduce the quality?
No, for JPEG, PNG and WebP. The picture itself is copied byte for byte and only the hidden data around it is removed, so the photo is exactly the same. HEIC photos are saved as high-quality JPEGs, because that's the only way to clean them in a browser.