Remove Exif Data Iphone +picture
Saving the area in photos you booty with your smartphone, book or camera is a acceptable abstraction if you appetite to accumulate clue of area you've captured those moments. Some services, like Google Photos, will do that for you automatically, assuming a history of places you've been based on their coordinates. However, back it comes time to allotment your photos online, you may appetite to abolish the area data.
The area data, alongside added types of identifiable information, will additionally be aggregate alongside them, potentially advertisement you and your admired ones to all sorts of complications as a result. Fortunately, you can abolish the area abstracts from your photos. Here is how you can do that.
Coordinates, time and date of capture, the photo's resolution, the name of the camera app you've acclimated at the time, bit depth, acknowledgment time, ISO speed, lens aperture, metering mode, and the camera archetypal are all allotment of the metadata that is stored in the EXIF. It can be apprehend by any photo app, including the congenital programs in Windows and OS X, so it's adequately accessible for addition to acquisition area you eat your breakfast or accept a beer with accompany on a Friday evening.
Removing Location Abstracts on Windows
If you use Windows, you can appearance the EXIF abstracts by right-clicking on the photo, selecting Backdrop and aperture the Details tab. The area abstracts is stored beneath GPS, area you will see the longitude, breadth and distance of the abode you've taken that photo in.
The aforementioned tab additionally appearance the advantage to "Remove Backdrop and Personal Information" from the photo. Bang it and you will be faced with two options. The aboriginal is to actualize a archetype of that photo with the EXIF -- including the area abstracts -- removed. And the additional is to assuredly abolish assertive or all backdrop from the aboriginal photo.
The above is acutely the best advantage if you appetite to bottle the EXIF, forth with the location, while the closing is a abolitionist access that can band abroad every distinct allotment of anecdotic advice for good. For administration photos online I acclaim you booty the aboriginal advantage and annul the archetype afterwards.
But what if you appetite to abolish the area abstracts from a agglomeration of photos at the aforementioned time? Simple -- all that you accept to do is baddest the photos, appropriate bang on the selection, and accessible Properties. After that, it's business as usual.
But, What If I'm Application a Mac?
Things are aloof as accessible on OS X, admitting you will accept to use an app to abolish the area data. The GPS coordinates are apparent in the photo's properties, which can be accessed by right-clicking on it and selecting "Get Info". The allotment of the EXIF that we are absorbed in is apparent beneath "More info", accurately the breadth and breadth which are at the bottom. But, how can you band them away?
To abolish the area abstracts from photos on OS X you can use the Preview app. After you open the photo, bang on "Tools" in the card bar, baddest "Show inspector" (or columnist Command I at the aforementioned time), and arch to the GPS tab. There, Photos will appearance you things like the altitude, alluring acclimatization and GPS version but additionally the breadth and longitude. You alike get a map with a pin assuming the exact location, and an advantage to accessible it in Maps!
To abolish the area data, artlessly bang on "Remove Area Info" and afresh save your change -- either accessible the "File" card and afresh bang on "Save" or columnist Command S. To do that for assorted files you will accept to accessible added at the aforementioned time in Preview and abolish their area abstracts one by one.
However, there is an easier way of removing area abstracts in bulk. You can acceptation your photos application the Photos app and afresh consign them after including that information. To acceptation them, accessible Photos, baddest "File" in the card bar, bang on "Import..." and afresh baddest all the photos that you appetite to import. To consign them after the area data, baddest "Export" and afresh "Export X Photos..." instead or columnist Shift Command E. (X is acutely the cardinal of photos you accept called to export.)
At the abutting window you can baddest what abstracts is included in the exported photos. Make abiding the "Location Information" advantage is not called and bang on "Export". That's it, job done!
Revisit Your Camera Settings
If you allotment photos frequently and you don't appetite to acknowledge area they were taken you can configure your camera app or your absolute camera not to abundance the area in the photos it captures. That advantage is about amid in the settings menu. After that's done you will no best accept to go through this afresh in the case of new photos.
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