How to Remove the Location from Your Photos
Photos can reveal your home address through GPS data. How to remove location from existing photos and stop your phone adding it, on every device.
Your phone's camera saves GPS coordinates inside every photo by default, accurate to a few metres. Anyone who gets the original file can see where it was taken. Here's how to deal with it on every device.
Check whether a photo has a location
Drop it into the EXIF viewer. If there's GPS data you'll see a red "Location found" warning, the coordinates and a map link.
Remove location from photos you already took
Any device: open Remove location from photos, add your photos and download the clean copies. "Location only" mode keeps camera details; "Everything" removes all metadata.
iPhone: in the Photos app, tap a photo, swipe up, tap Adjust next to the map and choose No Location. When sharing, tap Options at the top of the share sheet and turn off Location (this only affects that share).
Android: Google Photos: open the photo, tap ⋮ > Edit location > Remove location. Samsung Gallery: when sharing, look for "Remove location data".
Windows: right-click > Properties > Details > "Remove Properties and Personal Information".
Mac: in Photos, select the photo and choose Image > Location > Hide Location.
Stop new photos recording location
iPhone: Settings > Privacy & Security > Location Services > Camera > Never.
Android: open the Camera app's settings and switch off "Location tags" or "Save location".
Do social networks remove it for me?
Large platforms like Instagram and Facebook strip location from the public image, but the platform itself may still keep it. Email, cloud links, marketplaces, forums, dating sites and "send as file" in messaging apps usually keep the full metadata. Removing it yourself is the only sure way.