How to View EXIF Data on Any Photo

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Quick answer

On iPhone, open the photo in Photos and swipe up. On Android, open it in your gallery and tap Details or swipe up. On Windows, right-click the file and open Properties > Details. On a Mac, open it in Preview and use the Inspector. To see every field on any device, use the WipePic EXIF viewer.

What EXIF data can show

EXIF data is hidden text inside an image file. It can show the date and time, the phone or camera model, the lens and exposure settings, and the GPS location. Other metadata types, such as XMP and IPTC, can add the editing software, the author and the copyright. Read what photo metadata is for the full list.

iPhone and iPad

  1. Open the Photos app and tap the photo.
  2. Swipe up, or tap the Info button.

Apple says that, depending on the photo, you see the device that captured it, the date and time, camera metadata such as the lens, the shutter speed and the file size, and where it was taken. Tap the location link to open Maps. Swipe down to close the panel.

Android

The steps depend on your gallery app.

  • Samsung Gallery: open the photo, tap More options (the three dots), then Details.
  • Google Photos: open the photo, tap More, then About. You can also swipe up.

These views show the date, the file details and the location when the photo has one. Google notes that Google Photos shows the date and the location that you edited in the app. A photo that you download can show the original values from the camera.

Windows

  1. Right-click the photo file and select Properties.
  2. Open the Details tab.
  3. Scroll to the Camera, Origin and GPS parts.

The tab shows only the properties that Windows lists for that file type. We found no Microsoft page that lists the supported photo formats, so check your own files. See our guide to removing EXIF data on Windows.

Mac

  1. Open the photo in Preview.
  2. Click the Info button in the toolbar, or choose Tools > Show Inspector.
  3. Click More Info.
  4. To see the location, choose Tools > Show Location Info.

Apple says that Preview shows the place on a world map and that Show in Maps opens a street map. If Show Location Info is gray, the image has no location information. See also removing EXIF data on a Mac.

On any device: the WipePic EXIF viewer

  1. Open the WipePic EXIF viewer in your browser.
  2. Add one photo or a whole folder.
  3. Read the summary. WipePic groups the metadata that it finds by kind, for example location, device, date, author and AI labels.
  4. Click a file row to see each field with its value. If the photo has GPS data, a small offline world map shows a dot.

WipePic reads JPEG, PNG, WebP, HEIC, AVIF, GIF, TIFF and DNG files. It runs in your browser. Your photos, file names and metadata are not uploaded. To check only for a location, use the location check.

What to look for

  • GPS: the latitude and longitude show where the photo was taken.
  • Date and time: when the camera took the photo.
  • Make, model and serial number: the device that took it.
  • Software: the apps that edited the file.
  • Author and copyright: names that you or an app typed in.

If you do not want to share this data

Open WipePic, add the photos and select Remove Metadata. WipePic does not re-encode the files, so the pixels do not change, and it keeps the orientation and the colour profile. It saves a cleaned file only if no removable metadata is left. Look at how to stop your camera from saving location to keep new photos clean.

Why a photo can have no EXIF data

An empty result does not always mean that the camera saved nothing. Some chat apps and social sites remove metadata when they compress a photo. When an app sends the photo as a file or a document, the metadata usually stays. Read which social media sites remove photo metadata for details.

A screenshot, a downloaded image and a photo that someone edited with another app can also lack EXIF data, or carry other data such as PNG text. WipePic shows these as well, so it is a good second check when a phone app shows nothing.

Sources

Checked on 2026-11-08.

Questions

Why does my phone show less than an EXIF viewer?

Photo apps show the fields that most people want, such as the date, the device and the place. They do not list every field. A viewer such as WipePic groups all the metadata that it finds and shows each field with its value.

Why is there no location on my photo?

The camera may have had location access turned off, a messaging app or a website may have removed the data, or someone may have cleaned the file. A screenshot also has no GPS data.

Can I trust the date in the metadata?

Not completely. Photo apps let people change the date and the location. Google Photos, for example, shows an edited date, while a download can show the original date from the camera. Anyone can also change metadata with other tools.

Is it safe to open a private photo in an online EXIF viewer?

It depends on the viewer. Many upload the file to a server. WipePic reads the file in your browser, and your photos, file names and metadata are not uploaded.

Remove the metadata from your photos

Free. In your browser. Your photos do not go to a server.

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