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Does Instagram remove EXIF data from your photos?

From the copy other users see, yes — download an Instagram photo and the EXIF is gone. But that stripping happens on Instagram's servers, after you've uploaded the original with everything intact. The GPS point, capture time and device details reach the platform even though they never reach your followers. If you'd rather the platform not receive that data at all, the only reliable move is to remove it before you upload.

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Processed on your device — nothing is uploaded unless you tap the optional AI estimate.
Nothing leaves your device to clean a photo — the only exception is the optional AI location estimate, which sends a downscaled copy off-device, and only after you tap to confirm.

How it works

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Drop the photo above; it's parsed in your browser, so checking it doesn't send it anywhere.
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See exactly what the original would hand over on upload — location, timestamp, device and software fields.
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Strip everything, or keep the fields you're happy to share and remove the rest.
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Download the clean copy and post that one — Instagram never sees the metadata, and neither does anyone else.

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Frequently asked questions

The platform itself. Your original arrives with full metadata, and the upload is the platform's chance to read it. Stripping on display protects you from other users; stripping before upload is the only step that keeps the data out of the pipeline entirely.