If you’re worried about uploading images directly from your device to the web, remove your worries by removing the metadata. It’s becoming much more common for photos to be taken and stored on a mobile device, especially smartphones. Removing photo metadata on mobile devices You can view the metadata though, by doing the following:ġ. Unfortunately, you’ll need to use a third-party app. If you’re on a Mac system, don’t worry, you’ll be able to remove photo metadata too. After completing all of the above steps, click ‘Apply’ and then ‘OK’. If you would rather remove these data as a whole, click the ‘Remove Properties and Personal Information’ link at the bottom to select and remove the wanted information.Ĩ. There are some pieces of data that are restricted from editing individually. Find the element you wish to remove, then click its corresponding information under the ‘values’ tab.ħ. Under the ‘details’ tab, you’ll see a scrolling list of elements related to the image file, such as name, size and date received.Ħ. In the popup window, select the ‘details’ tab from the topĥ. Select ‘Properties’ from the popup windowĤ. Start by locating the digital photo file on your computerģ. To avoid giving away your location or other information, it’s best to remove metadata from photos. Whatever the case, you probably weren’t aware that potentially sensitive information was attached to those photos, in the form of metadata.Įven if you were aware of this, chances are you didn’t know just how much someone can find out from metadata if they’re so inclined. Chances are at some point, you’ve uploaded pictures to the internet, be it to a social media platform or a private cloud server.
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