Strip EXIF data before you share photos online

Phone photos often embed GPS coordinates, device models, and timestamps. That is useful for your library — less useful when you post a home exterior or a child’s school event publicly.

Remove metadata locally

Run images through the EXIF Remover in your browser before uploading to social networks or client folders.

Shrink after you sanitize

Once sensitive tags are gone, compress for the web with Image Compressor and resize display dimensions with Image Resize.

Convert when platforms demand it

Need JPEG for a form that rejects HEIC? Use Image Converter, then strip EXIF again if the export re-added tags.

Habit beats panic

Make “sanitize → compress → upload” your default pipeline. Privacy-first tools matter most when they become routine.