Photo location checker
Check a photo
On an iPhone, tap Photo Library, then pick your photo. If you see an Options button, check that Location is on, or the iPhone removes the location before this page sees it.
The copy leaves out the location, date, camera details and other notes. It keeps the same picture, its colours and the note saying which way up it goes.
On an iPhone, Save to Photos or share opens the Share menu, where you can tap Save Image. Download puts the copy in the Files app, under Downloads. After you save it, send the copy, not the original.
What it looks for
- Location: the map position your camera saved, if there is one.
- Date: when the photo was taken.
- Camera: the phone or camera model, and sometimes the lens or software.
- Other notes: things like a small hidden preview, or a second hidden picture stored with the first.
What it can't do
- It only sees the file your browser gives it. An iPhone may turn a HEIC photo into a JPEG when you pick it, and it may remove the location itself if Location is off in the picker's Options. So "no location found" here doesn't prove the photo in your library has none. To check that one, open it in Photos and swipe up.
- HEIC and other files: for HEIC, it may be unable to read the location, and it can't remove it. It only makes copies of JPEG photos. For a HEIC photo, use the iPhone's own steps.
- Your original doesn't change. The location stays in the original, and in any copies you've already sent or posted. This tool can't reach those.
- It doesn't look at the picture itself. A street sign, a school uniform or the view from a window can still give a place away. To cover those, use Black out a picture.
- It may miss something. It reads the usual places where these details are saved. A file made in an unusual way could hold more.
What happens to your photo
Opening this page loads it from our website, like any page. After that, the tool works on your device and doesn't contact anything. Your photo isn't uploaded, and nothing is kept: when you close the page, it's gone. To check this yourself, open this page, turn on Airplane Mode, then pick a photo that's already on your phone.
The one exception is the map link. If the photo has a location and you tap that link, Apple Maps opens and is told those coordinates. It only happens if you tap.