Easy Ways to Remove EXIF GPS Location Data from Photos on iPhone/Mac

The easiest way to remove EXIF GPS/geotag location data on the phone without any 3rd party apps is to simply take a screenshot of the photo.

Yes, you lose quite a bit of resolution/detail, but it’s the fastest way to upload a photo to eBay, Craigslist or email without accidentally revealing the photo’s location to the world.

On the Mac, you can remove location data with Preview, as this article mentions:

Credit: Kirk McElhearn at intego.com

If you’re comfortable with the command line, you can also use Phil Harvey’s exiftool, like so:

# Remove GPS EXIF metadata from given image files:
exiftool "-gps*=" path/to/image1 path/to/image2 …

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