See a file's metadata
Read the tags travelling inside a file, including any location.
Your file
Drop a file here, or click to choose
It stays on this device. Nothing is sent anywhere.
Settings
What is usually in there
Photos and videos carry a surprising amount alongside the picture: the camera and lens, exposure settings, the date and time to the second, the software that last saved the file, and often the GPS coordinates of where it was taken. Phones record location by default unless you have turned it off.
Why it matters before you post
Most large platforms strip metadata on upload, but plenty of places do not: a file emailed as an attachment, put in a shared drive, or posted to a forum usually arrives intact. If a photo was taken at home, the coordinates of your home may be travelling with it. Check here first, and use remove metadata if you would rather it did not.
This reads the file on your own machine, which matters more than usual for a tool whose whole job is surfacing sensitive information.
Common questions
It shows no metadata at all.
Some files genuinely have none, either because the software that made it wrote none or because a platform already stripped it.
Why is one of the tags a hex number?
FFmpeg prints the raw tag ID when it has no name for it in its table. The value next to it is still the real one; lens model is a common example.
Does it show GPS coordinates?
If the file contains them, yes, as latitude and longitude.
Is anything sent anywhere?
No. The file is read in your browser, which is the point.