Does iPhone remove metadata when sharing?
It's a common assumption that iOS scrubs your photos when you share them. The reality is more nuanced — and the gaps are where privacy leaks happen.
What iOS does and doesn't strip
Since iOS 13, the share sheet has an Options control where you can turn off "Location" for the photos you're sharing. That removes GPS — but only GPS, and only if you remember to toggle it each time.
Device model, timestamps, camera data, and Content Credentials are not removed by that toggle. And many share paths (some apps, originals, exports) keep everything.
Closing the gap
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Does the iOS share-sheet Location toggle remove everything?
No — it only removes GPS location. Device, timestamp, camera, and provenance metadata remain.