Remove photo metadata for free
Removing the riskiest data from a photo — your location — shouldn't cost anything, and it doesn't have to. Here's exactly what you can do for free on an iPhone, and what's worth more.
What's free
iOS itself lets you drop GPS from a single photo: in the share sheet, tap Options at the top and turn off Location before sharing. It removes location only — not device, timestamp, or camera data — and you have to remember it every time.
NoTrace's free tier goes further at no cost: it shows you every hidden field with a risk score and a GPS map pin, so you can actually see what a photo reveals, and it removes GPS from single photos for free.
Where free stops
The free paths handle location, the single most sensitive field. What costs money is convenience and completeness: removing every metadata type at once, cleaning videos, batch-cleaning many files, and cleaning straight from the share sheet are part of NoTrace Pro.
For a one-off private photo, free is genuinely enough. If you share a lot, the paid tiers exist to make it one tap instead of a checklist.
Clean it in one tap with NoTrace. See exactly what your photos and videos reveal, then strip GPS, device IDs, timestamps, and AI provenance — on your device, nothing uploaded.
Download on the App StoreFAQ
Can I remove photo location without paying?
Yes — iOS can drop GPS from a single photo via the share sheet, and NoTrace removes GPS from single photos for free while showing you everything else that's hidden.
What do I get by paying?
Pro removes every metadata field at once, handles video and batch cleaning, and works from the share sheet — convenience and completeness rather than a different result on location.