Instructions on how to remove personal information from photos in Windows 10

Digital photos will contain EXIF ​​data with information about the camera name made, time, resolution and even GPS coordinates for the camera (or phone) that allows geotagging.

Photos taken with digital cameras or smartphones contain EXIF ​​metadata

This is very dangerous if you are interested in privacy and or share your images on online photo services. Fortunately, Microsoft allows you to remove this sensitive information in Windows 10 in just a few easy steps before proceeding to upload your photos online.

Step 1 : Open the folder containing the photos you want to remove EXIF ​​data. Right click on the image and click Properties . You can also do with multiple photos by selecting the images you want to remove EXIF ​​data, right-clicking them and clicking Properties.

You can delete EXIF ​​metadata from photos on Windows 10

Step 2 : In the Properties window, click on the Details tab to view the EXIF ​​metadata of the image. At the bottom of the window, click Remove Properties and Personal Information .

Step 3 : If you want to remove metadata directly from this file, select Remove the following properties from this file and select all the data values ​​you want to remove, then click OK to delete the data.

Step 4 : If you want to keep a copy of the file with internal metadata, click Create a copy with all possible properties removed , this will create a copy of the file with the metadata. remove, but you will still have the original file containing this metadata.

Removal can be performed for specific data on the image

Step 5 : Unfortunately, the Windows 10 EXIF metadata removal tool is not considered a perfect choice, and it may not be able to remove all personal information from your photos. . If you have problems removing metadata with Windows 10's built-in tool, you'll need to try a third-party tool.