EXIF Viewer & Metadata Checker — See What Your Files Actually Contain
Drop in a photo and Metapeek shows the GPS coordinates, camera settings, and timestamps your phone embedded without asking. Works on PDFs, Word docs, audio, and video too — entirely in your browser, nothing uploaded.
Drop a file here, click to browse, or paste
How to check file metadata in three steps
No account. No upload. Results in seconds.
1Drop in your file
Drag a photo, PDF, Office document, MP3, or video onto the tool, or click to browse. You can also paste an image directly from your clipboard. The file is read locally — it is never sent to any server.
2Review every metadata field
Metapeek decodes and groups every embedded field it finds — EXIF camera settings, GPS coordinates, XMP, IPTC, ICC color profiles, and document author and revision history — in a readable table, with raw JSON available too.
3Remove metadata and download
If the file carries data you do not want to share, click "Remove all metadata" to strip it and download a clean copy — no GPS, no author info, no device fingerprint.
What does your file reveal about you?
The data is already there. Most people just never look.
GPS precise enough to name the building
iPhones and Android phones embed GPS coordinates in every photo by default. The precision is not "near your neighborhood" — it is accurate to a few metres. A single shared JPEG can identify your home address.
Word files remember who wrote every draft
The author field, company name, and revision history in a .docx file date back to the first time it was saved. Send a proposal "as is" and the recipient can see exactly who touched it and when.
Most platforms forward it untouched
Email attachments, Dropbox links, Slack files, and many messaging apps pass metadata through intact. Compressing an image changes the pixels — the EXIF usually survives.
What is a metadata viewer — and why does it need to run in your browser?
A metadata viewer reads the hidden fields embedded in a file and displays them in plain language. For a JPEG, that means the camera model, focal length, shutter speed, ISO, the exact timestamp, and — if location was enabled — GPS coordinates accurate enough to identify a specific building. For a Word document, it means the original author name, the company field from the author's Office install, and a revision count that shows how many times the file was edited before you received it.
The problem with most online metadata viewers is that they require you to upload the file to read it. That is a privacy contradiction: you are checking a file for sensitive personal data by handing it to a stranger's server. Metapeek does not work that way. The parsing runs inside your browser tab — the file is opened, read, and decoded locally, the same way a native desktop app would do it. Nothing is transmitted.
It also reads formats that most single-purpose tools skip. RAW files from Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Fuji cameras contain maker notes that go well beyond standard EXIF — lens serial numbers, in-camera processing choices, AF point data. MP4 and MOV files carry creation timestamps and, on some devices, embedded GPS. Office documents in the newer .docx/.xlsx/.pptx formats store author history in XML inside the ZIP container. Metapeek handles all of these in the same drop target, with results grouped by category and a raw JSON export for anyone who needs the full technical output.
Supported file formats
One tool for every file type — no switching between sites.
JPEG / HEIC / WebP
EXIF (GPS, camera model, lens, shutter speed), XMP, IPTC, ICC color profile
PNG
tEXt and iTXt chunks, XMP embedded data
RAW (CR2, NEF, ARW, DNG, RAF)
Full EXIF including maker notes from Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fuji
PDF
Document title, author, creator software, creation date, XMP
Word / Excel / PowerPoint (.docx .xlsx .pptx)
Author, company, last saved by, revision count, edit history
SVG
Embedded XML metadata fields
MP3
ID3v1 and ID3v2 tags — artist, album, encoder, year
MP4 / MOV
Container atoms — encoder, creation timestamp, GPS (if recorded)
Tools for specific tasks
Each page goes deeper on one job — with its own guide, common questions, and focused tool.
Frequently asked questions
EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format) is metadata your camera or phone writes into a photo at the moment it is taken. It records the camera model, lens, aperture, shutter speed, ISO, timestamp, and — if location services are on — precise GPS coordinates. EXIF is stored inside the image file itself, invisible when you look at the photo but readable by any metadata viewer.