Free EXIF Editor Online — Edit Photo Metadata, Date & Copyright [No Upload]
Edit Artist, Copyright, camera info and the date a photo was taken — directly in your browser. 100% private, no upload, your files never leave your device.
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Supports JPEG, PNG, HEIC (auto-converts to JPEG)
Editable EXIF Fields
Photographer name and rights
Camera manufacturer and model
Photo description text
When taken and notes
🔒 All processing happens locally in your browser. Your photos are never uploaded.
Why Edit Photo EXIF Metadata?
EXIF metadata is the hidden layer of information your camera or phone writes into every JPEG — the photographer's name, copyright notice, camera make and model, the software used, and the exact date and time the shot was taken. Most people only think about removing this data, but there are just as many reasons to edit it correctly instead of stripping it entirely.
Professional photographers embed an Artist and Copyright field so their ownership travels with the image wherever it is downloaded or reposted — a simple, free form of attribution that survives screenshots of file properties. Archivists and genealogists frequently need to change the "Date Taken" on scanned or transferred photos so they sort chronologically in Apple Photos, Google Photos, or Lightroom. And anyone migrating images between devices may find the camera clock was wrong, leaving every file timestamped incorrectly.
Common EXIF Editing Tasks
- •Add a copyright notice — embed "© 2024 Your Name" so your rights are recorded inside the file itself.
- •Fix the date a photo was taken — correct a wrong camera clock or set the original date on scanned prints using the YYYY:MM:DD HH:MM:SS format.
- •Edit the camera make and model — anonymise your equipment or correct mislabelled data before publishing.
- •Add a description or comment — caption images so the context is never lost, even years later.
Editing vs. Removing Metadata — Which Do You Need?
If your goal is privacy — hiding where and when a photo was taken before posting it publicly — you want to remove metadata entirely with our EXIF Remover. If your goal is accuracy or attribution — making the embedded data correct rather than absent — this EXIF editor is the right tool. Many photographers use both: edit the descriptive fields, then strip GPS location separately. Either way, MetaClean does all the work inside your browser tab using the piexifjs library, so your photos are never uploaded to a server.