Remove location, or broader supported metadata, from a copy. The original stays in Photos.
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An iPhone photo can carry location (GPS) and other metadata such as camera details and time. Those details ride in the file. They are not the picture. FileSway keeps supported metadata by default. You can remove location, or broader supported metadata, when you choose to. Supported metadata is the metadata FileSway can remove. It is not a promise that every field is gone.
| Feature | What it can include | What FileSway does |
|---|---|---|
| Location | GPS coordinates, when the photo has them. | Kept unless you choose to remove location. |
| Camera details and time | Camera details and the time, when the file has them. | Part of supported metadata. Kept by default. Broader removal is a separate choice, and it still means supported metadata. |
| The picture | The pixels. | The cleaned copy is a new file. Your original stays unchanged. |
In Photos, open the photo and swipe up to show the info panel. You can also look for Info. The panel can show a location when the photo has one. Apple may move these menus.
Photos Info does not list every field a file can carry. To see what a cleaned copy shows, open that copy, not the original still in your library.
iOS can leave location off a share, or stop the Camera from storing location on new photos. Neither one rewrites photos already in your library into saved clean files. Apple may move these menus.
Open the photo in Photos.
Tap Share, then Options, if Options is listed.
Turn Location off for that share, if the switch is there.
Finish the share. This applies to that send. It does not by itself give you a file to upload somewhere else.
Open Settings.
Open Privacy & Security, then Location Services. Apple may move these menus.
Open Camera, and turn location off for new photos if that choice is there.
Photos already in the library keep the location they have.
One photo is free, and you do not need an account. The Settings screen shows FileSway Pro on the free plan, Restore Purchases, appearance (Light, Dark or System), Storage and recovery, and Privacy: Conversions stay on your device. Removing location is a choice on the copy. It does not edit the original in Photos.
Open FileSway and add the photo from Photos or Files.
Open Advanced settings and choose to remove location. Other supported metadata stays if that is all you change.
Review the copy. Your original stays unchanged.
Save to Photos, save to Files, or share. One photo is free.
Choose the broader removal when location is not the only field you care about. This removes supported metadata. It does not promise that every metadata field is gone, and it does not make the photo anonymous. If the copy you upload still has location, that location is in the file the site receives.
The cleaned copy is a new file. The original stays unchanged. Several photos in one job need FileSway Pro, a one-time $14.99 purchase in the U.S., not a subscription. Apple sets the price, and it can vary by country or region. Restore Purchases is on the same screen. There is no account or login.
You can do this in the same job as a format change or a size limit. Convert HEIC to JPG. Compress a photo. On-device privacy explains what is not uploaded.
Open the copy you saved and look at its info panel. If you removed location, you want that location gone from the copy. Apple may move this menu.
A short info panel is not proof that every metadata field was removed. FileSway’s control covers supported metadata. If you need a field Photos does not show, check the copy in a viewer you trust before you upload it.
Free & Pro
| Feature | Built-in iOS | FileSway Free | FileSway Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| Remove location on a copy you keep | Share Options can leave location off for that share | ||
| Broader supported metadata, when you choose | Not the location switch | ||
| Supported metadata kept by default | The photo keeps what it has | ||
| Original left unchanged | A share does not replace the library photo | ||
| Several photos in one job | No Photos control for a batch | ||
| Stop new photos from storing locationCamera location setting | Yes | iPhone setting | iPhone setting |
| Price | Included with iPhone | Free | $14.99 once |
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On-device privacyAdd the photo in FileSway, choose to remove location or broader supported metadata, and save the copy. One photo is free, and the original stays unchanged.
In Photos, open the photo and swipe up to show the info panel, or look for Info. The panel can show a location when the photo has one. Apple may move these menus.
Add the photo in FileSway and choose to remove location, then save the copy. The original stays unchanged, and one photo is free. For a single share, Photos may offer Options, then Location, which does not clean photos already in your library.
There is no single switch that strips every metadata field from photos you already have. For new photos, you can turn off Camera location in Settings under Privacy & Security, then Location Services, then Camera (Apple may move these menus). For a photo already saved, FileSway can remove location, or broader supported metadata, on a copy.
Not as a rule. A share can offer to leave out location, but other metadata can still go with the photo, and Apple may move the Options menu. FileSway keeps supported metadata unless you choose to remove location, or broader supported metadata.
EXIF is a common place for camera details, time, and sometimes location, stored inside the photo file. FileSway’s control is supported metadata. Removing it is not a promise that every field someone could look for is gone.
Several photos in one job need FileSway Pro, a one-time $14.99 purchase in the U.S., and there is no subscription. The free plan is one photo per job. Restore Purchases is on the same screen, and you do not need an account.
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