Guide

How to remove the location from a photo on iPhone

A photo from your iPhone can record where you took it. Before you send it on, you can take that location off. Apple's Photos app can do it, and this page shows the steps. If that is not enough, CleanCopy can help.

The built-in way: the Options sheet

This takes the location off the copy you share. The photo in your library is not changed.

1. Open the Photos app and tap the photo.
2. Tap the Share button.
3. At the top of the share sheet, tap Options.
4. Turn Location off.
5. Tap Done, then choose where to send the photo.

Another built-in way: Adjust Location

This changes the photo in your library, so the location is removed from the photo in your library. Photos lets you restore it later.

1. Open the photo in Photos and tap the info button.
2. Tap Adjust next to the place.
3. Choose No Location.

For photos you take next: Camera location access

You can stop the Camera from recording a location at all.

1. Open Settings and go to Privacy & Security, then Location Services.
2. Tap Camera.
3. Choose Never.

This only affects new photos. Photos you already took keep their location until you remove it.

When the built-in way is not enough

The built-in steps take the location off, and they are a good place to start. You might still want more, for example:

• You want to see what a photo carries before you decide, and not only the place.
• You want a clean copy saved as its own file, and your original kept as it is.
• You want a short report of what was removed and what was checked.

Here is how CleanCopy works:

1. Open CleanCopy and pick a photo.
2. The screen shows where it was taken, when, and with which camera, and lists what else the file carries.
3. Tap to clean a copy. CleanCopy saves a new copy without those details, and the report lists the checks that ran.

Your original is never changed. Cleaning is free for 5 photos each calendar month. Cleaning without that limit, and up to 20 photos in one batch, is part of CleanCopy Pro.

A clean copy does not change the picture itself, so people, places and text that can be seen in it are still there. For more on what CleanCopy does and does not remove, read how it works. Some photos also carry a hidden note about how they were made or edited.

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Questions

Does turning Location off in the Options sheet change my original photo?

No. It only affects the copy you share. The photo in your library keeps its location.

Will new photos still have a location?

If Camera location access is set to Never, new photos are saved without a location. Photos you already took keep theirs.

Does CleanCopy change my original?

No. CleanCopy saves a new copy. Your original is never changed.

Is cleaning a photo free?

Cleaning is free for 5 photos each calendar month. Cleaning without that limit, and up to 20 photos in one batch, is part of CleanCopy Pro.