# HEIC to JPG, No Metadata

> Convert HEIC to JPG without metadata in one step. Removes GPS, dates, camera and all EXIF while converting. Free, private, nothing leaves your device.

URL: https://ihateheic.com/heic-to-jpg-without-metadata  
Updated: 2026-10-04

Get clean JPGs from your iPhone photos with no location, no timestamps and no camera details attached. One drop, one step, nothing extra to remember.

This tool runs entirely in the browser: photos are decoded and encoded on the visitor’s device and are never uploaded. It is free, needs no sign-up and works offline after the first visit.

## How to use it

1. Drop your HEIC photos onto the box above, or tap **Choose files**.
2. They convert straight away with metadata set to **Remove everything**. Adjust quality or switch to PNG or WebP if you need to.
3. Download the clean JPGs or the whole set as a ZIP, ready to post or send.

## Two jobs, one pass

The usual routine is clumsy: convert HEIC to JPG with one tool, then run the JPGs through an EXIF remover, then hope you didn't upload the wrong folder. This page folds both into one. Each photo is decoded, converted and written out as a fresh JPG with no metadata block at all.

Because a new JPG is being created anyway, nothing has to be "deleted" from it. The fields simply never get written.

## What's removed and what stays

| Data | In the JPG? |
| --- | --- |
| GPS location | No |
| Date and time taken | No |
| Phone model, lens, exposure | No |
| Other EXIF fields | No |
| Colour profile (Display P3) | Yes, so colours stay accurate |

The colour profile isn't about you, it's about the image. Dropping it would make iPhone photos look dull on some screens, so it stays. If you'd rather have a plain sRGB file, switch the Colour option.

## When a clean JPG is the right call

- **Listing items for sale.** Buyers see the photo, not your street.
- **Posting to forums, community sites or your own blog**, where files are often served as uploaded.
- **Sending photos to people you don't know well**, such as landlords, insurers or customer support.
- **Publishing on behalf of someone else**, where their device or schedule shouldn't be visible.

## A heads-up about dates

Removing timestamps means photo apps can't sort these JPGs by when they were taken. They'll fall back to the file date, which is today. That's fine for one-off sharing but annoying in an archive. For your own library, use [HEIC to JPG](https://ihateheic.com/heic-to-jpg), which keeps the date and drops only the location.

Prefer to stay in HEIC? [Remove HEIC metadata](https://ihateheic.com/remove-heic-metadata) cleans the original losslessly without converting. And to double-check any file, open it in the [HEIC metadata viewer](https://ihateheic.com/heic-metadata-viewer).

## Quietly local

You're removing metadata for privacy, so a tool that uploads first would defeat the point. Here, the WebAssembly decoder runs in your tab and writes the clean files straight to your downloads. Close the tab and the photos are gone from memory.

## FAQ

### How do I convert HEIC to JPG and remove EXIF data?

Drop the files on this page. Metadata is set to remove everything by default, so the JPGs come out with no GPS, date or camera fields.

### Does the JPG keep the colour profile if metadata is removed?

Yes. The colour profile isn't personal data, so it stays embedded and colours still match your phone. Switch Colour to sRGB if the destination is fussy.

### Why not just remove GPS?

Removing GPS is enough for most sharing, and it's the default on our other converters. Strip everything when you're posting publicly, sending to strangers, or want no trace of the device or time.

### Can I strip metadata from many photos at once?

Yes. Drop a whole batch or a folder and every photo is converted and cleaned the same way. Download them all as one ZIP.

### Do my photos get uploaded?

No. Converting and stripping both happen in your browser, so the original metadata never travels anywhere.

### What quality does it use?

The default is 88, which looks identical to the original at normal viewing sizes. You can raise it to 95 or more for archival copies.