ExifShield: Photo Privacy

Dev Jang

About this app

Photos can reveal more than the picture itself. A JPEG may include precise GPS coordinates, capture time, phone or camera model, editing software, camera settings, and creator details.

ExifShield shows those hidden details before you share, then creates a privacy-clean copy entirely on your Android device.

WHAT YOU CAN DO

• Choose up to 12 JPEG photos with Android's system document picker
• Inspect GPS, capture time, device, software, camera, and creator fields
• Remove EXIF, XMP, IPTC, and JPEG comment containers
• Keep the original files unchanged
• Save verified clean copies to Pictures/ExifShield
• Share cleaned copies with Android's standard share sheet

BUILT FOR PRIVATE, OFFLINE USE

• No photo uploads
• No account
• No ads
• No analytics or tracking
• No developer backend
• No Internet permission
• No broad photo-library or storage permission

PIXELS STAY INTACT

ExifShield removes privacy-bearing JPEG metadata containers without decoding or recompressing the compressed image scan. When needed, it keeps only a minimal orientation value so a rotated photo still displays correctly. Each output is opened and checked again before the app marks it verified.

HONEST FORMAT SUPPORT

Version 1 supports JPEG files only, up to 60 MB each. It does not claim to clean PNG, HEIC, RAW, video, or another format. A photo that contains no recognized private metadata may already appear clean.

Clean copies are stored in Pictures/ExifShield. Uninstalling the app does not automatically delete copies already saved there.

What’s new

Initial release. Inspect and remove GPS, EXIF, XMP, IPTC, and comments from JPEG copies offline while originals stay untouched.