Corgi VaultHow to remove location from a photo on iPhone
Every photo your iPhone camera takes can carry the exact place it was taken. Here is how to see it, remove it, and stop it being saved in the first place.
1. Turn location off when you share
In Photos, select the photo and tap Share. At the top of the share sheet, tap Options and turn off Location. The copy you send has no location. The photo in your library keeps it.
2. Remove location from the photo itself
Open the photo, swipe up or tap the info button, then tap Adjust next to the location and choose No Location. The photo stays in your library without a place.
3. Stop the camera saving location
Open Settings, Privacy & Security, Location Services, Camera, and choose Never. New photos are saved without a location. Photos you already took keep theirs.
What these steps leave behind
Location is only one part of a photo's hidden data. The date and time, the phone model and lens and other details stay in the file. Some apps remove this data when you send a photo and others keep it. A file sent by email, AirDrop or a cloud link can keep everything.
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