# Remove GPS Location from Photos (Lossless)

**Use case:** 

Check which photos reveal where they were taken, the phone model, serial numbers or the author, and get clean copies with all hidden metadata removed. Pixels stay identical: nothing is recompressed. Works in bulk on JPEG, PNG and WebP.

## Input

```json
{
  "imageUrls": [
    "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/2022_Maury_Island.jpg",
    "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/2021_Seward_Park_Torii_Back.jpg"
  ],
  "mode": "report-and-clean",
  "keepOrientation": true,
  "keepColorProfile": true,
  "verifyPixels": true,
  "includeAllTags": false
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "sourceUrl": {
    "label": "Photo",
    "format": "image"
  },
  "privacyRisks": {
    "label": "What it reveals",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "hasGps": {
    "label": "GPS",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "gps": {
    "label": "Location",
    "format": "object"
  },
  "camera": {
    "label": "Camera",
    "format": "object"
  },
  "dateTaken": {
    "label": "Taken",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "cleanImageUrl": {
    "label": "Clean copy",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "metadataBytesRemoved": {
    "label": "Bytes removed",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "pixelsIdentical": {
    "label": "Pixels identical",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "error": {
    "label": "Error",
    "format": "text"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The EXIF & GPS Cleaner — Read and Remove Photo Metadata (Lossless) Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Remove GPS Location from Photos (Lossless)". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/h0SCjMAjiX8JiewZS) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Remove GPS Location from Photos (Lossless)" task

The EXIF & GPS Cleaner — Read and Remove Photo Metadata (Lossless) Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like image urls, what to do, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Remove GPS Location from Photos (Lossless)" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as photo, what it reveals, GPS, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Remove GPS Location from Photos (Lossless)" task via API](https://apify.com/adorable_partial/exif-gps-cleaner.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [EXIF & GPS Cleaner — Read and Remove Photo Metadata (Lossless)](https://apify.com/adorable_partial/exif-gps-cleaner.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/adorable_partial/exif-gps-cleaner.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/adorable_partial/exif-gps-cleaner.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).