The standard sharing options should appear. Step 2: Tap the Share button in the bottom-left corner. Step 1: Open the Photos app, find a photo you want to share, and tap to open it. Starting with iOS 13, Apple has made it really easy to strip out the location information from photos before you share them, but you'll still need to be diligent as you have to use this option each time you share a photo. Jesse Hollington / Digital Trends Removing geolocation when sharing photos (iOS 13 and later) Even if you're only sending a photo to one or two friends, you can't always be certain they won't send it along to somebody else, or post it on social media, and once it's out there, your location data will continue to travel along with it. That way, you don’t have to worry about a stranger finding out your location from your iPhone shots. You can remove the location from photos, videos, or multiple images and movies you want to send via Mail, Messages, Facebook, Twitter, Messenger, or any other app. So, if you really want to protect your privacy, the only way to make sure your location data isn't being tracked is to make sure it's removed from your photos before they leave your iPhone in the first place.Īpple is strongly committed to preserving the privacy of its users, and among many other security and privacy features, iOS 13 added an option that lets you quickly remove photo location information from any shot before sharing it.
It's a safe bet that these services are still keeping track of this information for their own advertising and marketing purposes. It's also worth keeping in mind that even though some social media services like Facebook do remove location data before the photos you upload are posted, this just prevents other users from seeing where your photos were taken. Even with Facebook, which is famous for tracking you all over the internet, you may not be comfortable posting an image that carries so much precious data. When you’re posting photos to social media, especially on Twitter, you probably don’t want to post a photo that’s too close to home - or in your home - without a way to remove that information and protect your privacy. When you share a photo with geolocation coordinates tagged in a photo’s EXIF data, viewers can use their own Photos app - or any number of third-party apps - to figure out where the shot was taken. Most of the time, photo location metadata is welcome - but sometimes it’s not. It assists in sorting out photo shoots and helps keep track of family and friends over the years. This is an enormous convenience, as it allows you to catalog your many images according to exact location as well as occasion. When you snap a photo on your iPhone or iPad, the iOS Camera app automatically uses GPS to record the exact location where the shot was taken.
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