Photo metadata (EXIF)

Photos carry metadata: camera, lens, date, copyright — and often where the photo was taken. By default exports carry none of it. That's the safe choice for photos people share.

Keep it

<ImageEditor exportOptions={{ mimeType: 'image/jpeg', keepMetadata: true }} />

With keepMetadata: true, a JPEG exported from a JPEG keeps the source's EXIF — except the location, which is still removed. To keep the location too:

<ImageEditor exportOptions={{ keepMetadata: { location: true } }} />

What changes even when kept:

• Orientation is reset — the pixels are already turned the right way.
• Width and height are updated to the exported size.
• The embedded thumbnail and maker notes are dropped: the thumbnail would show the unedited photo, including anything the user redacted.

Limits

Metadata is kept for JPEG to JPEG only. WebP and PNG output, and HEIC or WebP sources, export without metadata.