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Remove location from a video

Drop a video to see what it gives away, then remove the GPS location, or the location, device, dates and every other tag. Nothing is re-encoded, so the picture and sound stay exactly the same, and the file never leaves your device.

  • Free, no sign-up
  • Your file stays on your device
  • No re-encoding, same quality

Drop a video file

MP4 and MOV, including iPhone and Android videos. Your file stays on your device.

How it removes metadata without re-encoding

An MP4 or MOV file keeps its tags in small boxes inside its index: QuickTime user data, Apple's metadata keys (the ones an iPhone writes, such as com.apple.quicktime.location.ISO6709), and XMP from editing apps. The remover renames each of those boxes to free, the name for padding that every player skips, blanks the location text, and clears the creation dates in the file's headers. Nothing else moves, so the picture, the sound and every byte of the video stay as they were, and the new file is the same size. Then it reads the new file back and shows you what's left.

Location only
GPS coordinatesPlus location accuracy; device and dates stay
Everything
All personal tagsLocation, make and model, software, recording date, title, author, comment, XMP, header dates
Kept
Picture, sound, sizeNo re-encoding, no quality loss
Not removed
Content CredentialsC2PA records of how a video was made or edited
Files
MP4, MOViPhone and Android videos included

Sources: Apple Support: Share photos and videos on iPhone; Apple Support: Manage location metadata in Photos; Pixel Camera Help: Change your Camera app settings; C2PA: Content Credentials. Checked November 10, 2026.

Content Credentials stay in

Some apps and AI tools attach Content Credentials (C2PA) to a video: a signed record of how it was made and edited. They don't hold your location, and they tell viewers whether a clip came from a camera, an editor or an AI model, so the remover leaves them exactly as they are.

Stop it at the source

On an iPhone, Settings > Privacy & Security > Location Services > Camera > Never stops new videos recording a location, and Share > Options > Location off sends a copy without it. On a Pixel, turn off Save location in the Camera app's settings; Google Photos can't remove a location the camera already added, which is where this tool helps. To see everything a file carries before and after, use the video metadata viewer.

Embed this tool

Teachers, bloggers and course creators can put this video metadata remover on their own page for free. Paste the code below into your page's HTML. It loads from markstudios.com, so it stays current when we update the numbers.

Questions, answered.

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How do I remove the location from a video?

Drop it in the remover above, keep “Location only” and click Remove: it takes out the GPS coordinates and leaves everything else, then gives you the new file. On an iPhone you can also send a copy without the location: tap Share, then Options, and turn off Location.

Does removing metadata lower the quality?

No. Nothing is re-encoded: the remover renames the boxes that hold the tags to “free”, a box every player skips, and clears the dates in the file’s headers. The picture, the sound and the file size stay exactly the same.

What does “everything” remove?

The location, the phone or camera make and model, the software version, the recording date, any text tags (title, author, comment), XMP metadata from editing apps, and the creation dates in the file’s headers.

Does it remove Content Credentials?

No. Content Credentials (C2PA) record how a video was made or edited, including by AI, and the remover leaves them in place on purpose.

Which files does it work on?

MP4 and MOV, the formats phones and most cameras record, including iPhone video. For WebM or MKV, export an MP4 first.

Is my video uploaded anywhere?

No. The file is read and the new copy is built in your browser; nothing leaves your device. Drop the new file into the video metadata viewer to check it.

Rather have it edited for you?

Send the footage, and the finished edit comes back as an MP4 ready to post, and you work directly with Mark.

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