# How to Remove the Location from a Photo on Mac

Updated: November 12, 2026

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Open the photo in Preview, choose “Tools › Show Location Info”, and click “Remove Location Info”. To remove the location from many photos at once, select them in Finder, right-click, and choose “Remove Location Metadata” from [Supercharge](https://sindresorhus.com/supercharge).

## With Supercharge

1. Open the settings of [Supercharge](https://sindresorhus.com/supercharge), click “Tweaks”, and click “Configure…” next to “Context menu items”.
1. In the “Main Menu” tab, turn on “Remove Image Location Metadata”. To remove all metadata, like the camera, the date, and the location, also turn on “Remove All Image Metadata”.
1. Select the photos in Finder, right-click, and choose “Remove Location Metadata” or “Remove All Metadata”.

The items only show for JPEG, HEIC, PNG, and TIFF images that have the metadata. Supercharge puts a copy of each original image in the Trash, so you can get it back. “Remove All Metadata” keeps the orientation, so the photo does not turn.

The right-click items cannot show in synced folders, like iCloud Drive and Dropbox. Move the photos to another folder first.

## Without an app

1. Open the photo in Preview.
1. Choose “Tools › Show Location Info”. If the item is gray, the photo has no location.
1. Click “Remove Location Info”, and save the photo.

Preview removes the location from one photo at a time. In the Photos app, you can hide the location of photos: select them, and choose “Image › Location › Hide Location”. Supercharge is faster for many photos, and also removes the other metadata.