Will a standard upload strip my exif data? I don’t want anyone to know my lens s...

thamer · on June 1, 2022

Some EXIF data is displayed, this page covers the topic: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Exif

Here's an example of a photo that was uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, with extensive EXIF metadata: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giza_pyramids_and_Kh...

To hide your lens size you you can always strip the metadata before you upload, e.g. with ImageMagick:

    convert original.jpg -strip output.jpg