What Is iPhone Photo Location and How to Turn It on or off

Samuel Spenser Published on June 25, 2025GPS Location3-min reading

When taking photos on an iPhone, the built-in Camera app adds metadata to the photo files. It tells you where and when you take the photo. Moreover, Apple’s AI organizes your photos based on the information. Of course, someone else can view the metadata information when they can get your photos. This guide explains the iPhone photo location feature and tells you how to view or remove the location data.

In this article:

Part 1: How to Check Photo Location on iPhone
Part 2: How to Remove Photo Location on iPhone
Part 3: How to Turn on/off Photo Location on iPhone
Part 4: How to Spoof Photo Location on iPhone

Part 1: How to Check Photo Location on iPhone

If you have turned on Location Services on your iPhone, you can either find the location of all iPhone photos or where one specific photo was taken. We demonstrate the workflows respectively below.

How to Find the Location of All iPhone Photos

Step 1

Run the Photos app from your home screen.

Step 2

Go to the Albums tab and enter the Places album.

Step 3

Then, the Apple Maps will appear with thumbnails of photos placed on the locations where they were taken.

How to Find the Location of a Specific iPhone Photo

Step 1

Locate the photo that you want to find the location in your Photos app. Tap it.

Step 2

Swipe up on the photo to reveal additional information. Now, you should see a tile that displays the photo on a map.

Step 3

Tap the map to enter the Apple Maps screen and get the location of where it was taken.

Part 2: How to Remove Photo Location on iPhone

Can you remove the location from an iPhone photo after taking it? The answer is yes. If you wish to protect your privacy and prevent others from tracking where you took photos, you can remove location data from photo files.

Step 1

Open the Photos app, find the desired photo, and open it.

Step 2

Swipe up to bring up the info screen. Tap the Adjust button under the map section.

Tip: If you want to remove the location for multiple photos, select all of them, tap the More button, and choose Adjust Location.

Step 3

Tap No Location. The map will be replaced with the Add a location button.

Part 3: How to Turn on/off Photo Location on iPhone

If you want to automatically add location to photos on your iPhone, you can turn on Location Services for the Camera app. Of course, iPhone users can also turn off Location for iPhone photos.

Step 1

Open the Settings app.

Step 2

Go to Privacy & Security and choose Location Services. Toggle on Location Services and go to the previous screen.

Step 3

Choose the Camera app on the list, and choose While Using the App if you want to turn on Location for photos on your iPhone. To turn off Location, choose Never instead.

Part 4: How to Spoof Photo Location on iPhone

Another way to hide the geolocation of photos on your iPhone is by changing your location using iLocaGo. It can modify your location to any address easily and quickly. Moreover, it won’t install anything on your iPhone.

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How to Change Location When 3uTools Not Working

Step 1

Link to your iPhone
Launch the best spoofing software once you install it on your computer. It is available for Windows 11/10/8/7/XP/Vista and Mac OS X. Link your iPhone and the computer with a Lightning cable. The software will recognize your device automatically.

Step 2

Choose Modify Location
The mode window offers four options, Modify Location, One-stop Mode, Multi-stop Mode, and Joystick Mode. If you want to change your iPhone photo location, choose Modify Location. The other three modes are used to make virtual routes.

Step 3

Change iPhone photo location
Type an address into the box on the Modify Location dialog. Your current location is displayed on the map now. Click the Sync to device button to change your iPhone location. Or click an area on the map and hit Sync to device to confirm the change. Now, take a photo and replace the location with the address.

Note: After taking photos, disconnect your iPhone and close the software.

Conclusion

This guide explained how to turn off location on iPhone photos and other knowledge you should know about this feature. You can check the location information of your photos on your iPhone and remove it to protect your privacy. Plus, you can turn on or off Location Services for Camera according to your needs. iLocaGo is another solution to hide iPhone photo locations without disabling Location Services. If you have other questions about this topic, please feel free to write them down below.

Samuel Spenser

Samuel Spenser, a senior editor from imyPass, is an expert on password unlocking and recovery. He has more than 3-year experience in writing tutorials about password recovery for Windows.