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I always remove this data from my screenshots before sharing, but is there any way to prevent this from happening in the first place? I've searched and searched, but all I can find is information about how to remove the data after the fact, which I already know how to do, but it would sure be nice if it never got added in the first place. Thanks.
This shows how to disable it on the default camera app: https://www.techbone.net/samsung/user-manual/geotagging
What app are you using to see the exif data? Perhaps my screenshot has this info as well but the different apps I use to view exif data do not show it.
I'm using an app called Image Toolbox
I use a FOSS camera, and when I take photos I can see there's not any exif data, but there is when I use the volume/power combo to take screenshots.
Ok, yes, my phone (which is not a Samsung) also includes some info in screenshots.
Screenshots are taken using a different app (screenshot utility). Camera apps have nothing to do with it. Who is your phone's manufacturer?
It's Samsung
I looked in settings, but I didn't see anything that looked relevant to metadata
That's so weird, exif on a screenshot? Usually my quick fix to remove exif from something when I'm on the go is to take a screenshot of it. I'm on lineage 21 and according to exiftool there's no exif data on my screenshots.
Do you have a Samsung phone? I'm starting to think it might be yet another Samsung thing.
What phone, what camera app, what Android version (and be specific if the manufacturer or service provider added their own customizations, as is common with Samsung and most major service providers).
Android 14, and it's Samsung so I know they add their own restrictions, etc., but I'm not sure what they all are. Nothing good lol
I'm using Simple Camera, which I do plan to replace, but it doesn't save exif data to the photos I take. It happens when I use the volume + power button combo to take screenshots.
When I open any photo taken with my camera, I see no exif data at all.
Oh, yuck. Yeah, I have a Samsung phone, too, and can't figure out how to strip exif data from screenshots. You might be stuck with a third-party exif-stripper app.
Same here, but no "sensitive" information like what Android version I use or anything like that. It depends on what phone you use, I guess. I use a Pixel 6a with GrapheneOS.