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Discord photo privacy: can a sent image still show EXIF and GPS?
If I send a photo in Discord, can other people see the shooting location and camera details in the file they save?
People who download a normal Discord attachment often do not see GPS in the compressed file they save. A clean download still does not show whether Discord kept the original. Clean the copy in this browser before sending. The file stays on this device and is not uploaded to this site.
Guild channels and DMs both send whatever file you picked. Phone originals often still carry location, time, and camera model. The useful split is what someone can save, what the service may have already received, and what you can remove before the file leaves this device.
Short answer
Direct answer: people who download a normal attachment often cannot see your GPS, and that still does not prove Discord kept no copy.
- What other people get: On common CDN paths the downloadable file is often recompressed without EXIF and GPS. That describes the compressed file other people save, not every client. Save the file and read it.
- What that does not prove: The moment an untreated original leaves your device, the metadata has left with it. A clean download does not show whether a server copy or a log existed.
- What you can do first: Clean the copy in this browser before the file leaves the device. Nothing is uploaded to this site.
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Screenshots, phone photos, and game clips all travel as files other people can download. What you send and what another user saves are different files.
On 23 October 2026 the File Attachments FAQ said non-Nitro uploads stop at 20 MB. That free limit has been 20 MB since August 2026, up from 10 MB. Nitro Basic is 50 MB. Nitro is up to 1 GB. Discord is trying other size limits for some users, and it checks the size before compression on desktop and on mobile. The help-center record for that article shows an update on 22 October 2026. An image larger than 20 MB is shared as a download. The article covers upload size and image preview. GPS and EXIF are absent from it.
Read the photo in the photo location viewer before you upload. If the coordinates should stay private, make a copy with the metadata cleaner. Both run in this browser. For a video that needs to fit the free cap, the Discord compressor encodes a smaller file on this device, starting at 19 MB. That 19 MB figure is this site's encode target, under the 20 MB cap Discord published. The number shown in the Discord app is the one that counts.
Questions
Does Discord remove GPS from a photo?
The File Attachments FAQ, read on 23 October 2026, covers upload size and image preview. GPS and EXIF are absent from that article. Read the photo in the photo location viewer on this site before you upload. A saved attachment shows the file that person downloaded.
How large a file can a free Discord account upload?
Free accounts stop at 20 MB, and Discord checks that size before it compresses the file. Nitro Basic is 50 MB and Nitro is up to 1 GB. Some accounts are on a different trial cap, so the number in the app wins. If a video needs to fit the free cap, the compressor on this site starts at a 19 MB encode target.