# How to Change or Add the Location of a Photo on iPhone > Add a missing location or fix a wrong one on iPhone photos: the Photos app method, its limits, and how to put exact GPS coordinates into the file. *Published: 2026-09-14* · *6 min read* Canonical URL: https://timestampcamera.net/photo-guides/how-to-change-photo-location-on-iphone **Quick answer:** Open the photo in **Photos**, tap the info button (or swipe up), tap **Adjust Info**, then **Adjust Location**. Type the place, tap it under **Map Locations**, and you are done; tap **Select** in the grid first to fix a batch. That puts the photo on the right spot in your library. Two limits: you pick from search results rather than an exact point, and the change is recorded by Photos rather than rewritten into the file. For exact coordinates inside the photo itself, drop a pin in [ExifHub](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/exif-metadata-editor-exifhub/id6796490477), or use our free [EXIF editor](/exif-editor) for JPEGs. Most iPhone photos already know where they were taken. The ones that do not tend to fall into a few groups: shots from a camera with no GPS, photos taken while Location Services was off for the Camera, screenshots and scans, and pictures that arrived through an app that strips location on the way. Sometimes the location is there but wrong, because the phone grabbed a weak fix indoors and put your kitchen two streets away. ## Adding or fixing a location in the Photos app On iOS 27: 1. Open **Photos** and tap the photo. 2. Tap the info button, or swipe up on the photo, then tap **Adjust Info**. 3. Tap **Adjust Location**. 4. Start typing where the photo was taken, then tap the matching place under **Map Locations**. For a whole set, say forty photos from a day at the lake, tap **Select** in the grid, tap each thumbnail, and follow the same steps once. The same screen also has **No Location**, which removes the location, and **Revert**, which brings back whatever the photo had before you touched it. After that the photos show up in the right place on the map in Photos, and searches for the town or landmark find them. For keeping your own library in order, that is the whole job. ## What typing a place name can and cannot do The Photos method works by search. You get the places Apple Maps can find: an address, a business, a park, a town. That is fine for "this was in Lisbon" and fine for a restaurant with a name. It is awkward when the spot does not have a name. The middle of a hiking trail. Which corner of a construction site the damage was on. A beach access point between two hotels. You can get close, but you cannot point at the exact place. The second limit is the same one that applies to changing dates in Photos. The correction lives in your library, next to the original value, which is how Revert can undo it. Apple's guide does not say what location a shared or exported copy carries. If the coordinates have to be right for someone else, check the copy that actually leaves your phone. ## Dropping a pin with ExifHub When you need an exact point, or you need the location written into the file so any app can read it, use an app that edits the GPS fields directly. We make [ExifHub](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/exif-metadata-editor-exifhub/id6796490477), so weigh this recommendation accordingly. Here is what it does for location: - **Drop a pin anywhere on the map** to add or correct the coordinates. No search result needed, so the trail or the corner of the site is as easy as a city. - **See the location already stored** in the file on a live map before you change it, which is the fastest way to spot that a photo was tagged two streets off. - **Apply one location to a whole set** of photos or videos (part of the Pro upgrade), handy for that day at the lake. - **Strip just the GPS** from a photo before sharing, and leave the date and camera details alone. It handles JPEG and HEIC photos and MOV and MP4 videos, works entirely on the phone with nothing uploaded, and saves every edit as a new copy, so the original file is never changed. Delete the old copy afterwards if you do not want both in your library. ## On a computer: typing the coordinates yourself If the photos are JPEGs on a laptop, the free [EXIF editor](/exif-editor) writes GPS latitude and longitude straight into the file in the browser, with no upload. The only thing you need is the coordinates. If you know the address but not the numbers, [address to GPS](/address-to-gps) converts one into the other, and [how to add GPS coordinates to a photo](/photo-guides/how-to-add-gps-coordinates-to-a-photo) shows where to get coordinates in decimal degrees, the format these tools expect (37.7749 rather than 37° 46′ 29″). ## Removing the location instead Sometimes the right location is no location. Before posting a photo taken at home, you have two built-in options: - **For one share:** tap Share, tap **Options** at the top, and turn off **Location**. The sheet then says Location Not Included, and only that copy goes out without it. - **For the photo itself:** Adjust Info, Adjust Location, **No Location**. To stop new photos being tagged at all, go to **Settings > Privacy & Security > Location Services > Camera** and choose **Never**. The full rundown, including which apps strip location for you and which do not, is in [how to remove EXIF data on iPhone](/photo-guides/remove-exif-data-on-iphone). ## Check that it worked Export the photo the way you will actually use it, then open that copy in the [EXIF viewer](/exif-viewer) or [where was this photo taken](/where-was-this-photo-taken). If the GPS section shows your new coordinates, the location is in the file. If it is empty or still shows the old place, the change only lives in your library. ## FAQ ### Can I change the location of several photos at once on iPhone? Yes. In Photos, tap Select, choose the photos, then Adjust Info and Adjust Location. They all get the same place. ExifHub can do the same with an exact pin and write it into the files. ### Why can't I find the exact spot when I type it? Because Photos only offers places it can find in search. Pick the nearest named place, or use an app that lets you drop a pin. ### Will adding a location to a photo make it show up on the map? Yes, in your Photos library it will. Whether other apps and websites see it depends on whether the coordinates are in the file, and on whether that site keeps location data at all. Most social platforms remove it on upload; see [which social media platforms strip EXIF data](/photo-guides/which-social-media-platforms-strip-exif-data). ### How do I remove the location from a photo on iPhone? Adjust Info, Adjust Location, then No Location. For a single share, turn off Location in the share sheet's Options instead. ## Bottom line Photos is quick for putting pictures in the right town, and every change can be reverted. When you need a precise point, or the location has to travel with the file, drop a pin in ExifHub or write the coordinates with the browser EXIF editor, then check one exported copy before you rely on it.