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# How to see video metadata on Android

Where Google Photos and Samsung Gallery keep a video’s date, place and file details, what they leave out, and how to see or clean the rest.

To see a video’s metadata on Android, open it in **Google Photos** and tap **More**, then **About**, or swipe up on the video. On a Samsung phone you can also open it in **Gallery** and swipe up. Both show the date and time, the location if one was recorded, and basic file details; the same steps work for photos.

What neither app shows is the technical and hidden layer: the codec and whether it is HDR, the frame rate and bitrate, the exact device fields, the time zone, and whether the file carries a full set of tags you might not want to share. Google Photos also cannot remove a location that the camera recorded.

For the full picture, you can open the same video in Chrome on your phone at [metadata.video](https://metadata.video/). It reads the file on the phone, uploads nothing, explains each field and can remove the location or everything else before you share it. This guide covers the built-in apps first, then the extra steps.

## See a video’s details in Google Photos

Google redesigned the Photos viewer in 2025, so older guides that mention a separate details menu may look different from your phone.

1. ### Open the video
Open **Google Photos** and tap the video. Pause it if you like; the details are the same while it plays.
2. ### Open About
Tap **More** at the top, then **About**. Swiping up on the video opens the same panel.
3. ### Read the date, place and file details
The panel shows the date and time it was taken (with **Edit** beside it for backed-up items), the location on a map if there is one and, in recent versions of the app, file details such as name, size and resolution.
4. ### Check how it was made
If the video has Content Credentials, scroll to “How this was made” for a summary of how it was created and edited and whether AI was used.

## On a Samsung phone: Gallery

Samsung’s **Gallery** app has its own details panel, which works for videos as well as photos.

1. Open **Gallery** and tap the video.
2. Swipe up on it. The date and time appear at the top of the panel.
3. Tap the arrow at the bottom of the panel to see more, including the file name and, when the video has one, the location.
4. Tap **Edit** in the panel to rename the file or view its location information.

Samsung’s own help notes two limits. Gallery cannot change a video’s date or time. And for anything you downloaded, the date shown is when it arrived on your phone, not when it was filmed, which is why a clip saved from a chat can look as if it was recorded today.

## What Android apps show, and what they leave out

__Built-in apps as documented by Google and Samsung on 7 November 2026; layouts change between app versions.__
| Detail                      | Google Photos                                       | Samsung Gallery                     | metadata.video                                         |
| --------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ |
| Date and time               | Yes; editable in Photos for backed-up items         | Yes; not editable                   | Every date in the file, with time zone and warnings    |
| Location                    | Map, if recorded; camera locations can’t be removed | Yes, via the details panel          | Coordinates, altitude, accuracy, map; remove or change |
| File name, size, resolution | Yes, in recent versions                             | File name; more varies by version   | Yes, plus coded vs displayed size and rotation flag    |
| Device make and model       | Not documented for video                            | Shown for photos in recent versions | Make, model, software, Android version, capture rate   |
| Codec, HDR, bit depth       | No                                                  | No                                  | Codec card, HDR type, Dolby Vision profile             |
| Frame rate and bitrate      | No                                                  | No                                  | Average, min/max, variable frame rate, bitrate graph   |
| Content Credentials         | “How this was made” summary                         | Not documented                      | Full manifest in **Provenance** (read, not verified)   |

Gallery apps show the top layer (date, place, file size). The container, stream, tag and provenance layers underneath stay hidden unless you use a full inspector.

If you need one of those hidden details, the dedicated pages explain them: [codec](https://metadata.video/video-codec-checker), [resolution](https://metadata.video/video-resolution-checker), [frame rate](https://metadata.video/video-frame-rate-checker) and [HDR](https://metadata.video/hdr-video-checker). Android phones are behind many “codec not supported” messages; [this guide](https://metadata.video/video-codec-not-supported) shows how to find which stream is the problem.

## Removing location and other metadata on Android

### Stop new videos recording location

Location is added by the camera app, so the switch is in the camera’s own settings, and its name and place vary by phone maker. Turning it off only affects new recordings; videos you already have keep their location.

### In Google Photos

* A location recorded by the camera cannot be edited or removed in Google Photos, according to Google’s help pages. Only estimated locations, or ones you added, can be changed or removed with **More** then **Edit**.
* In shared albums and conversations, the **Share photo locations** option controls whether others see the place. That hides it in Google Photos; it is not the same as cleaning the file you send elsewhere.

### In Samsung Gallery

* When you share from Gallery, Samsung documents a **Remove Location data** option at the top of the share screen (One UI 3.0 and later). Samsung’s page describes it for photos, so check a shared video’s copy before relying on it.
* Samsung’s Auto Blocker feature has a **Maximum restrictions** mode that, according to Samsung, removes location data by default when you share pictures through Gallery’s share sheet.

### Clean the file itself

To remove the location from a video file, or all metadata, before sending it anywhere:

1. Open Chrome on your phone, go to metadata.video and tap **Open a file**. Pick the video from your gallery or Files.
2. Tap **Edit & clean**, then **Remove location only** to keep the date and camera, or **Remove all metadata** to clear everything.
3. Tap **Download new file**. When “Your new file is ready” appears, **What changed** lists what was removed. Use **Share** to send it straight on.

Before and after cleaning: the location, device and date fields are removed while the video and audio are copied across unchanged.

MP4 files from Android phones are cleaned by rewriting only the metadata, so even long videos finish quickly and the picture is untouched. The [location remover](https://metadata.video/remove-location-from-video) and the [full remover](https://metadata.video/remove-metadata-from-video) explain exactly what each option clears. For photos, see [removing metadata from a photo](https://metadata.video/remove-metadata-from-photo).

## Why a video’s details look wrong on Android

* **The date is today’s.** The clip was downloaded or received through a chat app. Samsung Gallery shows the download date for downloaded media, and many messaging apps send a new file without the original recording date.
* **You changed the date in Google Photos but other apps disagree.** Google says an edited date shows in Google Photos, while a shared or downloaded copy may show the original date the camera saved. The file itself was not changed. To change the date inside the file, use the [video date changer](https://metadata.video/change-video-date).
* **No location at all.** Location was off in the camera, or the video went through an app that strips it. [Where was this video taken?](https://metadata.video/where-was-this-video-taken) explains which files keep it.
* **The size looks sideways.** Phones often store portrait video as landscape with a rotation flag, so a portrait clip can be listed as 1920×1080.

Using metadata.video on Android needs a modern browser such as Chrome. The video is read on the phone; the only network requests are the street map tiles if you press **Show street map**, and the speech model if you choose **Transcribe speech**.

## Android video metadata: questions

### How do I see when a video was taken on Android?

In Google Photos, open the video and tap **More**, then **About**, or swipe up; the date and time are at the top. In Samsung Gallery, swipe up on the video. For downloaded clips, Samsung shows the download date instead.

### Can I see the location of a video on Android?

Yes, if the camera saved one: it appears on a map in the Google Photos About panel and in Samsung Gallery’s details. If there is no map, the file has no location or the app could not read it.

### How do I remove the location from a video on Android?

Google Photos cannot remove a camera-recorded location. Samsung Gallery offers **Remove Location data** when sharing, documented for photos. To clean the video file itself, open it at metadata.video in Chrome and use **Remove location only**.

### How can I see a video’s codec or frame rate on Android?

Neither Google Photos nor Samsung Gallery shows them. Open the file in a full inspector, such as this site in Chrome, which shows the codec, profile, HDR type, frame rate and bitrate.

### Does editing the date in Google Photos change the file?

Not necessarily. Google says the new date shows in Google Photos, but a shared or downloaded copy may keep the date the camera saved. Changing the date inside the file needs a tool that rewrites its metadata.

### Do WhatsApp and other apps remove video metadata on Android?

Many apps re-encode videos and drop most tags, but behaviour varies by app and by how you send. Check by sending a clip to yourself and opening the received copy here; [this guide](https://metadata.video/do-apps-remove-video-metadata) shows how.

### Is it safe to open my videos on a website?

On metadata.video the file is read inside your browser and is never uploaded. Be more careful with sites that ask you to upload a file to see its metadata.

## Related metadata guides

* [ Video metadata viewer See, explain, edit and remove everything a video or photo says about itself. ](https://metadata.video/)
* [ Remove location from a video Clear GPS tags and location tracks from a clip while keeping its date, camera and title. ](https://metadata.video/remove-location-from-video)
* [ See video and photo metadata on iPhone Use the Photos Info panel, then see the codec, HDR, bitrate and tags it leaves out. ](https://metadata.video/view-video-metadata-iphone)
* [ Find where a video was taken Read a video’s GPS location and see it on a map, with altitude, accuracy and country. ](https://metadata.video/where-was-this-video-taken)
* [ Remove metadata from a photo Strip EXIF, GPS and XMP from JPEG, PNG, WebP and HEIC images without re-compressing them. ](https://metadata.video/remove-metadata-from-photo)
* [ Check and change a video’s date See when a video was recorded and fix wrong dates, time zones and 1970 defaults. ](https://metadata.video/change-video-date)
* [ What video metadata is Every family of video metadata explained, with links to check or change each one. ](https://metadata.video/what-is-video-metadata)