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How to View Details of Photos Sent Via WhatsApp

By Yama

Hello guys, this time I will share another tutorial article related to WhatsApp. More precisely, how to view details of photos sent via WhatsApp.

As a WhatsApp user, you often send and receive photos from other WhatsApp users. So, surely you have wondered where the photo was taken and what device it was used on?

With the data on a photo, we can know that the photo sent via WhatsApp was actually original from him or taken from someone else.

However, before going to the tutorial to view photo data or details, it would be good for you to know what EXIF ​​Metadata is for photos. Check out the explanation below.

Photo Detail Explanation (EXIF Metadata)

For those who are digital photographers, they must already understand about EXIF ​​Metadata from a photo. Basically, exif metadata is important information from a file taken by a digital camera.

What data is stored in the image?

A lot of data can be stored in 1 photo taken by a digital camera, including:

  • The time the photo was taken
  • Camera brand and type
  • Lens type
  • Long focal length
  • Shutter speed
  • Aperture
  • Colorspace
  • ISO speed rating
  • Flash
  • Location
  • Modification
  • Size
  • and others

How to View Details of Photos Sent Via WhatsApp

Here I will take steps on how to view exif photos sent via WhatsApp using the Exif Viewer site.

Exif Viewer is a web tool that can read photo or image metadata. How to use the website is very easy, just upload the photo you want to see the data for, then the Exif Viewer will read, process and display the data.

For more details, please follow the steps below:

  1. Open the site exif-viewer.com.
  2. Click the button Choose File.
  3. Select the photo from WhatsApp that you want to check.
    4. select photo from whatsapp
  4. Then click the button Show Exif.
    5. show exif photos from whatsapp
  5. Done, the photo details will be visible starting from manufacture, modification, color and size.
    6. View photo details sent from WhatsApp

Website to View Photo Details from WhatsApp

It’s not just the exif-viewer.com website that can view exif photos, many other websites provide photo data viewing features, even more complete ones. Here are some online photo exif websites that you can try:

  1. https://exifdata.com/
  2. https://jimpl.com/
  3. https://linangdata.com/exif-reader
  4. https://www.metadata2go.com/

How to View Photo Details Using JPEGsnoop

Apart from using the EXIF ​​web viewer, you can also see photo details using JPEGsnoop software. JPEGsnoop is software that is useful for viewing specific photo metadata.

With JPEGsnoop we can find out whether the photo has been edited or is still original. Anyway, it is very good for analyzing a photo. However, this software is only available for PC devices.

The way to use JPEGsnoop to view photo details is as follows.

  1. Download and install JPEGsnoop.
  2. Open the installed JPEGsnoop software.
  3. Click the File menu and select the image you want to see the data for.
  4. Wait until the process of reading photo data is complete.
  5. You will see all the specific photo details.

Information:

  • Class 1: The image file must have been edited.
  • Class 2: The file has most likely been edited.
  • Class 3: Most likely original.
  • Class 4: Images can be considered edited or original.

The final word

How, very easy, right? This tutorial on how to view details of photos sent via WhatsApp is actually not just for images or photos from WhatsApp, but can be used for all photos from anywhere. If you don’t believe it, just try taking a picture using a camera then uploading it to exif-viewer.com, you will see the data.