JPG viewer
To open a JPG file, drop it in the box below. It opens straight away, even with no extension or the wrong one. Your browser opens it on your device: nothing is uploaded.
What you see
| JPG in the viewer | |
|---|---|
| Zoom | Fit, 100%, buttons, Ctrl + wheel, double-click |
| Details | Pixels, camera, date taken, GPS location recorded or not |
| Orientation | Phone photos shown upright, as the camera meant |
| Files with no extension | Opened from their bytes (FF D8 FF) |
| Extensions | .jpg, .jpeg, .jfif |
| Upload | None: opened on your device |
What is a JPG file?
JPG (or JPEG) is the usual format for photos: small files with lossy compression, read by every phone, camera and app.
The photo, fitted to the window, with zoom, actual size and drag to move. Phone photos are turned upright. Details lists the size in pixels and, when the file records them, the camera, the date it was taken and whether a GPS location is stored.
How to open a JPG file
- Add your JPG. Drop the file in the box, choose it or paste it.
- Look at it. The photo, fitted to the window, with zoom, actual size and drag to move. Phone photos are turned upright. Details lists the size in pixels and, when the file records them, the camera, the date it was taken and whether a GPS location is stored.
- Take it further. Open in hands it, in a new tab, to Image editor, Image upscaler or Background remover.
Questions
Open it and choose Details. It says whether the photo records a GPS location, along with the camera and the date it was taken. The image editor and the converter save copies without that information.
Some apps, chats and downloads drop it. The viewer reads the file’s first bytes, sees a JPG, and opens it; Open in gives other tools a copy named .jpg.
No. The viewer runs in your browser and opens the file on your device. Nothing is sent anywhere.