diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/camera/helpers/ExifRemover.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/camera/helpers/ExifRemover.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0aafdaa8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/camera/helpers/ExifRemover.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package com.simplemobiletools.camera.helpers
+
+import android.content.ContentResolver
+import android.net.Uri
+import androidx.annotation.WorkerThread
+import androidx.exifinterface.media.ExifInterface
+import com.simplemobiletools.commons.extensions.removeValues
+import java.io.IOException
+
+class ExifRemover(private val contentResolver: ContentResolver) {
+    companion object {
+        private const val MODE = "rw"
+    }
+
+    @WorkerThread
+    fun removeExif(uri: Uri) {
+        try {
+            val fileDescriptor = contentResolver.openFileDescriptor(uri, MODE)
+            if (fileDescriptor != null) {
+                val exifInterface = ExifInterface(fileDescriptor.fileDescriptor)
+                exifInterface.removeValues()
+            }
+        } catch (e: IOException) {
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/camera/implementations/CameraXPreview.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/camera/implementations/CameraXPreview.kt
index 5a950139..89aa6499 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/camera/implementations/CameraXPreview.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/camera/implementations/CameraXPreview.kt
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import com.simplemobiletools.camera.helpers.*
 import com.simplemobiletools.camera.interfaces.MyPreview
 import com.simplemobiletools.camera.models.MediaOutput
 import com.simplemobiletools.commons.extensions.toast
+import com.simplemobiletools.commons.helpers.ensureBackgroundThread
 import kotlin.math.abs
 import kotlin.math.max
 import kotlin.math.min
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ class CameraXPreview(
     private val windowMetricsCalculator = WindowMetricsCalculator.getOrCreate()
     private val videoQualityManager = VideoQualityManager(config)
     private val imageQualityManager = ImageQualityManager(activity)
+    private val exifRemover = ExifRemover(contentResolver)
 
     private val orientationEventListener = object : OrientationEventListener(activity, SensorManager.SENSOR_DELAY_NORMAL) {
         @SuppressLint("RestrictedApi")
@@ -368,8 +370,17 @@ class CameraXPreview(
 
             imageCapture.takePicture(outputOptions, mainExecutor, object : OnImageSavedCallback {
                 override fun onImageSaved(outputFileResults: OutputFileResults) {
-                    listener.toggleBottomButtons(false)
-                    listener.onMediaSaved(mediaOutput.uri ?: outputFileResults.savedUri!!)
+                    ensureBackgroundThread {
+                        val savedUri = mediaOutput.uri ?: outputFileResults.savedUri!!
+                        if (!config.savePhotoMetadata) {
+                            exifRemover.removeExif(savedUri)
+                        }
+
+                        activity.runOnUiThread {
+                            listener.toggleBottomButtons(false)
+                            listener.onMediaSaved(savedUri)
+                        }
+                    }
                 }
 
                 override fun onError(exception: ImageCaptureException) {