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by appplemac 1851 days ago
More specifically:

Settings.app —> Privacy —> Location services —> Camera

and turning off the “precise location” option for the Camera app that way.

It would be ideal if there were an “EXIF data” toggle in the Camera section that could allow sharing pictures with apps but with all metadata removed.

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It exists : when the sharing panel appears, there is little blue « Options » (or maybe Settings in English) link on the top of the screen. There you can choose to share the picture without location.
Maybe I misunderstood your message. I tried to share a photo from my iPhone to a whatsapp chat and I could not find any way to remove location data. On the other hand, this article says that you can do that when you start from the photo album and ask to share to someone else. Is this what you meant?
Yes, the option only appears when sharing from the Photos app
You have to uncheck the inclusion of location data every single time though. Really annoying and easy to forget. It also requires you (naturally) to prohibit apps like WhatsApp from accessing your photo library.
TIL! Thank you.