Edit GPX waypoints
Waypoints mark the summit, the water stop, the turn you don't want to miss. Open your file, drop a waypoint at any point on the track, rename or remove the ones you don't want, and download a clean GPX — with everything else untouched.
Open the tool
Opens the GPX editor with the edit gpx waypoints tool selected. Your file stays on your device — nothing is uploaded.
Open the GPX waypoint editorHow to edit gpx waypoints
- Open your file. Drop a GPX into the precision editor (Points) — read locally, never uploaded.
- Manage the list. The Waypoints section lists every waypoint in the file, each with a Delete button.
- Add at a point. Step to a track point, type a name, and Add at current point drops a waypoint there. Every change is undoable, then export from Download.
Formats & what's kept
- Input: GPX (waypoints are a GPX feature; FIT/TCX have none)
- Output: GPX 1.1
- Preserved: The track itself and its points, plus every waypoint you keep — including its description, symbol and type, which round-trip losslessly through export.
- Changed or dropped: Only the waypoints you delete. Adding a waypoint never touches the track geometry.
A real example
You want to flag the summit and the refuge on a hiking GPX before sharing it. Add two named waypoints at the right points and delete the auto-generated ones you don't need — the route stays exactly as recorded.
| Before | After |
|---|---|
| 0 waypoints | 2 waypoints: “Summit”, “Refuge” |
Try it yourself with a free sample GPX file — the numbers above are illustrative of a typical case.
Privacy
This edit runs entirely in your browser using the W3C File API — your file is never uploaded, and your original is left untouched (the editor works on a copy). This tool makes no network requests at all to do its job; only route planning and snapping, which this tool doesn't perform, would ever send coordinates to a routing provider.
Frequently asked questions
Where is a new waypoint placed?
At the coordinates of the track point you have selected, so it sits exactly on the route. Step to the point you want to mark, then add the waypoint there.
Do waypoint symbols and descriptions survive?
Yes. A waypoint's name, description, symbol and type are all preserved through export and re-import — the editor uses a lossless GPX model, so nothing on a kept waypoint is dropped.
Can I edit a waypoint's coordinates or symbol here?
This panel adds waypoints at a track point, renames via the add field, and deletes. Editing an existing waypoint's exact coordinates, symbol or type in place is part of the fuller precision editor and is being expanded.
Why are there no waypoints in my FIT or TCX file?
Waypoints are a GPX concept. FIT and TCX recordings don't carry them, so there are none to edit — convert or record as GPX to use waypoints.