P: Better keyword management

Thanks Victoria!  Good to know!

LOL Thanks Alan. It's easy when you know how. 😉

"Champion" my ass, Victoria. You are a "Lightroom whisperer!" It's amazing the arcana that you know about this program. (No comment on why Lightroom has so many exceptions and inconsistencies!)

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Thanks so much Dan!  That worked - I needed to go to grid view rather than use the filmstrip!  I have been struggling with this for so long.... but now I've got it.  Deeply appreciate it!

Triple check that you're using Grid view on the primary monitor. It won't work if it's Grid view on the secondary window or any other view mode.

Thank you John, I am trying it right now, after making sure that "Show Metadata for Target Photo Only" is unchecked, and unfortunately it is only removing the keyword for the most-selected photo.  I've struggled with this for such a long time....  

Make sure the menu command Metadata > Show Metadata For Target Photo Only is unchecked.   When it is unchecked, deleting a keyword from the Keywording panel will remove it from all selected photos; when it is checked, the keyword will be removed from the most-selected photo only.

Thank you John.  I have tried the second method, but the keyword stays attached to all images except the one I have highlighted "the most".  All the other images that are secondarily selected still retain the keyword.  As for the keyword list panel, I'm not sure I tried it after selecting all the photos I want to delete the keyword, so I will certainly try that - thanks!

Deb, this capability already exists.  Go to the grid view in the Library module and select the images you want remove the keyword from.  Then, in the right panel group, in the "Keyword List" panel navigate to the keyword you want to take off the images. If all the images selected actually have that KW there will be a check mark to the left of the KW name.  Either click that check mark or right click on the keyword name and select "remove keyword from selected photos",   That's it. 

Deb Snelson asked, "I'd like to see a batch method to remove a single or multiple keywords from MULTIPLE photos at a time."

There are two ways to do that.  First, select all the photos from which you want to remove the keywords. Then look at the Keyword List panel on the right side of Library:



A check indicates the keyword has been applied to all the selected photos, while a "-" indicates it's been applied to some but not all of the photos.  To remove the keyword from all the selected photos, click the check once or the hyphen twice, until it's blank.

Alternatively, look at the Keywording panel just above:



This shows all the keywords applied to the selected photos. An asterisk indicates the keyword has been applied to some but not all of the photos.  To remove the keyword from all the selected photos, just select it with the mouse (and any trailing asterisk) and hit the delete / backspace key.