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larissa2014
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August 19, 2025
Question

Auto key wording using file folder names

  • August 19, 2025
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I haven't used Lightroom much, preferring to use another program to import, sort etc photographs. Can Lightroom use the folder names to create keywords? For example, if a file is the directory 2025/081725/zoo/green_heron , can Lightroom add those 4 terms automatically as keywords to the files in that folder? I have 25 years of photo files organized like this but not keyworded and am trying to find an easy solution to adding basic keywords.

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JohanElzenga
Community Expert
Community Expert
August 19, 2025

Lightroom does not 'create' keywords. You enter them by typing them in. Maybe a plugin can do that.

 

-- Johan W. Elzenga
john beardsworth
Community Expert
Community Expert
August 19, 2025

My Search and Replace plugin has the capability: