Read Metadata from Files has removed my editing

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October 19, 2021
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I clicked Read Metadata from files on a batch of photos and all the editing is gone. Is there any way to undo this and get them back?

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DdeGannes

Community Expert

Just as a matter of interest why did you consider it necessary to apply the “Read metadata from the file option “.

Regards, Denis: Laptop Win 11, ver 24H2, LrC 15.4 PS 27.8;

dj_paige

Legend

@DdeGannes I can't speak for the original poster, but for me, I use GeoSetter to Geotag my photos, as it has a nicer interface than the Map Module in Lightroom Classic. So, when I use Read Metadata from Files, it reads the GPS coordinates, and since I have automatically write metadat to xmp turned on, I don't lose my edits or user-provided metadata (like keywords)

DdeGannes

Community Expert

Understood.

Regards, Denis: Laptop Win 11, ver 24H2, LrC 15.4 PS 27.8;

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Jao vdL

Community Expert

You should be able to command-Z or control-Z right after to undo the last action. If that's not available try going into develop on one of the images and see if you can stepo back in history to before the metadata read.

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Will AronAuthor

Participant

I can't undo the Read Metadata action. I can only undo to the previous edit of my last photo I edited. I've been editing several photos over the course of a few days.

dj_paige

Legend

I can't undo the Read Metadata action. I can only undo to the previous edit of my last photo I edited. I've been editing several photos over the course of a few days.

By @Will Aron

You will likely need a recent backup of your catalog file, before you did this Read Metadata action.

By the way, if you turn on the option to automatically write metadata to xmp, then this problem with Read Metdata doesn't happen, because all of your edits are in the xmp.

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