change creation date in a photoshop file

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April 25, 2025
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Sometimes I copy a Photoshop file into a new file. That changes the creation date of the original file to the date of the new file. I want to edit the creation date so that it is the creation date of the original file it was copied from.

Is that possible and if so, how would I be able to do that?

Windows

Noel Orridge

Community Manager

Hi @jay fresno! Thank you for reaching out! We're here to help!

To start with, could you provide some more info about this? Specifically, where do you want to see the creation date reflected—in the file properties inside Windows Explorer or in the file info inside Photoshop? Also, what versions of Photoshop and Windows are you using? How exactly are you copying the Photoshop file into a new file?

While we wait for your reply, you can check if these steps work for you:

Head over to File > File Info > Origin.
Here, you can manually enter the date and any other information you might need to add.

Hope this helps! Cheers!

Noel

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jay fresnoAuthor

Inspiring

Thanks, Noel. The real problem is that my photos are being rejected by stock with a message that I've used AI. I am not using AI except to touch up small areas, not to add things that weren't there.

davescm

Community Expert

'...I am not using AI except to touch up small areas...'

In that case you are using AI. AI generative retouching adds AI generated pixels to the image, unlike cloning or even content aware filling which uses only pixels from the image. Remember a stock user asking for no AI needs to be confident that none of the image content was generated by AI. There are several use cases where that is an essential requirement.

Dave

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