How to not include Metadata in Export from Lightroom

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August 1, 2020
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Hello Community,

I have run into a strange thing. I export my images from Lightroom and always set the settings to "copyright & Contact data only". But all the EXIF and all the XMP and all the ICC data are always exported too. Usually, I don't mind, but wonder what it actually does to put the settings to "copyright only" if it still exports all metadata?

I know there are external tools, but would love to be able to remove some of the metadata within adobe, or better only export the metadata I choose. Any suggestions?

Thanks a lot,

Jordana

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JohanElzenga

Community Expert

Everything is as expected, you are just fooling yourself with this website. There are no camera metadata and no EXIF metadata apart from some basic jpeg fields, just as expected. The only 'metadata' you see are parts of the sRGB ICC-profile. As that profile is embedded (you can't export without a profile), this is to be expected too.

-- Johan W. Elzenga

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jordanaschrammAuthor

Participating Frequently

Thank you, everybody, for patience and advice.

Jordana

Todd Shaner

Brainiac

"When I export the Images and choose „copyright only“ all metadata (EXIF; XMP; ICC) are included."

I'm not seeing that with LR Classic 9.3 on my Windows 10 system. Unexplained behvaior is often due to a corrupted LR Prefernces file. Try resetting it as outlined at the below link. Close LR, remove the Preferences file, and place it on your desktop. This will allow restoring it if of no help

https://www.lightroomqueen.com/how-do-i-reset-lightrooms-preferences/

DdeGannes

Community Expert

Looking at the screen capture it appears that you placed both the original raw and the exported into Metapicz and it is showing data for both images. Its likely they were stacked together in your Catalog. See my screen capture.

Regards, Denis: iMac 27” mid-2015, macOS 11.7.10 Big Sur; 2TB SSD, 24 GB Ram, GPU 2 GB; LrC 12.5,; Lr 6.5, PS 24.7,; ACR 15.5,; (also Laptop Win 11, ver 24H2, LrC 15.0.1, PS 27.0; ) Camera Oly OM-D E-M1.

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jordanaschrammAuthor

Participating Frequently

Hello @DdeGannes,

hmm... I have no idea. I click on the picture, right-click, say export to harddrive, choose only copyright.... maybe there is some improvement on this? Could I do it differently?

Thank you all for your advice,

Jordana

Just Shoot Me

Brainiac

What is being displayed for the JPG image you ran through that website has No Meaning, Is Meaningless.

Like the Technology field "Cathode Ray Tube Display". The only place you find CRT displays today are in Computer and TV Museums or your basement if you are of the Hording type.

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dj_paige

Brainiac

"but wonder what it actually does to put the settings to "copyright only" if it still exports all metadata?"

An easy question to answer. Try it yourself!