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Inspiring
April 25, 2025
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change creation date in a photoshop file

  • 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?

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Noel Orridge
Community Manager
Community Manager
April 25, 2025

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:

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

 

Hope this helps! Cheers!

Noel
Inspiring
April 26, 2025

I do use Topaz filters.

Legend
August 4, 2025

This is the creation date I want to change:


An image file has multiple dates stored in the metadata. Also, a computer filesystem has created and modified dates.

 

Some of these can be changed with Bridge/Photoshop File Info and some metadata might require a more powerful app such as EXIFTool.