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JeffGreenberg
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May 2, 2017
Pregunta

deleting "Date Taken" from batches of files

  • May 2, 2017
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Wanted to do this.  Tried two ways:

a. Windows folder > Organize > Remove properties > Remove the following properties** > Select all

**also tried other choice = create copy with all metadata deleted

b. Photoshop CS6 action recorded to apply to batch > File Info > Origin tab > manually deleted Date Taken > saved, closed

Both ways result in Date Taken becoming "1/1/1900 5:28:04 AM" with specific time varying but not real time action occurred...

I am trying to eliminate as much Date related metadata as possible, especially Date Taken;

date modified ie today's date is OK if not deletable...  Advice appreciated.

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Stephen Marsh
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Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
Community Expert
May 3, 2017

Sounds like a job for ExifTool…

Installation instructions can be found here.

Here are some general tips on running and first use.

To view all metadata in a file, use the following command:

exiftool "C:\path\to\file or folder"

To limit the view to date related info, you can use this command:

exiftool -AllDates "C:\path\to\file or folder"

To remove date related info (as much as possible):

exiftool -AllDates= -XMP-xmp:MetadataDate= "C:\path\to\file or folder"

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JeffGreenbergAutor
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May 3, 2017

Thanks, but I've tried that free tool in past.

It requires deleting data one image-file at a time, doesn't it?

Impractical for 40K images...

I was hoping for way to remove 1/1/1900 false date

appearing in Origin tab via Photoshop action...

Stephen Marsh
Community Expert
Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
Community Expert
May 3, 2017

Photoshop action recording the deletion of "Date Taken" does the

trick in batches of hundreds or thousands.  The problem is that

the Date Taken is replaced by 1/1/1900.  Hoping someone knows

how to prevent that from happening, & instead, NOTHING appears

in Date Taken field...


This makes no sense! Photoshop batch actions rewrite files one at a time with more overhead. ExifTool would be faster and it would remove most date info as originally requested. Again, look into scripting.

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