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Remove "Date taken" exif/meta information

Dominik Kohler

Hi all

I'm pretty new to ON1 (actually just startet evaluating), so I hope the answer to my question is pretty obvious; however, it seems like I can't find it on my own.

When I'm doing an export for customers, i want to remove all my information from the meta-data. It seems like almost all of the information is removed when I deselect "All Metadata" in the Export dialog.

However, the "Date taken" (or "Capture Date" in ON1) is not removed in the exported files. How can I remove the "Date Taken"?

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  • Brian Lawson Community moderator

    You'll have to remove that with another metadata manager such as Exiftool.

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  • Dominik Kohler

    Hi Brian

    thanks for your response, altought that's obviously not what I hoped for. If this is not working, but removing all other meta data does, it looks to me more like a bug than a missing feature. Do you know wether we can submit tickets/bug reports directly to ON1?

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  • Brian Lawson Community moderator
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    It looks to me as though the program is leaving all the EXIF metadata and removing only that data we've entered. That would be a design choice IMO. You'll have to ask tech support to clarify.

    Yes, you can file reports directly with ON1. You can use the Submit a request link at the top and bottom of these pages or you can use the program's Help > Provide Feedback command. Either way you end up on the same web page.

    How to submit a problem to ON1 Tech Support - A Step-by-step Guide

    There is also the ON1 Photo RAW Project where we can make suggestions for new features or changes to existing ones. Support may refer you there, I don't know how they will respond.

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  • Dominik Kohler

    Hi Brian

    Thanks for the information. I will write a constructive feature request once I find time.

    For everyone finding this and in need of a quick solution, like me: I solved the issue with an "Export Script":

    • Download https://exiftool.org/, extract the exe, place and rename it: C:\exiftool\exiftool.exe
      (obviously you can choose another path, but then you have to adjust the script below)
    • Create a script after export like this: 
      C:\exiftool\exiftool.exe -overwrite_original -DateTimeOriginal= -ModifyDate= %filepath%

    Now the original dates get removed properly for each file. You can also use this for other meta or exif tags.

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  • Brian Lawson Community moderator

    Nice. I hadn't thought of using the Run a Script feature but that's exactly why it is there.

    Thanks for posting your fix.

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  • Gerry Whitmarsh

    Hi Dominik,

    Thanks, just what I need also,  but it doesn't seem to work for me. The following works at the command line
    d:\utils\exiftool -overwrite_original -DateCreated= -ModifyDate= -DateTimeOriginal= d:\pn\test.jpg

    but 
    d:\utils\exiftool -overwrite_original -DateCreated= -ModifyDate= -DateTimeOriginal= %filepath% when exporting doesn't seem to change anything.

    Is the %filepath% correct?

    Thanks.

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  • Dominik Kohler
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    First, make absolutely sure the file is called `exiftool.exe`. I think if you export it from the zip, its something like `exiftool (-k).exe`.

    Second, are you sure you can omit `.exe` in the script? It might no be called in CMD-context, and therefore it might be necessary use the full path including file extension. So try:

    d:\utils\exiftool.exe -overwrite_original -DateCreated= -ModifyDate= -DateTimeOriginal= %filepath%

    Also, i'm pretty sure about %filepath%, but currently I can't access my workstation as I'm at work; but here's a how-to for export-scripts including all available variables: https://on1help.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4410320189325-ON1-PHOTO-RAW-2022-How-to-Run-a-Script-After-Export

    Please provide feedback when you made it work, so I can update my post if necessary.

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  • Gerry Whitmarsh

    Thank you Dominik, that's it. ON1 expects an executable to have the .exe extension. Adding the .exe did the trick.
    Thanks a bunch for your help.

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