Thanks to Bill for mentioning the lossless operation - I usually work from TIFF files when I convert, so I don't have the issue of lossy vs lossless since I'm not rewriting a jpg. It is not actually deleting any data from the file. However, when I run the command it says: 1 image files updated, but then when I run exiftool -s all of that data is still in the file. This is easier than it sounds, the steps are pretty obvious once you are in thumbnail view with the items selected and choose File.Īlso, because it overwrites the original file, you may want to use a copy if you ever want the EXIF again. I am trying to use exiftool -all to delete all tags/meta data on the file to manually add it back in. Import/export EXIF and IPTC from/to MS Excel files. Import/export EXIF and IPTC from/to XML files. Click Custom in the bottom of the menu that pops up, and unclick EXIF and IPTC. Remove EXIF, IPTC tags, and clean up all metadata Add, edit, and remove keywords.

And because they bundle their dependencies, they work on all major Linux systems without modification. Then go to the File menu (not the Options as you would for a single image in the main Irfanview window), then select JPG Lossless Operations, then Lossless Transformations with Selected Thumbs. Snaps are containerised software packages that are simple to create and install.

When the thumbnails open, select the images for stripping (CTRL-A selects them all). If you want to do it in a batch, you need to open the thumbnail view (type 'T' while in the main Irfanview window and select a folder which has the images you want to strip the info from). However, his method isn't the way to do it in batch. Bill is right that you should use the lossless jpg operation.

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