Remove all tags from entire library

[Darryl Penny-2]

Hello to the list,

I am using Version 4.12.0 on Windows 7.

I want to remove all tags from all 15 000 or so pictures in my library.
Some are saved in files and others are in the SQLite database. I've
searched the mailing list, but not found an answer this question, and
anyway the software is evolving too fast for old methods to be valid.
Over the years I've used various management software to write metadata and
now my tag list is quite a mess and I can't stand it!

I would rather scrap all tags and slowly start over - I know, tedious work
but worth it, for me, anyway.
Is it possible to do this withing digiKam v12?

Best Regards,
Darryl


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[Veaceslav Munteanu-2]

Yes you can.

Go to Tag Sidebar and press Open Tags Manager.

Sync & Export -> Wipe all Tags from Database Only ( now all tags from
database are deleted)

Then press Write Tags From Database to Image ( it might take a lot of
time, but after it is done, all tags are deleted from pictures)




On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 11:21 AM, Darryl Penny <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hello to the list,
>
> I am using Version 4.12.0 on Windows 7.
>
> I want to remove all tags from all 15 000 or so pictures in my library.
> Some are saved in files and others are in the SQLite database. I've
> searched the mailing list, but not found an answer this question, and
> anyway the software is evolving too fast for old methods to be valid.
> Over the years I've used various management software to write metadata and
> now my tag list is quite a mess and I can't stand it!
>
> I would rather scrap all tags and slowly start over - I know, tedious work
> but worth it, for me, anyway.
> Is it possible to do this withing digiKam v12?
>
> Best Regards,
> Darryl
>
>
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[Darryl Penny-2]

Veaceslav Munteanu <veaceslav.munteanu90@...> writes:

>
> Yes you can.
>
> Go to Tag Sidebar and press Open Tags Manager.
>
> Sync & Export -> Wipe all Tags from Database Only ( now all tags from
> database are deleted)
>
> Then press Write Tags From Database to Image ( it might take a lot of
> time, but after it is done, all tags are deleted from pictures)
>

ThankQ for the steps.

Program is busy clearing image metadata now, going to have something to
drink,etc.
As you said, it's going to take awhile. Don't care to be honest, I must
sort out my (picture) life :-)

Regrda,
Darryl


> On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 11:21 AM, Darryl Penny <darryl.penny <at>
gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello to the list,
> >
> > I am using Version 4.12.0 on Windows 7.
> >
> > I want to remove all tags from all 15 000 or so pictures in my
library.


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[Sjoerd-2]

On Thursday 20 August 2015 10:20:00 Darryl Penny wrote:

> Veaceslav Munteanu <veaceslav.munteanu90@...> writes:
> > Yes you can.
> >
> > Go to Tag Sidebar and press Open Tags Manager.
> >
> > Sync & Export -> Wipe all Tags from Database Only ( now all tags from
> > database are deleted)
> >
> > Then press Write Tags From Database to Image ( it might take a lot of
> > time, but after it is done, all tags are deleted from pictures)
>
> ThankQ for the steps.
>
> Program is busy clearing image metadata now, going to have something to
> drink,etc.
> As you said, it's going to take awhile. Don't care to be honest, I must
> sort out my (picture) life :-)
>

Good luck with that!
I am tempting to do the same, but it also would mean to resync all the
pictures to my backup(s) and since it's around 300GB now....the local backups
are not a problem, but remote with just a 3Mbps uplink will take some time...

Cheers,
Sjoerd

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[Darryl Penny-2]

Sjoerd <sjoerd@...> writes:

> Good luck with that!
> I am tempting to do the same, but it also would mean to resync all the
> pictures to my backup(s) and since it's around 300GB now....the local
backups
> are not a problem, but remote with just a 3Mbps uplink will take some
time...

For sure, don't know how you'll live through 3Mbps If I'm correct that'll
take 28 hrs or so! My stuff is less time consuming:
I only have +-120GB. So far no remote backups in the cloud. I have 3
portable USB drives: home, work and laptop bag. That means I have 4 copies
of the the library, admittedly not all are totally current. Oh, and I have
another folder of pure originals from SD cards.


> Cheers,
> Sjoerd
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[Boudewijn]

On Thursday 20 August 2015 09:21:28 Darryl Penny wrote:
> Over the years I've used various management software to write metadata and
> now my tag list is quite a mess and I can't stand it!
>
> I would rather scrap all tags and slowly start over - I know, tedious work
> but worth it, for me, anyway.
> Is it possible to do this withing digiKam v12?
I realize this thread is too old to give any usable input for your case, but
for future reference I can't keep my opinion to myself. That opinion is: such
a waste!

The tag tree may be quite a mess, but I imagine each foto in and of itself
being tagged with valuable labels. By using selections based on (depricated)
tags it seems much more comfortable to build op a new tag tree.

It is not my business at all, but I am interested whether it was an option at
all, and if it was an option, why wiping all tags still was a better option.

(and, by the way, have a good time tagging ! ;-) )

Boudewijn

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Nic Thiele

>From: Digikam-users [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Boudewijn
>Sent: Wednesday, 26 August 2015 6:31 AM
>
>On Thursday 20 August 2015 09:21:28 Darryl Penny wrote:
>> Over the years I've used various management software to write metadata
>> and now my tag list is quite a mess and I can't stand it!
>>
>> I would rather scrap all tags and slowly start over - I know, tedious
>> work but worth it, for me, anyway.
>> Is it possible to do this withing digiKam v12?
>I realize this thread is too old to give any usable input for your case, but for future reference I can't >keep my opinion to myself. That opinion is: such a waste!
>
>The tag tree may be quite a mess, but I imagine each foto in and of itself being tagged with valuable labels. By using selections based on (depricated) tags it seems much more comfortable to build op a new tag tree.
>
>It is not my business at all, but I am interested whether it was an option at all, and if it was an option, why wiping all tags still was a better option.
>
> (and, by the way, have a good time tagging ! ;-) )
>
>Boudewijn

I agree with Boudewijn and thought the same thing when reading the original post. Surely redundant tags are better than no tags. Maybe there is a way you can translate your old tags to the tags you wish to use in the future?

Nic.
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