How can I remove Picasa person tags from photos without changing other metadata or file dates?

Asked 10/7/2015

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I have photos across multiple folders that contain person/face tags written by Picasa. I want to remove only those tags while keeping the rest of the metadata intact, including the file modification date. Is there an ExifTool command for this, ideally with an option to process folders recursively?

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You can use this command
ExifTool -XMP-mwg-rs:all= -P FILEorDIR

The -P makes sure the file system timestamps don't change. Add -r to recurse. This command creates backup copies of the files. Add -overwrite_original to avoid that.

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Yes. ExifTool can remove Picasa/MWG region person tags without touching other metadata.

Use: exiftool -XMP-mwg-rs:all= -P FILEorDIR

Helpful options:

  • -P preserves the file system modification timestamp.
  • -r processes subfolders recursively.
  • ExifTool creates backup copies by default; add -overwrite_original if you do not want _original backup files.

Example: exiftool -r -P -overwrite_original -XMP-mwg-rs:all= /path/to/photos

If your files specifically contain Picasa region fields and you want to target those fields one by one, that is also possible, but clearing the XMP-mwg-rs group is the simpler approach given in the community answers.

As always, test on a small copy of your library first before running it on everything.

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