Windows photo viewer that can delete JPG and matching RAW files together
Asked 12/22/2010
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I’m looking for a simple Windows photo viewer/browser that lets me quickly review JPGs and delete rejects, while also deleting the matching RAW file (and optionally sidecar files) with the same base filename. My camera produces Nikon .NEF RAW files alongside JPGs, and Windows Photo Gallery only deletes the JPG, leaving the RAW behind. Is there a viewer that can be configured to delete both together?
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Photography Stack Exchange contributor
15y ago
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You can get this for free with XnView: I have now written an easy tutorial to configure everything properly: http://ubuntuswitch.wordpress.com/2013/10/30/delete-jpg-and-raw-files-simultaneously-on-windows/
Works like a charm :-)
Edit for Paul Cezanne: I do not have any plans to take the blog down, as I use it as reference for such problems, but here is the relevant text from the above mentioned post:
Use XnView. After installing do the following:
Open the XnView-config file:
%appdata%\XnView\xnview.ini(in my caseC:\Users\alex\AppData\Roaming\XnView\xnview.ini).In the section [File] add a new line at the end:
Companion_00=jpg:cr2This links the .cr2 (raw-File) to the .jpg. So if you delete the jpg it automatically deletes the .cr2. Replace the cr2 with the extension of your raw-file (so eg nef for Nikon) and save the file.If you want the effect also in the other direction you have to create another newline: Companion_01=cr2:jpg. For now you can just leave this, as we will hide the raw files in the next steps.
Start XnView and open the options (Menu: Tools > Options or via ).
- In General open the tab File Operations tick the checkbox “For Copy/Move/Delete use companion file (.xmp/.thm/.jpg)
- In Browser > File List write the file extension you want to hide (the raw file: in my case cr2) in the last text input and click the OK button.
That is it. Now it should be easier to sort your pictures, as only the jpg-pictures are shown and if you delete it, the raw file automatically gets also deleted.
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Yes. Community answers suggest a few viewers that can do this by treating same-named files as companions/sidecars.
- IrfanView: In Options > Properties/Settings > File Handling > Delete, enable the expert option for deleting sidecar files and enter the paired extensions, e.g.
NEF|JPG|. That lets deletes apply to the matching files together. - XnView: You can configure companion files in its settings/INI so a JPG and RAW with the same basename are linked. For Nikon files, you’d pair JPG with NEF.
- Geeqie: Supports grouping files with the same base name when Enable Image Grouping is turned on, though it’s more commonly used on Linux.
For your Windows/Nikon workflow, IrfanView or XnView are the most directly relevant options from the answers.
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