<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body><div>I would try that on few files or on a folder and check the results with "exiftool -s FILE " to make sure you like it.</div><div>Digikam writes tags to many metadata fields not only to Keyword.</div><div><br></div><div>Also I think Digikam used to write a|aa|aca to the Keyword field but now it only writes aca there but full hierarchy a|aa|aca being written to XMP Keywords and other fields. </div><div>Please correct me if I wrong.</div><div><br></div><div id="composer_signature"><div style="font-size:85%;color:#575757" dir="auto">Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.</div></div><div><br></div><div style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><!-- originalMessage --><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Remco Viëtor <remco.vietor@wanadoo.fr> </div><div>Date: 2017-01-15 7:10 AM (GMT-07:00) </div><div>To: digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the power of open source <digikam-users@kde.org> </div><div>Subject: Re: Batch processing to remove unwanted parent tags? </div><div><br></div></div>On dimanche 15 janvier 2017 12:44:50 CET Info Munky wrote:<br>> Digikam 4.12.0 on Linux Mint 18 Cinnamon<br>> <br>> I'm considering moving from Shotwell (the simplicity of which I like) to<br>> Digikam, primarily because Shotwell doesn't easily allow me to<br>> dissociate RAW files from JPGs after import. I've been experimenting<br>> with Digikam, getting to grips with it and starting to really love it!<br>> <br>> Main issue I need to resolve at the moment is how to remove parent tags<br>> (in my JPG metadata from Shotwell) where I have a child or children of<br>> that parent tag.<br>> <br>> If my tag hierarchy is something like this...<br>> <br>> a<br>> aa<br>> ab<br>> ac<br>> aca<br>> b<br>> ba<br>> <br>> ... and photo 1 has tag 'aca' set, I currently have tags 'a', 'ac' and<br>> 'aca' showing against the photo either in the tool tip or under the<br>> thumbnail. I have seen that after removing 'a' and 'ac', the photo still<br>> shows up in a search for either of these tags, because 'aca' is a<br>> descendent. So I'd like to remove 'a' and 'ac' from photo 1 to remove<br>> clutter when the tags are listed.<br>> <br>> Obviously I can remove these one by one, but am wondering whether<br>> there's a nice script somewhere to do this on a batch basis?<br>> <br>> Thanks<br><br>In the left sidebar, you can search for /select images by tag over the whole <br>collection. Do that for your tag "aca", select all, and in the right side bar <br>uncheck the tags a and ac. That should do the trick. <br><br>It gets a bit unpleasant if you have a very large tag tree, though.<br></body></html>