<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Hello Peter,<br><br></div>I am having the same issue.<br></div>Do you have any other picture management software installed on your computer?<br></div>I always thought that Windows Live Photo Gallery screws my tags up resurrecting the deleted ones from its database. <br><br></div>If that is not a case for you I suspect that previous versions of digiKam might wrote tags to more fields than digiKam 5. The list of the fields where digiKam writes tags to can be found in Settings / Metadata / Advanced / Tags.<br></div>Again, this is just a thought ... <br><br></div>When I come across such file again in future I will investigate more - need to check properties of the files, permissions, scan all metadata using exiftool, etc.<br><br></div>Also, there is an option called "Wipe all tags from database only" in Tags / Tag Manager / Sync Export which might help. I have never used it though. Please do full backup of your collection if you do.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Best regards, <br>Andrey Goreev</div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 4:30 PM, Peter Mc Donough <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mcd-mail-lists@gmx.net" target="_blank">mcd-mail-lists@gmx.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
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There seems to be no real solution on how to remove unwanted tags in DK.<br>
System opensuse tumbleweed, digikam 5.3.0<br>
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I have tagged the pictures on my computer with digikam for ages, and of course occasionally reorganized the tag tree.<br>
Sometimes tags pop up which seem impossible to remove.<br>
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As I understand the standard procedure for consolidating the tag tree is: Make sure the xmps and photos are writeable.<br>
First - use maintenance mode to update from database to (xmp and photos)<br>
Second - use maintenance mode to update from (xmp and photos) to database)<br>
Now the same tags should be "everywhere".<br>
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Test with one tag:<br>
Unmark lazy synchronization<br>
Select in extended search the tag you want to remove<br>
Select all photos which match that tag<br>
Unmark the tag and apply<br>
Repeat if necessary until no photos show that tag any more.<br>
Expected result- all photos lose that tag.<br>
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Test: Use maintenance mode to update from (xmp and photos) to database)<br>
And f*ยง%k, the tag is still in those photos.<br>
What went wrong?<br>
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Peter<br>
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