[Digikam-users] Remove all tags from entire library

[Thiele, Nic (PIRSA)]

Nic Thiele

>From: Digikam-users [mailto:digikam-users-bounces at kde.org] 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.