Tags - How to remove unwanted ones. Solution wanted.

[Andrey Goreev]

Actually, could you download the latest appimage (ver 5.4.0) and try it? I
think it has a bleeding edge exiv2 which might solved the issue. I have had
the same problems for sure but I kind of gave up on it and forgot when I
checked it last time.

Best regards,
Andrey Goreev

On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 4:41 PM, Andrey Goreev <aegoreev at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Peter,
>
> I am having the same issue.
> Do you have any other picture management software installed on your
> computer?
> I always thought that Windows Live Photo Gallery screws my tags up
> resurrecting the deleted ones from its database.
>
> 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.
> Again, this is just a thought ...
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Best regards,
> Andrey Goreev
>
> On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 4:30 PM, Peter Mc Donough <mcd-mail-lists at gmx.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> There seems to be no real solution on how to remove unwanted tags in DK.
>> System opensuse tumbleweed, digikam 5.3.0
>>
>> I have tagged the pictures on my computer with digikam for ages, and of
>> course occasionally reorganized the tag tree.
>> Sometimes tags pop up which seem impossible to remove.
>>
>> As I understand the standard procedure for consolidating the tag tree is:
>> Make sure the xmps and photos are writeable.
>> First - use maintenance mode to update from database to (xmp and photos)
>> Second - use maintenance mode to update from (xmp and photos) to database)
>> Now the same tags should be "everywhere".
>>
>> Test with one tag:
>> Unmark lazy synchronization
>> Select in extended search the tag you want to remove
>> Select all photos which match that tag
>> Unmark the tag and apply
>> Repeat if necessary until no photos show that tag any more.
>> Expected result- all photos lose that tag.
>>
>> Test: Use maintenance mode to update from (xmp and photos) to database)
>> And f*§%k, the tag is still in those photos.
>> What went wrong?
>>
>> cu
>> Peter
>>
>
>
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