Unable to delete a face tag

Maik Qualmann metzpinguin at gmail.com
Wed Nov 8 18:48:33 GMT 2023


The virtual face tags Unknown, Unconfirmed or Ignored are system face tags and 
cannot be deleted. The face detection engine or the reading of face metadata 
in images is an integral part of digiKam and cannot currently be removed. We 
haven't decided yet whether we'll create it as a plugin.

Maik

Am Mittwoch, 8. November 2023, 17:46:01 CET schrieb Ken Stadtman:
> Would appreciate assistance with this problem
> 
> When attempting  to delete a tag I get this message "Cannot delete
> required face tag".
> I do not know where this tag originated from as I have never initiated
> face scanning.
> When I click on the tag there are no images associated with it.
> 
> I have several tags that exhibit this behavior:    Unconfirmed(0),
> Unknown(0), Ignored(0) + quite a few other tags.
> 
> Ideally I want to be able to delete these tags and completely shut off
> face scanning.
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Ken Stadtman






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