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Asked: 2018-10-15 19:24:03 +0800 CST

Can I erase all photo metadata using Gimp?

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Gimp 2.10 offers the possibility to change metadata but my question is that if I edit metadata using gimp...

Can I erase all photo metadata using Gimp?

Or it will be some metadata I can not erase using gimp?

Thanks in advance

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    GIMP 2.9.4 and later has a built-in metadata editor. It is accessed by selecting Image -> Metadata -> Edit Metadata. The GIMP Metadata Editor can edit a wide variety of image metadata fields including GPS metadata. To write metadata click the Write Metadata button in the lower right corner of the Metadata Editor window.

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    GIMP 2.10

    GIMP 2.10 can be installed as a snap package in all currently supported versions of Ubuntu or as an apt package in Ubuntu 18.10 and later.

    Image::ExifTool (libimage-exiftool-perl) is a library and program (exiftool) to read and write metadata information in multimedia files. To install libimage-exiftool-perl in all currently supported versions of Ubuntu open the terminal and type: 

    sudo apt install libimage-exiftool-perl

    To quickly erase all of an image's metadata run this command:

    exiftool -overwrite_original -all= /path/to/file
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