How to edit and clear image metadata in Windows 10

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The moment you take a picture with your phone, digital camera or use another type of device for the same reason, the file created not only includes the image, but also a large amount of data sobre el dispositivo, autor, día y otros detalles interesantes, que conocemos como metadata.

Thanks to metadata, there are applications, such as Photos itself, that can show that information to understand when it was taken, dimensions, ISO, size and much more. In Windows 10 we have the opportunity to modify that information or even remove it entirely.

How to edit the metadata of an image in Windows 10

For edit metadata in an image file we are going to do the following:

• Find an image you have on your desktop or a folder in Windows 10 and the right button of the mouse about that
• Now select «Properties«
• In the image properties we look for the "Details" tab

All the image you see in that tab is part of the metadata and you can quickly edit the information by clicking the value field next to the property. Even though it must be said that some data cannot be modified.

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The details tab is divided into six sections:

• Description- Click on Title, Subject, Rating, Tags and Comments and edit your information
• Source: aquí puede editar Autores, Fecha de captura, Fecha de adquisición y Copyright
• Image: You cannot modify anything in this chapter that refers to the characteristics of the image such as ISO, resolution, etc.
• Camera- Here are the details about how the camera was used to take the image, such as the camera manufacturer, model, F-point and much more
• Advanced photography: Includes advanced information for photographers. You can only edit some fields
• Archive: here you can forget to modify any field since you cannot

How to clear metadata from an image

Metadata is very useful information, but for many it attacks their privacy or security, so it is essential to know how to delete certain properties that contain personal information such as name, location.

Do the following to delete personal information:

• On the Image Details tab, click «Remove properties and personal information»Found at the end

• Choose "Create a copy with all possible properties removed "or" Remove the following properties from this file ", and select the ones you want to delete
• press To accept and done