How can I remove the EXIF tags/metadata from several images at once?

Question

I have a 6,000+ photos. I want to remove a the tags from these photos. I know how to do it one photo at a time. But wondering, what is the way to do mulitple files at a time? Thanks

Answer 1

You can do this easily with ExifTool:

exiftool -all= -overwrite_original -r .

This command will remove all supported tags from all supported file types in the current directory and all sub-directories. Be careful with this (remove -overwrite_original if you're not sure) and read the documentation first.

Answer 2

Exif Eraser could do the job easily and is available with graphical user interface.

• "Removing exif data from images"

Answer 3

You could use a program like ACDSee, which allows bulk operations.

I think Windows Live Photo Gallery (free) can do the same thing.