Removing exif-data via Windows file properties does not allow to delete only orientation attribute and removing all exif data removes GPS position also.
Is there any way to remove only the orientation attribute leaving other exif data intact?
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Have you done even a cursory search on this site for the term "edit EXIF?" – Michael C Jun 26 '18 at 16:48
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Yes, but found nothing – Roger Wayne Jun 26 '18 at 16:54
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I found 170+ results, at least a couple of dozen that are at least somewhat related to the basic question "how to edit EXIF data." – Michael C Jun 26 '18 at 17:00
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3Possible duplicate of Is there a software that make it possible to edit all exif values and add new paramerers? – Michael C Jun 26 '18 at 17:07
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Related: Adding data to an EXIF file and Software for editing EXIF data and Are there GIMP plugins that allow one to view and edit EXIF data? and Updating metadata in Darktable and How can I strip tags from a JPEG without removing the color profile? – Michael C Jun 26 '18 at 17:11
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1See also: If an image is rotated losslessly, why does the file size change? – Michael C Jun 26 '18 at 17:12
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4Instead of removing the orientation tag, it may be more useful to set it to 1. ie to specify the image is not rotated. – vclaw Jun 26 '18 at 19:33
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You can use exiftool to remove the orientation tag:
exiftool -Orientation= /target/dir/or/File
Replace /target/dir/or/File with the files and/or directories you want to process. If run under Unix/Mac, use single quotes to avoid bash interpretation.
To suppress the creation of backup files, add
-overwrite_original.To recurse into subdirectories, add
-r.
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In fact the mentioned exiftool command did not work for me. It rewrote the metadata, but did not remove the Orientation tag. I finally found this solution:
exiftool -n -Orientation=0 /path/to/my/file
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Found answer: Rotate photo on Windows File Explorer. Orientation attribute is removed during rotation but all other exif-data is remaining in the photo.
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Who knows how Windows will mangle the data? ... But maybe it's okay... Are “Windows Photo Viewer” rotations lossless? – xiota Jun 27 '18 at 08:35
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Wait, what? If I tell File Explorer to rotate my image, it will delete the rotation tag? A) It does not (tried it just now, IrfanView now rotates the picture as I told File Explorer before), B) if it did, this would be a major bug in the rotation routine and I wouldn't count on it being there forever. – flolilo Jun 27 '18 at 15:39