How to Delete Metadata on a Photo in Adobe Bridge
Adobe Bridge is a media manager for organizing, browsing, locating and viewing files such as digital photographs. When a digital photograph is created, information about the photograph is recorded and stored with the file. This information, called metadata, can be seen when viewing the file in Adobe Bridge. In addition to viewing metadata for a photograph, certain information can be edited or deleted by using the Metadata panel in Adobe Bridge.
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Instructions
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Launch Adobe Bridge by clicking on its desktop icon or selecting it from the Windows Start menu. Macintosh users can launch Bridge by clicking its icon located in the Dock or in the Applications folder.
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Navigate to the digital photograph you want to delete metadata for using the Folders tab located in the upper left corner of the Bridge application window. Photographs are usually stored in the My Pictures folder on Windows and in the Pictures folder on a Mac.
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Click the "Metadata" tab on the lower right corner of the Bridge application window with the photograph selected. Locate the metadata field for the information you wish to remove and click the "Edit" icon. Delete the metadata by highlighting the information and pressing "Delete" on your keyboard.
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Save the changes made to the metadata for the photograph by clicking the "Checkbox" located at the bottom right corner of the Metadata panel.
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Tips & Warnings
Certain metadata such as the File Properties and Camera Data cannot be edited or deleted. The Edit icon will not appear next to the metadata fields that cannot be edited.
Deleting metadata for a photograph is permanent and cannot be undone. Make sure the information you have changed or deleted is correct before saving the changes.
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davidriecks
Dec 27, 2009
Stephen: Your article is missing a couple of important points. 1. Why should anyone "want" to delete metadata from their image files? 2. By removing metadata such as Creator, Copyright Notice, and Contact Info from their own image files, they are making those images into potential "orphan works, for which they will have a more difficult time asserting ownership. 3. By removing ownership information from files created by others they are violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Hope that helps others understand that it may be more important to add or preserve metadata in images than it may to remove that information. David
