ExifTool Forum

[Originally posted by scottc12 on 2007-06-08 15:09:24-07]

Hello I was wondering if ExifTool could be used to completly remove all XMP namespaces if one desired?
I have certain files that when XMP is injected they are just over a size threshold and would like to scrub the XMP out. Some of the files have custom namespaces.

thanks Scott

[Originally posted by themonk on 2007-06-08 15:22:29-07]

To remove ALL XMP using the CLI version of exiftool, it is simple as

exiftool -XMP:All= abcd.jpg

[Originally posted by exiftool on 2007-06-08 15:24:21-07]

Sure.  You can do this with either "-xmp=" or "-xmp:all=" on
the command line.

- Phil

[Originally posted by exiftool on 2007-06-08 15:27:49-07]

Thanks Mark, you're faster than me!

- Phil

[Originally posted by scottc12 on 2007-06-08 15:54:53-07]

Wow that was fast.. Thanks everyone who posted.  
I will give this a try and see what happens.

[Originally posted by scottc12 on 2007-06-20 19:31:53-07]

Hello Apologize for the delay in responding.  I just got around to testing this again and I'm having no luck.
when i run ./exiftool -XMP:All=abcd.jpg    I get this error   yet the file is present admin  531828 Jun 20 15:22 abcd.jpg
No file specified

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Scott

[Originally posted by exiftool on 2007-06-21 11:33:37-07]

Hi Scott,

You forgot the space between the "=" and "abcd.jpg".

The space character displayed by some browsers is very small,
so I can understand this mistake.

- Phil