Shortest way to keep selected exif-tags only?

[Beholder3]

Hi,

is there a recommended shortest way to remove all metadata from a picture file with few specified exceptions in diffrent tag types, e.g. keep only exif:focallength and XMP:Rights but delete absolutely everything else?

[Phil Harvey]

Yes.  You delete everything then copy back the tags you want to keep:

exiftool -all= -tagsfromfile @ -exif:focallength -xmp:rights FILE

- Phil

[Beholder3]

Cool. Thanks. I little indirect approach.

Would that also work with a foldername as "FILE"? (I am not at my computer today so I can't test it).

[Phil Harvey]

Would that also work with a foldername as "FILE"? (I am not at my computer today so I can't test it).

Yes.

- Phil

[Beholder3]

Hi,

I currently used

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-all= -tagsfromfile @ -exif:focallength -exif:iso -exif:exposuretime - FNumber -xmp:rights via GUI v5 on a DNG file.

I thought this would delete everything and only keep those 5 tags. But not so. The whole IFD0 is still there with make, model, artist, image description etc. A bunch of data in SubIFD and SubIFD1 are also still there.

Is there another way to really only keep the listed (in this exmaple five) tags and no others?

[Phil Harvey]

Please let me know if you have any questions after reading FAQ number 7.

- Phil