Delete ICC Profile from a Image

[Hangman]

Hi Phil,

I have two simple image files, the first I've saved with an embedded U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2 ICC Profile and the second with an embedded Adobe RGB (1998) ICC Profile...

Using...

exiftool -icc_profile= filename.jpg

with a view to removing/deleting the embedded ICC Profiles for both files results in the following:

U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2 ----> Generic CMYK

Adobe RGB (1998) ----> sRGB IEC61966-2.1

The CMYK file output in exactly what I would expect, an untagged Generic CMYK file but my expectation for the RGB would be...

Adobe RGB (1998) ----> Generic RGB

So I'm trying to understand why it results in sRGB IEC61966-2.1 instead of Generic RGB.

Both files are attached...

Many thanks for any insight...

[StarGeek]

with a view to removing/deleting the embedded ICC Profiles for both files results in the following:

According to what program?

Neither of these results are output from exiftool.  Your command leaves the ICCProfileName, ColorMode, and ColorSpace tags.  Whatever other program you are using seems to either interpret this combination of tags as sRGB IEC61966-2.1 or simply defaults to sRGB IEC61966-2.1.  You would have to look to that program to figure out why.

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C:\>exiftool -G1 -a -s -ext jpg -ICCProfileName -ColorMode -ColorSpace .
======== ./pms330c_cmyk.jpg
[XMP-photoshop] ICCProfileName                  : U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2
[XMP-photoshop] ColorMode                       : CMYK
[ExifIFD]       ColorSpace                      : Uncalibrated
======== ./pms330c_rgb.jpg
[XMP-photoshop] ICCProfileName                  : Adobe RGB (1998)
[XMP-photoshop] ColorMode                       : RGB
[ExifIFD]       ColorSpace                      : Uncalibrated
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