PoorPocketsMcNewHold / kde-dolphin-remove-metadata

Adds a right click menu entry to Dolphin to remove all metadata / EXIF data from image files.

KDE - Dolphin - Remove Metadata

Protect your privacy

This adds a right click entry in Dolphin to remove all metadata / EXIF data from image files. This data can store information such as the photos GPS location and file servers it has been stored on.

• Works with single and multiple images.
• Easy to install
• Protects your privacy when sharing photos online.
  (You probably don't want to do this to all your photos as that data is useful for organizing them)

Install

Pre-Requisits

Requires ExifTool to be installed, for example:

Ubuntu

• sudo apt install libimage-exiftool-perl

Arch / Manjaro

• sudo pacman -S perl-image-exiftool

Create a executable blank file

• install -Dv /dev/null ~/.local/share/kio/servicemenus/removeMetadata.desktop

copy the contents of removeMetadata.desktop from this repo into it

• nano ~/.local/share/kio/servicemenus/removeMetadata.desktop
• Save and quit Nano ( CTRL-O, CTRL-X )

Use it

• close any open dolphin sessions
• open dolphin
• right click a image or multiple images and select Remove Meta Data

Screenshots

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After: