XnView Software

removing single Keyword from multiple files, tried this today and doesnt seem to be a feature, am i correct ???

Yes this feature exists.
You select your files and click on the common keyword to delete.

edit:
in the category sets panel the common keywords are in bold

When using "Edit IPTC" or"Edit XMP", it's a bit tricky to choose right options in last tab.

But XnViewMp provides a tool named "Categories" to manage keywords.
For this specific task, go to Settings>Metadata and enable both "Import" and "Export", and set iptc or xmp according to your keywords.
Select the pictures, and click View>Update catalog from files.
(If you want to enable the whole catalog with all your photos, go to Settings Catalog, and " Add" the parent folder containing all the photos)

Select pictures, go to " Categories filter" pane, and unmark the category corresponding to the keyword you want to remove...

Thank you, I saw the categories window, but didn’t make the other connections, excellent

Thanks

I did search on the internet, but so so much is out of date or just wrong ( and never corrected ) all I could find was, that would be a nice feature but can’t be done now. The user guide you linked to is in French

Seems quite a procedure, would be so much easier to select images to be changed, untick the keyword(s) not wanted and click process…..using the view drop down to process files seems odd, good it can be done but seems quite a procedure

Thanks again

Also did you mean update files from catalog ?

reddwarf4ever wrote: Tue Aug 23, 2022 3:11 pm Also did you mean update files from catalog ?

"Update catalog from files" is used when keywords have been created or added by other softwares, or if catalog was empty or damaged.

"Update files from catalog" is used when photos have been categorized without Export options, and one wants now to export categories as keywords.
Both applies only on selected files.

Thank you

Franky wrote: Tue Aug 23, 2022 2:31 pm Yes this feature exists.
You select your files and click on the common keyword to delete.

edit:
in the category sets panel the common keywords are in bold

So in category I untick the keywords I don’t want, how do I execute this action, or is that it ? Thanks

You must display the panels... View/Panels/Categories or Category sets