Windows 10: Date Taken field is cleared when editing with Windows Photo in Windows 11

I recently moved to a new computer that has Windows 11. After downloading pictures from my camera, I look at them in a File Explorer View->Details that I've added the "Date Taken" field. I double click on the photo to bring it up Microsoft photos. I edit the photo control-e and crop it, do auto-enhance and change the light on the picture. Sometimes not always after I SAVE the updated picture, the "Date Taken" field has been cleared. This has happened to me multiple times although sometimes I can edit my picture and the "Date Taken" field is not cleared. I have been doing this for

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How to edit the time in the "Date Taken" field under properties of an image.

Hello,

I am looking for some guidance please on how to edit the time in the "Date Taken" field on the properties of an image. I am working on Windows 10 and when I get into the field by right clicking on the image and selecting properties, I can edit the date in
the "Date Taken" field but there is no option to edit the time. From researching online, I see this used to be done via Windows Live Photo Gallery. As this is no longer available on Windows, how do I change the time in the "Date Taken" field?

All advice welcome and preferably suggestions that do not involve 3rd party apps. This can surely be done somehow through Windows itself?

Thanks.

 

Is 'Date Taken' field available?

Here is what I believe is going on:

1. There is no Search function. For this field or anything else.

2. The Date Taken field is available for viewing under some conditions.

a. If the Date Taken field is not blank, then the Photos app displays this field as 'Date'.

b. If the Date Taken field is blank, the Photos app substitutes data from another field for 'Date'. Not sure what that field is. Could be the Windows file system date. Or maybe the Date Modified field from the jpeg data.

I'd like to see the 'File Info' information extended like this:

1. Make all the jpeg data available.

2. Use an approach like File Explorer/View/Add Columns so we could select which fields to see.

3. Save our selections across sessions.

I'd like to see the Search function added with enough function to do this:

1. Let's says I have a large number of jpegs and I want to find all of the pictures that have all of these:

a. Keyword Tag = Ross

b. Keyword Tag = Rachel

c. Date Taken = 5/15/2003

2. I could start by clicking the tag for 'Ross'.

3. That shows me all of the images with that tag.

4. And also shows me the tags in that subset.

5. I click the 'Rachel' tag.

6. Now I see all the photos with both Ross and Rachel.

7. Finally, I click the Date Taken of 5/15/2003.

8. Giving me just those images taken that day of Ross & Rachel.

9. From there I could create something. Collection, Album, etc.

Those would make for some very nice enhancements.

 

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Hi,

You can change the dates of your photos in Windows 10. So, if you sort by date, then it also gets sorted by time within the date.

To change the date in photo, follow the steps below:

• First, in a File Explorer view of the directory, right-click the file or the photo you want to change the date.
• Select Properties.
• Click on the Details tab, then click on the Date taken
  field.
• Move your mouse cursor over to the actual value of the date and click on it, and the field becomes editable.

Some of the other metadata are also editable in the same way.

Also, to organize photos in Windows 10, we suggest to check this
link.

Let us know if you need more assistance.