Windows 10: how do you change the date a photo was created in Windows 11?

I'm making a slideshow to be used in Windows 11 Photo and need to change the date taken or date created in the properties and have not found a way too do that. Some of the photos are old.

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Can't change photo date

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



What is the file extension for the photos which are facing the issue?



It is possible that the Windows photos app has gone corrupted due to the involvement of third party websites/applications.

You can try to run app troubleshooter and check if that fixes the issue.

Refer to
fix problems with apps from Microsoft Store .



Alternatively, you can try the following steps to change the date of the photos:

1. Select the file from the file explorer.
2. Right click on it and click on Properties.
3. In the image properties, click on the Details tab.
4. Look for the section Origin>Date taken and click on the mentioned date.
5. Edit the date accordingly and click on Apply and OK.
   

Get back to us with the required detail to help you further.



Rohit Raina

Microsoft Community - Moderator

 

Change photo tags for upload...not afterwards

Hi,



Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.



I suggest you to sort the photos by date in the saved location and check if it helps.

To do so, follow the below steps:

• 
  Open the folder where the photos are saved.
  
• 
  Click on View tab.
  
• 
  Click Group by, then click Date.
  

Let us know if you have any further query on Windows, we are glad to assist you.

 

wrong "date created" in photos app and won't let me change the date

I can't change the "date created" on several photos and videos.

After import from my iphone to Onedrive, they show

"date created" the date on which I imported them from the iphone e.g. 1/25/2019

"date modified" the actual date created e.g. 6/14/2018

When I use the left click to change date in the photos app, I get an error message "date could not be changed"