Windows 10: Windows 10 Photos App - Export tags or edit tags

Dear,

In the file explorer I tagged all my pictures with references to people names, places, special occasions, etc...
It's a huge work, especially for the faces, but it's the only way to find after many years later pictures.
As the info is stored in the file you can easily port it to any other storage location and share it between platforms.

With the former Windows Live Photo Gallery tool it was a relief, because you could easily tag pictures and you could even autodetect people with facial recognition and then tag them accordingly.


With the new W10 photos app, the AI function works well, but the tagging function stores the information in a database, which is useless. Also the option to add other tags is completely gone. Is there a feature to convert/export this information to file labels/tags/listing? So the information can be stored in the file as metadata and remains futur proof.


Thanks


LBO

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Using tags on photos in Windows 10

Hi,

Thank you for contacting Microsoft community.

• Are you referring to the Photos app or the Windows Live Photo Gallery?

I suggest you to follow the suggestion provided by Created by Barb Bowman August 11, 2013 from the below link and check if it helps.

Edit Metadata and Tag Photos in Windows 8

Edit Metadata and Tag Photos in Windows 8

(Also applicable for Windows 10)

Hope this information was helpful and do let us know if you need further assistance. We will be glad to assist.

 

Tags in Photos App

Hi Chris,

There are some ways that you can try to be able to put tags on photos.

For troubleshooting steps, you can check the solutions provided on the links below:

Using-tags-on-photos-in-Windows-10

Tags-in-Microsoft-'Photos'-app

Keep us posted.

 

tags or title for pictures / photos

Hello,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

Title is used to get more information about the content, different documents will have different title.

You can add same tags for documents with different title to group them to together, which will help in searching the file with same tags. I suggest you to follow the steps mentioned below to add tags or title to your image.

Steps:

1. Right click on the Image or photo you want to tag.
2. Select Properties.
3. Select Detail tab.
4. Under Description section, select
   tags or title.
5. Add your tags or title and click on
   Ok.

Note: You can add more than one tag to the same image or photo.

Hope it helps.

Sandeep Kumar M

Microsoft Community – Moderator