How to Remove Json Files from Google Photo Takeout on a PC

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4 жыл бұрын

**Please be advised that by deleting the .json files, you delete the metadata (thus removing the date to keep in chronological order).**
If you know how to merge the json file with the image instead, please comment on the video & I'll add it here for people.
After downloading a google backup that contains photos, .json files may overrun your pictures folders. Here's a quick way on a PC to sort through them and only download the image files that you want to backup.
The first part of the video defines and discusses what json files are and other options you may have tried that are found on the web. Then the video goes into how to proceed with the method.

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@ValentinMadallin 3 жыл бұрын

Yes !!! Finally ! A 100% efficient tutorial. I have around 170 GB / 50.000 photos stored on Google Photos. Imagine the tremendous work I should have done without this brilliant trick !!!

@ankitsethia6534 8 ай бұрын

Love you for putting this out here for all. Really helpful and a life saver.

@drjyde1998 5 ай бұрын

You are awesome. I cleaned up 10 folders of 100G of Takeout photos in 20 minutes. Thank you.

@tonijackson332 2 жыл бұрын

This was super helpful, thank you so much 😊

@Marter88ita 4 жыл бұрын

thank you, it was simple but I did not think about it at first

@sumsmiles 4 жыл бұрын

Nicolò Calligaris Yes it wasn't very hard! Amazing that it took me so much time to come up with a way to do it :-)

@setitandforgetit 4 жыл бұрын

Literally saved me days of work. 🙌 Can't thank you enough for this new trick!!! This is going to help tons of people.👍

@sumsmiles 4 жыл бұрын

Brian Reasoner Oh that's wonderful to hear! Thank you for the great comment. I surely hope it helps a lot of people!

@chiragmehta13 4 жыл бұрын

Very helpful, had over 30k pics n videos of over 100 gb data. Thank you 😊

@sumsmiles 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome to hear! Glad could help!!

@srijanpallem7807 3 жыл бұрын

Holy shit, you've helped me a lot. Now I can extract all my video game screenshots outta my school stuff. Thanks!

@justfootprints 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent tip. You are a life saver.

@hemkrishnadandpati5332 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot, it really helped and saved precious time

@walkermrbill 6 ай бұрын

json files are 1K so you can group by file size and then group select using Ctrl + Shift. All photos and videos are much larger than 1K. Great video.

@qoiop1513 2 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU.....This is the video that you want, if you use TAKEOUT to download your Google photos. THANK YOU!!! 😉

@bobyruiz 4 жыл бұрын

thanks really helpful, greetings from Mexico

@Oscar-vj9oh 4 жыл бұрын

This is a gem!! Thanks so much. Amazing!!

@sumsmiles 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the great input!

@JohnBinKC 4 жыл бұрын

Very helpful! Thanks. I'll try it on my MAC.

@sumsmiles 4 жыл бұрын

John B You bet! Thanks so much. Did it work on your mac?

@muhammetefdalsahin7813 2 жыл бұрын

thanks so much. This saved my days. and thanks for the speaking style too. ı am not a native speaker and and if ı understand everone can. thanks again

@user-ly8ge3ll7h 8 ай бұрын

This is literally a lifesaver! Thanks a ton.

@TriMaulidya 2 ай бұрын

Omg thank you I wish I found your video before. This is so helpful and I have been looking fopr this tutorial 🧡✨

@hamzayasin4856 6 ай бұрын

Beautiful way of doing this, Very nice.

@primuzad7264 7 ай бұрын

Creative problem solving! Thank You!

@williampow9322 2 жыл бұрын

Wow - many many thanks. Saved me a lot of grief and time.

@sumsmiles 2 жыл бұрын

So great to hear. Thank you for the comment!

@jameshajari8966 5 ай бұрын

Your tutorial video was very helpful. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

@gamalelhadary8208 2 жыл бұрын

very helpful video, thanks a lot

@l2xu_2000 4 жыл бұрын

Hero of the day, thanks a lot!

@sumsmiles 4 жыл бұрын

That's awesome! Glad I could help!

@StuMagoo 3 жыл бұрын

Wow thanks so much. Quick question? can I just highlight all json files and just delete them? Jut to get rid of them? Thanks again

@johnhay8710 Жыл бұрын

Great video - very helpful indeed.

@isabelleb7040 4 ай бұрын

Hi! Any idea how I can move those pics to an external drive without loosing the date. When I do it, it changes the photo date to the date of transfer 😢 thanks!

@osmanali7865 6 ай бұрын

Thanks 🙏 made it easier to sort yay! 🎉

@shobhitsoni2224 Жыл бұрын

Thankyou! that was helpful😃

@aaronh_5 3 жыл бұрын

So helpful, thankyou

@GustavoHernandez-rl2lk 3 жыл бұрын

You are the Best, thanks

@marioraulflorescovarrubias8506 2 жыл бұрын

Hey!!! Thank you so much!! Greetings!!

@hurtz0815 4 жыл бұрын

Works great for me, Thx!!!!

@preethink4230 5 ай бұрын

I am not getting how to do it can u pls help me by txting

@dianamendoza108 4 жыл бұрын

excellent! thank you so much!!

@sumsmiles 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for letting me know!

@marieheuvelman4414 3 жыл бұрын

super and thank for the video

@NitinAminVFX 3 жыл бұрын

Takeout strips all that information from your photos and puts them in those JSON files so it's absolutely crucial that we merge that information back into the picture if we want them to keep their chronological order and correct information when importing elsewhere.

@faycurry3160 2 жыл бұрын

and how do you merge them back?

@bmwoldfart 2 жыл бұрын

I looked at the image data before and after the removal of the JSON files and the original image data is still there. I also compared the image data of the same files that are still on Google Photos with the imported ones after the JSON file removal and nothing changed.

@kaoglongx 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much!

@roxyu3384 2 жыл бұрын

You just deleted all your EXIF data from your images.. if you just delete the metadata json… You need to merge the info to the photo first

@sumsmiles 2 жыл бұрын

So how do you do this please? People are asking but I don't know how to merge.

@trapskilla 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@MichaelToub 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks but doesn't deleting all the json delete all the meta data? Will the #DATE_TAKEN be lost if you delete the json?

@sumsmiles 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry didn't see this comment until now. I know it's super late but yes I think you lose that and just save the pic. Unfortunately, I don't have any info on other options to keep it.

@avanth_ika 4 жыл бұрын

my files look nothing like that so it did not help

@keshavx 7 ай бұрын

Yay, pretty helpful!🎉

@sipriyen Жыл бұрын

Thank you it's really helpful

@sumsmiles Жыл бұрын

So glad!

@zeeshanc4474 4 жыл бұрын

thanks saved lotsssssss of time

@sumsmiles 4 жыл бұрын

So great to hear! Thank you!

@lavaliva8499 3 жыл бұрын

And after all photo without date create) Great!

@tron568 4 ай бұрын

wtg ! thankyou very useful tip

@andreluis2488 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!!

@lucillegranthon8892 4 жыл бұрын

Where is the photo folders??

@amandeepsinghid Жыл бұрын

Don’t delete those json files, they are the metadata files which keeps track of when the picture was clicked, location etc so when you want to see them in order such as year, month or location where it was clicked, you will find it difficult to do so if that important json file is deleted.

@Janeth.m 8 ай бұрын

Hello, I downloaded some pictures from google photos and it’s showing these files. They do seem to be all over the place, so would you recommend to keep them ?

@oDJOldskull 2 жыл бұрын

How to merge JSON files with graphical files?

@sumsmiles 2 жыл бұрын

I don't have an answer for that. Something I'd have to look into. I wrote a comment to someone here saying to that should be done, so hopefully they'll write back with the info.

@kdulg 4 жыл бұрын

Muchisimas gracias!

@justinpamintuan975 4 жыл бұрын

thank you so much!

@sumsmiles 4 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!!!

@abdullahbasit9165 3 жыл бұрын

lovely

@LuisRodriguez-sv3gu 9 ай бұрын

Not all of my photos downloaded properly, some just say jpg.json

@sumsmiles 9 ай бұрын

Not sure how to help you on that.

@sergiolamonato4341 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant

@vrushabhmore9398 7 ай бұрын

thank u so much

@JamesYoungAH 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you... I'm moving 960gb of Google Photos 🤪

@spiritlearner3129 2 жыл бұрын

thank u mam thanku soo much

@matargastix1004 6 ай бұрын

thank you

@spicer7 6 ай бұрын

Nice thanks

@devaprasath6756 3 ай бұрын

crazy usefullllll

@gabrielabaumgarten8111 26 күн бұрын

you saved me, the bad thing is, i have 55 .rar files full of photos to extract lololol

@veronicahambidge906 8 ай бұрын

amazing

@rodrigofraga027 11 ай бұрын

I loved

@therapyfortech 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@sheli505 3 жыл бұрын

sweat it helps me a lot

@justinbarrington-higgs6156 Жыл бұрын

Windows multipart zip files

@reddyratish9849 2 жыл бұрын

Super

@divinoportes5897 4 жыл бұрын

Obrigado!

@vklsff9177 3 жыл бұрын

Como faz que eu nao entendi nada

@mapkoc7 3 жыл бұрын

@@vklsff9177 Praticamente você busca naquela barra de pesquisa por .json e apaga todos eles

@m.dj1234 3 жыл бұрын

i love you

@ilesfogo 7 ай бұрын

Thank youuu holy shit

@gledba 11 күн бұрын

Ypu just sort them instead of deleting all that metadata that you will want someday.

@josueabarca1621 3 жыл бұрын

Vaya mierda,acabo de descargar mis fotos de Google fotos y no se unir los .json con las fotos,saludos si me lees XD

@drpeemac Жыл бұрын

4.20 ...video starts

@vineetkarmakar2305 Жыл бұрын

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@Journey-hx6nj 2 жыл бұрын

"Hope that helps..." Answer: Indubitably !