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

[@ValentinMadallin]

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]

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

[@walkermrbill]

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.

[@drjyde1998]

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

[@anirudhgulia9036]

Mam, you are a saviour. I mean it by all the sense I can put into this comment. You just straight up solved the biggest problem of Google Zip photos for the whole world. Big thanks for this.

[@setitandforgetit]

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

[@sumsmiles]

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

[@NitinAminVFX]

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]

and how do you merge them back?

[@bmwoldfart]

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.

[@Marter88ita]

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

[@sumsmiles]

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 :-)

[@muhammetefdalsahin7813]

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

[@qoiop1513]

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

[@MichaelToub]

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]

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.

[@chiragmehta13]

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

[@sumsmiles]

Awesome to hear! Glad could help!!

[@TriMaulidya]

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

[@AlejandroHerreraDelgado]

It was extremely useful! Thank you so much from Seville, Spain

[@bobyruiz]

thanks really helpful, greetings from Mexico

[@srijanpallem7807]

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

[@hamzayasin4856]

Beautiful way of doing this, Very nice.

[@tonijackson332]

This was super helpful, thank you so much 😊

[@williampow9322]

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

[@sumsmiles]

So great to hear. Thank you for the comment!

[@Oscar-vj9oh]

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

[@sumsmiles]

Thank you for the great input!

[@l2xu_2000]

Hero of the day, thanks a lot!

[@sumsmiles]

That's awesome! Glad I could help!

[@amandeepsinghid]

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]

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 ?

[@roxyu3384]

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]

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

[@justfootprints]

Excellent tip. You are a life saver.

[@UtkarshRai-w8j]

This is literally a lifesaver! Thanks a ton.

[@JohnBinKC]

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

[@sumsmiles]

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

[@jameshajari8966]

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

[@isabelleb7040]

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!

[@mahbubahamed8461]

my all jpg showing as json file how to get back in jpg?

[@lenae246]

So the JSON is not a picture or video? You just delete them? I thought it's pictures that I can no longer look at ...

[@hemkrishnadandpati5332]

Thanks a lot, it really helped and saved precious time

[@StuMagoo]

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

[@primuzad7264]

Creative problem solving! Thank You!

[@gabrielabaumgarten8111]

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

[@osmanali7865]

Thanks 🙏 made it easier to sort yay! 🎉

[@muaviyakhan3070]

very informative😍

[@gamalelhadary8208]

very helpful video, thanks a lot

[@preethink4230]

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

[@shobhitsoni2224]

Thankyou! that was helpful😃

[@LuisRodriguez-sv3gu]

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

[@sumsmiles]

Not sure how to help you on that.

[@keshavx]

Yay, pretty helpful!🎉

[@lucillegranthon8892]

Where is the photo folders??

[@avanth_ika]

my files look nothing like that so it did not help

[@GustavoHernandez-rl2lk]

You are the Best, thanks

[@Mehmood120]

Thank you by heart ❤

[@oDJOldskull]

How to merge JSON files with graphical files?

[@sumsmiles]

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.

[@dianamendoza108]

excellent! thank you so much!!

[@sumsmiles]

Thank you for letting me know!

[@marioraulflorescovarrubias8506]

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

[@sipriyen]

Thank you it's really helpful

[@sumsmiles]

So glad!

[@johnhay8710]

Great video - very helpful indeed.

[@zeeshanc4474]

thanks saved lotsssssss of time

[@sumsmiles]

So great to hear! Thank you!

[@hurtz0815]

Works great for me, Thx!!!!

[@aaronh_5]

So helpful, thankyou

[@trapskilla]

Thank you!

[@marieheuvelman4414]

super and thank for the video

[@lavaliva8499]

And after all photo without date create) Great!

[@tron568]

wtg ! thankyou very useful tip

[@JamesYoungAH]

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

[@andreluis2488]

Thank you!!!

[@justinpamintuan975]

thank you so much!

[@sumsmiles]

Glad it helped!!!

[@sergiolamonato4341]

Brilliant

[@justinbarrington-higgs6156]

Windows multipart zip files

[@josueabarca1621]

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

[@gledba]

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

[@kdulg]

Muchisimas gracias!

[@spiritlearner3129]

thank u mam thanku soo much

[@rodrigofraga027]

I loved

[@matargastix1004]

thank you

[@vrushabhmore9398]

thank u so much

[@spicer7]

Nice thanks

[@abdullahbasit9165]

lovely

[@arunkrishnan5071]

thnalks

[@drpeemac]

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[@devaprasath6756]

crazy usefullllll

[@divinoportes5897]

Obrigado!

[@vklsff9177]

Como faz que eu nao entendi nada

[@mapkoc7]

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

[@veronicahambidge906]

amazing

[@therapyfortech]

Thanks

[@sheli505]

sweat it helps me a lot

[@vineetkarmakar2305]

My girl is on windows 7

[@ilesfogo]

Thank youuu holy shit

[@heisenberg4313]

taaaanks

[@m.dj1234]

i love you

[@Journey-hx6nj]

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

[@kaoglongx]

Thanks very much!

[@jdjan1786]

Thanks