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Old 03-22-2010, 10:48 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by PaleoRDR View Post
I also would like to be able to "bulk" delete all tags from my Calibre database,

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Unfortunately, there doesn't appear to be a way to "bulk" delete except by specific Tag - and there's got to be at least several hundred unique tags in my db.
This isn't as daunting a task as you might think.

1. Highlight all books you want to eliminate tags from.
2. Then click edit meta information.
3. Now type "a" in the remove tags bar. A list of all of the tags starting with "a" will be shown. Selcet the top tag. Now do it again and select the next "a" tag until all the "a" tags are listed. Continue to "b", "c", "d" etc...
4. Do a couple of letters at a time click OK then go back into the edit meta information and do e, f, g...
5. Wash, rinse and repeat.

In a short spell all tags will be gone with less then the effort to search here for a better solution.

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