- This topic has 4 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 4 years, 8 months ago by
.
-
How can I get rid of and delete the Globally Unique Identifier (_UID tag) from my GEDCOM and database?
Nigel
My personal kiwitrees site is www.our-families.info -
First delete them from the database with this:
Administration > Tools > Batch update > Search and replaceSet search method to “regular expression”
Search for : [0-9] _UID .*(\n)* (copy this carefully as all characters, including spaces are critical)
Replace with nothingI recommend running a few using just “update” first to satisfy yourself it is catching the correct rows, and only those, then use “update all”.
Once completed, export your tree. That will create a fresh GEDCOM file without those items.
Nigel
My personal kiwitrees site is www.our-families.info -
I copied the expression but the search said “Nothing found”
-
I copied the expression but the search said “Nothing found”
Double check that you set the “Search method” to “regular expression”
Edit – I also just noticed that I might have inadvertently led you to include “:” in the search code. It should just be the characters after that colon, starting with the opening square bracket.
Nigel
My personal kiwitrees site is www.our-families.info -
I did not include the colon, but first time round I had Search method set as plain text. When I changed to “regular expression” I still got the “nothing found” message UNTIL I cleared the cache logged out then logged in again. Works fine. Thank you.
- The topic ‘Globally Unique Identifier’ is closed to new replies.