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  • #10760

    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
  • #10761

    First delete them from the database with this:
    Administration > Tools > Batch update > Search and replace

    Set search method to “regular expression”
    Search for : [0-9] _UID .*(\n)* (copy this carefully as all characters, including spaces are critical)
    Replace with nothing

    I 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
  • #10763

    I copied the expression but the search said “Nothing found”

    Penguins Are  Boss

    https://bootesgowland.kiwitrees.net

    Happy to be hosted by kiwitrees.net

  • #10764

    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
  • #10766

    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.

    Penguins Are  Boss

    https://bootesgowland.kiwitrees.net

    Happy to be hosted by kiwitrees.net

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