//forums.adobe.com/message/9671488#9671488 #target photoshop; var inputFolder= Folder.selectDialog ("Please select folder to process"); if(inputFolder != null){ var fileList = inputFolder.getFiles(/\.(jpg|tif|psd|png)$/i); for(var a in fileList){delFileAncestorsMeta(fileList[a]);} } function delFileAncestorsMeta(selectedFile) { if (ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript == undefined) ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript = new ExternalObject("lib:AdobeXMPScript"); var xmpFile = new XMPFile( selectedFile.fsName, XMPConst.FILE_UNKNOWN, XMPConst.OPEN_FOR_UPDATE | XMPConst.OPEN_USE_SMART_HANDLER ); var xmp = xmpFile.getXMP(); xmp.deleteProperty(XMPConst.NS_PHOTOSHOP, "DocumentAncestors"); if (xmpFile.canPutXMP(xmp)) { xmpFile.putXMP(xmp); xmpFile.closeFile(XMPConst.CLOSE_UPDATE_SAFELY); } };