How can I delete the Excire Foto database?

How can I delete the Excire Foto database?

Deleting or resetting the database removes all information it contains: imported folders, analysis results, keywords, person names, ratings, collections as well as thumbnails and previews. Your photos on the hard drive remain unchanged.

Important: Deleting is permanent and cannot be undone. Create a backup first (File → Manual backup) in case you might need the data later. See also "Backing Up, Moving, and Restoring a Database".

Excire Foto 2027

  1. Select File → Database actions → Reset current database from the menu.
  2. Confirm the security prompt by selecting the checkbox.

The currently open database is completely deleted and replaced with an empty database. This also applies if you use a database in a folder of your own choice.

Excire Foto 2025 and earlier

Here you delete the default database manually:

  1. Quit Excire Foto.
  2. Open the Excire Foto application data directory:
    • Windows: %APPDATA%\Excire Foto (equivalent to C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Excire Foto). The easiest way is to type %APPDATA%\Excire Foto into the address bar of Windows Explorer.
    • Mac: /Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/excire-foto. In Finder, open the folder via "Go" → "Go to Folder…" (Shift+CMD+G). Alternatively, show hidden folders with CMD+Shift+. (period).
  3. Delete these files and folders there:
    • 1to1.exfoto
    • previews.exfoto
    • thumbnails.exfoto
    • excire_foto.local.db (plus .db-shm and .db-wal, if present)
    • backend.db (plus .db-shm and .db-wal, if present)
    • database_os (if present)
  4. Start Excire Foto. The program creates a new, empty database.
Note: Besides the database, the application data directory also contains program files (logs, cache, settings). Delete only the files and folders listed above.