Recent IPTC Metadata Fields, how to disable?

[keyaanex]

Hi Photo Mechanic team,

I'm using Photo Mechanic 2025.1 (build 8239) and noticed that recently used IPTC field entries are now appearing as suggestions when filling out metadata. While I understand this can be helpful in some workflows, I find it distracting and would prefer to disable this feature entirely.

I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask for this request: Is it currently possible to disable this option? If not, would it be possible to consider adding a setting in the preferences to turn it off or at least clear the recent IPTC field history?

Thank you for your great work, and looking forward to your response

Best regards,
A.

[Kirk Baker]

I'm using Photo Mechanic 2025.1 (build 8239) and noticed that recently used IPTC field entries are now appearing as suggestions when filling out metadata. While I understand this can be helpful in some workflows, I find it distracting and would prefer to disable this feature entirely.

I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask for this request: Is it currently possible to disable this option? If not, would it be possible to consider adding a setting in the preferences to turn it off or at least clear the recent IPTC field history?

The next build of Photo Mechanic 2025 (Intel-only and Universal) will provide a checkbox that you can turn off that will disable this feature.

-Kirk

[keyaanex]

Hi Kirk,

Perfect, thank you very much for your quick reply!

Best regards,
A.