When using the "reset properties" button (File -> Properties) to remove metadata from a document, the data disappears only until the document is reopened and the information is not really removed. This includes e.g. the creation date the modify date and the username of the creator. Please consider that leaking such data can be a critical privacy issue for certain people and in certain countries. This is especially true if libreoffice appear to have deleted such information when it did not. This bug can be reproduced with any libreoffice document. To reproduce, create a document save it, take a look at e.g. the creation date and author, reset properties, save the document, close and reopen libreoffice and look at the properties again.
Thanks for your report. I can't reproduce your issue with 6.1 and 5.1. Maybe your problem is that the checkbox "Apply user data" is still activated after resetting the properties? (It's placed on the left-hand of the resetting properties button.) If this is true, then your user data will be saved AGAIN when saving the beforehand resetted file.
Found what causes the bug: When resetting the properties, I also unchecked "Save preview image with this document". When this box is not checked the metadata is not cleared for some reason. As long as the "Save preview Image" button is checked, the metadata is cleared. Still unexpected behavior I'd say PS: There is a 6.1 Version somewhere?
Weird. The first test after your comment 2 with LO 6.1 results in what you described. The meta data was not removed respectively was restored after reopening. But my following tests after that don't show this behavior. Neither with 6.1 nor with 6.0.1. But I found another bug: Deactivating "Save preview image with this document" works only until saving the file. After reopening the checkmark is restored. And I can see the file preview in the start center. This option has no effect. @Buovjaga: Can you please try to reproduce the bug opener's or my or both issues? It's a privacy issue, so if one or more bugs are reproduced, I would set importance to 'major'.
(In reply to Thomas Lendo from comment #3) > But I found another bug: > Deactivating "Save preview image with this document" works only until saving > the file. After reopening the checkmark is restored. And I can see the file > preview in the start center. This option has no effect. > I can confirm with LO 6.1
(In reply to raal from comment #4) > (In reply to Thomas Lendo from comment #3) > > > But I found another bug: > > Deactivating "Save preview image with this document" works only until saving > > the file. After reopening the checkmark is restored. And I can see the file > > preview in the start center. This option has no effect. > > > I can confirm with LO 6.1 Duplicate of bug 107230
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 107230 ***
real, thanks for pointing out the thumbnail bug. But what's with the bug of the bug opener? Can someone reproduce that?
(In reply to ga3893hnd from comment #2) > When resetting the properties, I also unchecked "Save preview image with > this document". When this box is not checked the metadata is not cleared for > some reason. I cannot reproduce this. The user name is cleared. Or do you feel the dates should also be cleared? Arch Linux 64-bit Version: 6.1.0.0.alpha0+ Build ID: d4c0e7ef2b7f7e3cb36996bad72ac255b630beb4 CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 4.15; UI render: default; VCL: kde4; Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI.UTF-8); Calc: group Built on April 8th 2018
The dates are reset when the "reset properties" button is pressed but they are not really changed after the document is reopened. Therefore this should change as well. I have retested this using your system archlinux with the same libreoffice version) and I can still reproduce the bug.
Tested with Ubuntu 17.10 as well and the bug still exists. (Regarding the date, since the creator name is not saved by default it seems)
Thumbnail bug is resolved, the original bug of this report is still open
Created attachment 141307 [details] Screenshot of properties dialog after reproducing (save & reload) Yep, let's clarify this to be about the modified date. Arch Linux 64-bit Version: 6.1.0.0.alpha0+ Build ID: e65918b837b6c84604413d0de3cfaedaf8a53913 CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 4.15; UI render: default; VCL: kde4; Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI.UTF-8); Calc: group Built on April 11th 2018
The "Save preview" checkbox is not an old feature (not in 3.6), so I will assume the problematic behaviour was introduced with it.
Here is a sample document (original doc file) with a name to confirm that the bug affects the creator name as well. https://files.fm/u/g2ffb6r7
Created attachment 141381 [details] Sample .doc, where even the creator name comes back to haunt Yep, in the .doc it is even worse
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