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  <p>I want to delete all annotations only (excluding variations). What is the way to do it?</p>
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  <p>The simple and obvious way to do this which works in all chess engine GUIs which support PGN is to save the game as PGN. PGN files are just text so you can then edit the file with a text editor and manually remove whatever you like, save it and then open again with Fritz or the GUI of your choice.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: What if the file is not PGN?
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Answers.Text: @double-beep For Fritz the default is Chessbase format, i.e. cbh, I think. That is proprietary.
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Answers.Text: Yes, I mean, in that case it wouldn't be possible to edit it, since it's not a text file.
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Answers.Text: @double-beep Which is precisely why I say "save the game as PGN". All engine GUIs that I know have that as an option regardless of their default file format.
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Answers.Body: <p>If you can save the game as PGN then <a href="https://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/%7Edjb/pgn-extract/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">pgn-extract</a> has options to remove commentary, variations and NAGs, either separately or in combination. It's a free tool. Disclosure: I am the author of pgn-extract.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: What you mean by NAGs? Notations?
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Answers.Text: NAG stands for Numeric Annotation Glyph (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numeric_Annotation_Glyphs), things like $1 or ??. They are part of the PGN standard.
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Body: <p>Suppose I load a game.</p>
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/pMWP7.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/pMWP7.jpg" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
  <p>Now I want to delete all annotations only (excluding variations). What is the way to do it?</p>
  <p>If I select, 'Delete All Commentary'</p>
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/ey6KJ.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/ey6KJ.jpg" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
  <p>It removes both annotations and variations. Check screenshot.</p>
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/CzdDt.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/CzdDt.jpg" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
  <p>How to remove annotations only or vice-versa?</p>
  
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Title: How to delete all annotations excluding variations in Fritz
ThreadText: # How to delete all annotations excluding variations in Fritz
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2021-01-06)
  
  Suppose I load a game.
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/pMWP7.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/pMWP7.jpg)
  
  Now I want to delete all annotations only (excluding variations). What is the way to do it?
  
  If I select, 'Delete All Commentary'
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/ey6KJ.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/ey6KJ.jpg)
  
  It removes both annotations and variations. Check screenshot.
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/CzdDt.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/CzdDt.jpg)
  
  How to remove annotations only or vice-versa?
  
  **Tags:** fritz
  
  
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  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2021-01-06. Score: 1 | Accepted answer
  
  > I want to delete all annotations only (excluding variations). What is the way to do it?
  
  The simple and obvious way to do this which works in all chess engine GUIs which support PGN is to save the game as PGN. PGN files are just text so you can then edit the file with a text editor and manually remove whatever you like, save it and then open again with Fritz or the GUI of your choice.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: What if the file is not PGN?  
  > **username_1**: @username_2 For Fritz the default is Chessbase format, i.e. cbh, I think. That is proprietary.  
  > **username_2**: Yes, I mean, in that case it wouldn't be possible to edit it, since it's not a text file.  
  > **username_1**: @username_2 Which is precisely why I say "save the game as PGN". All engine GUIs that I know have that as an option regardless of their default file format.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2021-01-07. Score: 1
  
  If you can save the game as PGN then [pgn-extract](https://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/%7Edjb/pgn-extract/) has options to remove commentary, variations and NAGs, either separately or in combination. It's a free tool. Disclosure: I am the author of pgn-extract.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: What you mean by NAGs? Notations?  
  > **username_3**: NAG stands for Numeric Annotation Glyph (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numeric_Annotation_Glyphs), things like $1 or ??. They are part of the PGN standard.  
  
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