Does it work on scans of old prints?

Yes. Film grain is soft, irregular texture, which reconstructs well and hides the seam.

The date sits over a face: what then?

That is the hard case. Faces are where this kind of fill is weakest, and the result will not be trustworthy.

Will it match the surrounding grain?

Approximately. At normal viewing size it blends; at 100% zoom the filled patch is often slightly smoother.

Does it change the file date or EXIF?

This removes pixels, not metadata. The visible stamp goes; the file is simply re-encoded.

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Remove a date stamp from a photo

Clear the burned-in orange camera date off an old photo. It is small, corner-placed and usually sits over simple background.

The short version

The burned-in orange date from an old point-and-shoot is one of the most common things people want gone, and it is a genuinely easy fix. It is small, it sits in a corner, and it is usually over floor, grass or wall rather than anything intricate.

How to do it

Drop the scanned or digital photo in.
Paint over the date digits.
Remove, and the corner fills in.

Questions

Does it work on scans of old prints?: Yes. Film grain is soft, irregular texture, which reconstructs well and hides the seam.
The date sits over a face: what then?: That is the hard case. Faces are where this kind of fill is weakest, and the result will not be trustworthy.
Will it match the surrounding grain?: Approximately. At normal viewing size it blends; at 100% zoom the filled patch is often slightly smoother.
Does it change the file date or EXIF?: This removes pixels, not metadata. The visible stamp goes; the file is simply re-encoded.

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