diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 BSD-3-Clause
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-Copyright HyraxBio (c) 2018/2019
+Copyright HyraxBio (c) 2018-2020
 
 All rights reserved.
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 Apache 2.0
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-Copyright HyraxBio (c) 2018/2019
+Copyright HyraxBio (c) 2018-2020
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/app/Main.hs b/app/Main.hs
--- a/app/Main.hs
+++ b/app/Main.hs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 import qualified Hyrax.Abif as H
 import qualified Hyrax.Abif.Read as H
+import qualified Hyrax.Abif.Write as H
 import qualified Hyrax.Abif.Generate as H
 
 main :: IO ()
@@ -23,7 +24,8 @@
   case headMay args of
     Just "dump" -> runDump
     Just "gen" -> runGenerateAb1
-    _ -> putText "unknown args, expecting dump/gen"
+    Just "strip" -> runStrip
+    _ -> putText "unknown args, expecting dump/gen/strip"
   
 
 runGenerateAb1 :: IO ()
@@ -59,6 +61,23 @@
             ) <$> debugged
     _ ->
       putText "Expecting path to ab1"
+
+
+runStrip :: IO ()
+runStrip =
+  Env.getArgs >>= \case
+    [_, source, dest] ->
+      H.readAbif source >>= \case
+        Right orig -> do
+          let filterDir d = H.dTagName d `elem` ["DATA","FWO_","LANE","PBAS","PDMF","PLOC","S/N%","SMPL"]
+          let stripped' = orig { H.aDirs = filter filterDir (H.aDirs orig) }
+          let stripped = H.addDirectory stripped' $ H.mkComment "Stripped by HyraxABIF"
+          H.writeAbif dest stripped
+
+        Left e -> putText $ "Error reading source\n" <> e
+
+    _ ->
+      putText "Expecting source and dest path"
 
 
 myColourPrefs :: Clr.ColourPrefs
diff --git a/hyraxAbif.cabal b/hyraxAbif.cabal
--- a/hyraxAbif.cabal
+++ b/hyraxAbif.cabal
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 cabal-version:       2.2
 name:                hyraxAbif
-version:             0.2.3.15
+version:             0.2.3.21
 synopsis:            Modules for parsing, generating and manipulating AB1 files.
 homepage:            https://github.com/hyraxbio/hyraxAbif/#readme
 license:             BSD-3-Clause OR Apache-2.0
 license-file:        LICENSE
 author:              HyraxBio
-maintainer:          andre@hyraxbio.co.za, andre@andrevdm.com
-copyright:           2018 HyraxBio
+maintainer:          andre@hyraxbio.co.za
+copyright:           2018-2020 HyraxBio
 category:            Bioinformatics
 build-type:          Simple
 extra-source-files:  README.md
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@
                      , Examples.ReadAb1
   build-depends:       base >= 4.9.1.0 && < 5
                      , protolude >= 0.2.2 && < 0.2.5
-                     , text >= 1.2.3.0 && < 1.2.4.0
-                     , bytestring >= 0.10.8.2 && < 0.10.9.0
-                     , binary >= 0.8.5.1 && < 0.8.7.0
-                     , directory >= 1.3.0.2 && < 1.3.4.0
+                     , text >= 1.2.3.0 && < 1.2.5.0
+                     , bytestring >= 0.10.8.2 && < 0.10.11.0
+                     , binary >= 0.8.5.1 && < 0.8.8.0
+                     , directory >= 1.3.0.2 && < 1.3.5.0
                      , filepath >= 1.4.1.2 && < 1.4.3.0
   default-language:    Haskell2010
 
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@
   build-depends:       base >= 4.9.1.0 && < 5
                      , hyraxAbif
                      , protolude >= 0.2.2 && < 0.2.5
-                     , text >= 1.2.3.0 && < 1.2.4.0
-                     , bytestring >= 0.10.8.2 && < 0.10.9.0
+                     , text >= 1.2.3.0 && < 1.2.5.0
+                     , bytestring >= 0.10.8.2 && < 0.10.11.0
                      , pretty-show >= 1.6.16 && < 1.10.0
                      , hscolour >= 1.24.4 && < 1.25.0
   default-language:    Haskell2010
@@ -71,10 +71,10 @@
   build-depends:       base >= 4.9.1.0 && < 5
                      , hyraxAbif
                      , protolude >= 0.2.2 && < 0.2.5
-                     , text >= 1.2.3.0 && < 1.2.4.0
-                     , bytestring >= 0.10.8.2 && < 0.10.9.0
-                     , binary >= 0.8.5.1 && < 0.8.7.0
-                     , hedgehog >= 0.5.3 && < 0.6.2
+                     , text >= 1.2.3.0 && < 1.2.5.0
+                     , bytestring >= 0.10.8.2 && < 0.10.11.0
+                     , binary >= 0.8.5.1 && < 0.8.8.0
+                     , hedgehog >= 0.5.3 && < 1.1.0
   other-modules:       AbifTests
                      , FastaTests
                      , Generators