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November 13, 2019

P: Deleting a keyword from the keyword list doesn't remove it from auto complete

  • November 13, 2019
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If someone has already reported this I apologize. I did try to search for it but couldn't find anything with the keywords I was using.

If I enter a misspelled keyword accidentally it continues to show up in "Autocomplete" even though I delete it from the Keyword List.

I've never had this happen before. I recently upgraded to the 9.0 release.

My specific example of this behavior is when I go through to keyword basketball photos one of my keywords is Dribble. In the past I could type in dri and hit enter and it would autocomplete Dribble. I accidentally entered dri9 (the 9 is above the right side of the I key) and when I hit RightArrow to move to the next photo it entered dri9 into the keyword list. On the next dribbling photo when I typed dri it showed dri9 as the top option in autocomplete. I went into the keyword list and deleted the dri9 keyword. That removed it from the photo and from the keyword list but it still shows up in autocomplete.

I tried to see if I could remove it by entering dri9 in a different photo. This added it back to the keyword list. I went into the list and deleted the dri9 keyword again. That removed it from the photo and autocomplete again but then when I tried to enter dribble I noticed that I now had two instances of dri9 in the autocomplete popup. I continued to try exiting lightroom and backing up/optimizing the catalog and entering and deleting the keyword. Nothing worked although I now have four instances of dri9 in the autocomplete popup. There is also another keyword that it has happened on although I can't remember what it is now.

One other thing I did try using the Filter Keywords box in the keywords list and can't find dri9 anywhere.

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38 replies

Participant
November 20, 2019
Thanks for the temporary fix with the Helper file, it will be great to see this bug fixed.
Participant
November 20, 2019


The feature "Purge Unused Keywords" is not working properly. A keyword that was used but that no longer exists in any images still appears in the Keyword drop down when typing. I selected all images in the Catalog (no filters on, etc.) and according to the Metadata pane, the Keyword isn't be used in an image, so it's still being stored in Lightroom's cache of used keywords. This is frustrating because I need a tightly controlled set of keywords for use in my office of several photographers (who may not know they're using the wrong keyword), and incorrect keywords are a real pain in our workflow.

I created a new catalog and imported the same photos that were in the other catalog, and the bad keyword doesn't show up, so it's Lightroom at fault, not human error.

Participating Frequently
November 14, 2019
This is effectively a bug on which we are working on. The above is a tiny workaround.
Known Participant
November 13, 2019
Hi Reetesh,

I had the same result as Christian above.

I shut down Lightroom, deleted the helper file and the "dri9" keyword disappeared from the autocomplete popup when I got back into Lightroom.

I tried entering dri9 again on a photo and then deleting it from the Keyword List. After deleting it from the list it disappeared from the keywords in the photo but it persists in the autocomplete popup.

I'm going to delete the helper file again so it won't cause issues and await the fix!

Thanks for looking at this so quickly!
Tony Claxton
Inspiring
November 13, 2019
Hi,

I am having the same issue. Below my post from the community forum.

In my case deleting the "Helper-Folder" solves the problem only temporary. Keywords removed in the past disappear from the autocomplete list. But as soon as I am entering new keywords and remove them again the same issue comes up again.

BR
Chris

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Since the update to Version 9.0 LR keeps on suggesting Keywords which were entered once but removed from the list afterwards.

As I am no native speaker I added the screenshot below to make clear what I mean. I simulated that I tagged a photo of my friend Sabine errously with "Sabiene". After recognizing my "fault" I removed the keyword from that photo and hit "Purge Unused Keywords". That succesfully removed the keyword from the keyword list but not from the suggestions. At the time the screenshot below was made "Sabiene" wasn't in the keyword list anymore.

Deactivating "Offer suggestions from recently entered values" and "Clear all suggestions lists" don't have any influence on the behaviour. Also this problem seems to affect all of my catalogues. No matter if they  were updated from previous version or newly created ones. The only workaround I found until now is to delete the helper.db of the catalogue.



Participating Frequently
November 13, 2019
Hi Tony,

Along with your catalog, you will find a folder containing the suffix -- "Helper.lrdata". Please delete this folder. It is harmless to do so. Restart Lightroom after that. Please check if the issue persists.

With Regards,
Reetesh Mukul


mayurij42806338
Adobe Employee
Adobe Employee
November 13, 2019
Hi Tony,

Thanks for reporting the issue.We are aware of the issue and we are working on the fix. We will keep you posted for further updates.

Thanks
Mayuri
Prabal Ghosh
Adobe Employee
Adobe Employee
November 13, 2019
Hi Tony,
Thank you reporting the issue.We are looking into it.

~Prabal Kumar Ghosh