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September 22, 2026
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Please implement a box to deselect all jpegs for import when both raw and jpeg files are present so we dont have to manually deselect every individual jpeg.

  • September 22, 2026
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On one of my cameras, because it only has one memory card slot, I shoot both Raw and jpeg onto the same memory card. When importing the files into Lightroom I want to only import the Raw files, and not import the jpegs. Currently, in order to do this, I must manually de-select each jpeg from the import. This is extremely tedious and I would like a way to de-select all the jpegs at once to prevent them from being imported. Thank you!

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    Per Berntsen
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    September 22, 2026

    You can set Sort order to File Type, which will save you the trouble of selecting or deselecting every other file.

     

     

    JohanElzenga
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    September 22, 2026

    Did you consider unchecking the option ‘Treat JPEG files next to raw files as separate photos’ in the Lightroom Classic preferences? If you do that, then the JPEG files will not be imported into the catalog, but only be used as sidecar files for the raw files. In practice, you won’t notice them at all.

    -- Johan W. Elzenga
    Community Expert
    September 22, 2026

    Just to add some detail to that (if useful, otherwise please disregard!)

    When the camera is set to Raw+JPG shooting, and Lightroom Classic is set to NOT treat these as separate files. import includes both files physically but only the Raw partner of the pair will appear inside the Catalog. This pair-detection works because the filenames are identical - aside from their different file type extensions.

    When the camera is set to shoot JPG only, because no such pairing will be found, the JPG is not suppressed from appearing in the Catalog.

    When you have shot Raw and then afterwards use in-camera Raw processing to add a JPG version for that same photo: in my experience a brand new photo sequence number will be assigned for this new JPG by the camera. LrC can’t in that case tell the difference between this, and a freshly shot JPG-only. No matchup against the related Raw can therefore happen.