P: "Trash" Functionality

Agreeded and Voted!
After smart folders, this is my next want!

Yes please add Trash functionality as soon as possible. This is just scary, we all have come to expect Trash/Recycle Bin/30 Days grace period to recover deleted files. Even free services like Google Photos and Apple Photos have 30 days to recover your photos.

Also I was able to delete my Lightroom library in a few clicks at Lightroom.adobe.com. While useful for fixing issues I was having, but really scary as it is so easy to delete 100sGB of photos in a few clicks. It should have grace time to recover it.

Finally, those who are interested in having another local backup, this is how I am doing my backups. Store files locally on external drive. Then run rsync job daily to copy those photos to NAS. Make sure rsync only copy new photos and not delete anything. Then once a month I manually run to rsync job with delete flag to remove deleted photos from backup location.

This way I can recover any accidentally photo but will lose edits. And tbh you should always have another backup of your photos in cloud that doesn’t automatically syncs. This way if Lightroom get corrupted and you will always have unedited local copies at least.

Thanks for the update, Barry. It's very encouraging to hear it's being actively worked on. Can't wait to have this functionality!

I've just watched in horror as Lightroom CC deleted hundreds of images before my eyes (thanks due to a confused Lightroom Classic that didn't warn me a folder I was "Remove"-ing was a CC folder) and have discovered there is no way to recover them. 

That seems horrific; especially if you're uploading directly to CC as intended — there may be no other copies, as is the case with me.

So, feature request: CC should have an Apple-style "Recently Deleted" folder that allows images to be recovered for up to 30 days after deletion. CC is just far too risky without it.

Unfortunately, we're not allowed to discuss release schedules. I know this is a top feature request and we are actively in development of this very complex feature. We need to ensure this is rock solid across the ecosystem before releasing but I understand how frustrating this is. Please be patient. 

Hi Barry, any news on this topic? Your last update was the months ago so it would be interesting to learn about where in the roadmap this feature lies. This is such a crucial bit of functionality that I can't migrate to Lightroom CC until this is available. Super eager to hear when we could expect this! Thanks, Jim

I've canceled too. Actually try on1. Not perfect but probably better than LR CC. Smart folder, trash (in OS), print. Waiting revision 2019. And seems to allow some sync using dropbox. 

This together with smart albums is my most critical missing feature. 

For now, I download originals to a drive on one of my computers and run an automated backup script that adds but doesn't not remove. Which means every photo ever imported ends up in the back-up and I can retrieve everything (but not my edits of course).

Maybe instead of a trash Adobe can implement a Time Machine like functionality where you can just go back in time in your library similar to how it works on macOS. 

Ultimately, Apple's functionality is also very basic (but much better then having no option at all).

Hurry up Adobe.... still two months before Christmas!

You are absolutely right. They work on updating the interface. Nobody asked for it. It’s dissapointing

It won't let me edit.  For keyboarding, read keywording.