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ryfield
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September 11, 2020
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Recover Images from Camera Raw Trash

  • September 11, 2020
  • 9 replies
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Hi,

 

I accidentally marked an image for deletion in Camera Raw 12.4 and clicked the "Done" button instead of the "Open" button.  The image is not in my computer's trash.  It seems to be gone.  Is it possible to recover these files from the trash? 

 

Thanks.

    Correct answer David Franzen at Work

    Figured it out. I clicked on the trash can in the bottom center. I would not have known this other than mousing over it said toggle, so I figured it couldn't do more damage. But it turned it off and I'm good now. 


    While Camera Raw is open, if a photo is marked for deletion, there are a few ways to un-mark it for deletion...

    1. With the photo selected in the filmstrip, click the delete (or backspace) button on your keyboard again. The delete key should toggle the marked-for-deletion status on and off.

    2. Cmd/Ctrl + Z to undo

    3. Right/ctrl click on the photo's filmstrip thumbnail, or on the main image to bring up the contenxtual menu and un-check the "Mark for Deletion" menu item.




     

    9 replies

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    AmoPhoto
    Participant
    October 19, 2024

    2024 Same. Photo permanently removed. Cant find that RAW in bin. XMP file missing

     

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    default6bp6u4cuho8g
    Participant
    December 10, 2023

    Happened to me and luckily I was able to get them back! I just used a Recovery Software, specifically EASE US Data Recovery Wizzard. Hope it helps. It was really easy. Just searched for the name files on my SD Card.

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    zachw79803943
    Participant
    August 26, 2023

    Hi, Same thing happened to me. Working off a USB drive on Mac, files couldn't be found in the trash. What worked for me was viewing the external drive in finder, choosing Go to Folder from Finder's Go menu, and providing .Trashes/501/ as the path; the exact number needed may be slightly higher. There I found the deleted files from photoshop RAW that were not in my standard trash bin.

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      Brittney32264779defr
      Participant
      September 13, 2023

      Hello! I Unplugged my SD card then plugged it back in. Checked the trash, and they were there 🙂 

       

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        magical_mentors5CE8
        Participant
        January 12, 2023

        Its 2023.

         

        I use macOS and latest version of adobe.

         

        Thanks for deleting my 2 day of job adobe. Damn there is no any explanation about this issue. Its gone from SD card and its not in trash bin.

        TheDigitalDog
        TheDigitalDog
        Inspiring
        January 12, 2023

        The explanation is above in green.

        Author “Color Management for Photographers" & "Photoshop CC Color Management/pluralsight"
        vilim999
        vilim999
        Participant
        January 12, 2023

        Yeah... You can avoid the issue and pretend like there isn't a problem. We aren't even talking about marking and unmarking the photo for deletion. We are complaining on how it doesn't make sense that CameraRaw deletes photos from SD cards or other externally connected devices and you instead of trying to read my reply and my possible solution to this answer you, as in your previous replies just skipped what majority of us is saying and starter rambling about "hOw tHe pHOtOs aRe iN thE trASh Can".

        Give everyone a break and if you don't want to help out or admit that most of the problems and glitches adobe packages have are not worth the money. Exclamation mark on Adobe Premiere. 

        And to think Adobe has a subscription fee instead of previous ways of one buying a yearly license and having the program for as much as one wants. I'm not afraid to tell the truth even tho some people get offended. Shame for such a prospectful softwares to have such pour customer support.

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          Lanny27615715g78h
          Participating Frequently
          December 17, 2022

          Exact same issue. Where is my file?

            vilim999
            vilim999
            Participant
            December 30, 2022

            Same problem here! I am a Windows user and have not synced files with my cloud. I didn't think that the ACR plug-in in my Photoshop would actually delete files. Lightroom at least gives you options to delete files or rather just remove them from the software. I somehow thought they would just be discarded and not actually deleted. Also I am using Windows and while drag and droping my photos in Photoshop I didn't realize I was doing that straight from my SD card which was in my SD card reader, luckily I have transfered, earlier, my photos on a PC, but ACR did discard/delete my photos on my SD and guess what? I did check my trash can/recycle bin and it was empty as it is, most of the time. I haven't even "visited" my recycle bin, only for checking in if my files are inside aaaaand they're not. I really don't know where did ACR put them.

            Is it possible that, because I was doing this from my SD card reader (and my SD) - externaly, and the files weren't officialy on the OS, ACR just straight deleted them as it happenes with anything you delete from a USB flash drive or a HDD/SSD/M2 drives which are externally connected? (Deleting that way doesn't go to the trash can/recycle bin rather it deletes them for good).  

            TheDigitalDog
            TheDigitalDog
            Inspiring
            December 30, 2022
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            Same problem here! I am a Windows user and have not synced files with my cloud. I didn't think that the ACR plug-in in my Photoshop would actually delete files. 


            By @vilim999

             

            Adobe Camera Raw doesn't; it MOVES the document to the trash. You or some outside mechanism must empty the trash; then it is gone. 

            Author “Color Management for Photographers" & "Photoshop CC Color Management/pluralsight"
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            Teresa27478247sc60
            Participant
            December 7, 2022

            I´m having the same problem! Any solution for that already? How can I acess the trash??? - Brazilian here! 🙂

            TheDigitalDog
            TheDigitalDog
            Inspiring
            May 2, 2022

            Be useful if both people asking this question (from 2020 and 2022) would at least specify the OS. 

            On a Mac, marking a raw for deletion simply moves the raw to the trash. It is there unless you empty the trash. If you do so, you're stuck unless you have some utility to recover or cache these items. ACR doesn't empty the trash, it moves the items to that location. Marking for deletion (moving the document) and actually deleting are not the same.

            Author “Color Management for Photographers" & "Photoshop CC Color Management/pluralsight"
            douglasb50285106
            douglasb50285106
            Participant
            June 22, 2022

            This is all well and good, but the question is, how do you unmark the file for deletion? I see the "Image will be moved to Trash" but I have no idea how I did this or how to undo it. Using a Mac running 10.14 and Camera Raw 13.4

            douglasb50285106
            douglasb50285106
            Participant
            June 22, 2022

            Figured it out. I clicked on the trash can in the bottom center. I would not have known this other than mousing over it said toggle, so I figured it couldn't do more damage. But it turned it off and I'm good now. 

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              Narendra2427472527f3
              Participant
              May 1, 2022

              Exactly same thing happened to me ? Any Solution to that ?

               

              ceyhun_akgun
              ceyhun_akgun
              Legend
              September 11, 2020

              If your file is in the Cloud and is mapped,
              Cloud must be in the ARCHIVE section.
              If the file is deleted from the Cloud, it will be trashed but still stored in the Cloud. You can recover from there.

              Graphic Designer Educator / PrePress Consultant
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              Oliv226164738qd9
              Participant
              January 23, 2022

              I think this is really unreasonable....All I do was accidentally pressed the "Delete" button, and after modifying the image I clicked "Done", and it all disappeared! Now I haven't upload it to the cloud before and I just lost it forever. Why couldn't you throw it to the Finder trash or some trash locally? How can you do that? After all, I think this really sucks.

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                Piece 0f23358320pxfx
                Participant
                February 27, 2022

                Oli is 100% right. Pls fix this.

                 

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