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May 12, 2025
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Accidentally deleted Mobile Downloads.lrdata

  • May 12, 2025
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Hey everyone, I’m syncing several collections across multiple devices via Lightroom Classic and Lightroom Mobile. Today, I accidentally deleted the Mobile Downloads.lrdata folder from my computer.

Now, all photos in those synced collections in Lightroom Classic show a missing file (!) icon. I went into Preferences and set a new folder location for originals to be downloaded, but nothing happens – Lightroom doesn’t seem to re-download anything.

Even when I click on an individual photo with the exclamation mark, I just get a black screen and the message “File could not be found”. However, the same photos are still visible and accessible on my iPad.

How can I get Lightroom Classic to download the original files again from the cloud? Or at least relink them somehow? Would really appreciate any help!