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August 15, 2026
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After the August update, I can no longer CROP. In DEVELOP the crop icon yields a grid overlay and I can use the cursor to move the margin. But releasing the cursor yelds NO PHOTO SECLECTED and the image is deleted from the catalog!!

This behavior occured in the last week, after the latest upadate of Lightroom Classic.  Other approaches yielded the same deletion of the selected image.

    johnrellis
    johnrellisCorrect answer
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    August 15, 2026

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    It sounds like you’ve enabled the Unedited Photos Only filter:

     

     

    As soon as you make any edit, including a crop, the photo is no longer unedited and LR hides it from view (it’s not removed from the catalog).

     

    Toggle that button or do the menu command Library > Enable Filters to disable filtering.  (See the menu command for its keyboard shortcut.)

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    cartergray23456
    Participating Frequently
    August 16, 2026

    Sounds like a bug from the latest Lightroom Classic update. If multiple methods cause the same deletion, avoid testing on originals and check the Trash/Recycle Bin and backups first.

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    JohanElzenga
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    August 16, 2026

    Most likely this is not a bug. If it were, then a lot of people would have reported it by now. I agree with ​@johnrellis that filtering (or using a smart collection) on edit status is what probably causes this. The images are not removed from the catalog as the OP suggests, but filtered out of the current view.

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    johnrellis
    johnrellisCorrect answer
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    August 15, 2026

    [View this post in your web browser. It contains formatting and images that don't appear in email.]

     

    It sounds like you’ve enabled the Unedited Photos Only filter:

     

     

    As soon as you make any edit, including a crop, the photo is no longer unedited and LR hides it from view (it’s not removed from the catalog).

     

    Toggle that button or do the menu command Library > Enable Filters to disable filtering.  (See the menu command for its keyboard shortcut.)

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