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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!!

  • August 15, 2026
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This behavior occured in the last week, after the latest upadate of Lightroom Classic.  Other approaches yielded the same deletion of the selected image.

    Correct answer johnrellis

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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.

    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.

    -- Johan W. Elzenga
    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.)