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September 23, 2023
Question

Delete merged photos

  • September 23, 2023
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When I merge (HDR or pano) photos I create the stack.  Once I am happy with the final merged photo I would like to delete the photos that were merged, just keeping the result.  Is there a way to do this without unstacking and deleteing the individual photos?

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JohanElzenga
Community Expert
Community Expert
September 23, 2023

You could start by not stacking them in the Merge dialog if you are going to delete the originals anyway.

 

-- Johan W. Elzenga
johnrellis
Legend
September 23, 2023

There isn't any much easier way with the built-in commands. You could save a few keystrokes:

 

1. Shift-click the stacking badge in the upper-left corner of merged photo. This will expand the stack and select all the photos in it.

 

2. Ctrl/Cmd-click the merged photo to deselect it.

 

3. Click the backspace/delete key to delete the remaining photos.

gpradeAuthor
Participant
September 23, 2023

Thanks for the quick reply.  The keystrokes will help a little, but I was hoping there was a "cleanup" command.  Ah, well.