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photofan731
Inspiring
September 21, 2016
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How to stop Face detection

Hi

I accidently started face detection and now I cannot stop it

I think I must had done some sort of keyboard shortcut when it started

I checked in catalog preferences- metadata- and the auto face detection was not ticked

I shutdown computer and restarted lightroom but it automatically is detecting faces

PEOPLE is showing on the bar under LIBRARY, DEVELOP

please help!

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photofan731
photofan731Correct answer
Inspiring
September 21, 2016

I have fixed it !

What I must have done was accidently hit the '0' on the keyboard, which activated the face on the lower bar

I just unclicked the face and now back to normal

Thanks all for helping

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Known Participant
October 13, 2026

Had the face recognition issue today and landed in this thread…
Long story short: there doesn’t seem to be a proper way to stop the face recognition while it’s running. What I did: I just switched from Library mode to Develop mode and that way it ended. 
But tbh that’s not an elegant way to end any process.

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loriacamp
Participant
February 18, 2023

This happened to me today and it's awful!  T didn't work, didn't see the little face.  Finally, View -> Show Toolbar worked and there was the blasted face.  I clicked it and i have my life back.   Terrible!

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Rikk Flohr-Retired
Adobe Employee
February 19, 2023

You’ve posted to a very old thread. It is highly unlikely that the issue described in this thread, though not impossible, is the same issue which you are currently experiencing. Rather than resurrect an old thread that is seemingly similar, you are better posting to a new thread with fresh, complete information including system information, a complete description of the problem and step-by-step instructions for reproduction. 

 

In the unlikely event the issue is the same, we will merge you back into the appropriate location. 

 

Thank you!

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Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org
Participating Frequently
January 29, 2023

With Photoshop and Lightroom if you set something by accident there is hell to pay.  It will remain wrong until some kind soul explains how to get back to normal.  A "reset interface" would be helpful.

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Aidan Oliver Photo
Participant
December 2, 2021

Simply go to the 'View' drop down menu and select 'grid' or whatever you chose to see in your library apart from 'people'. It is as simple at that. 

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Known Participant
July 18, 2022

Thank you, Aidan, thank you. Finally a simple answer that actually worked.

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janneair
Participant
April 6, 2021

This feature is handy, to some, in some circumstances, I bet. It must be. But now, for me, it just wasted a good hour of my workday. Thanks Adobe (sarcastic[I'm sure I need to point that out])! Thanks for the community for showing keys in the dark till it hits the pay-dirt and I can on with my work day.

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Participant
April 17, 2020

Just had this problem as well. Accidentally hit the "O" key and this face recognition started. NOT A HELPFUL FEATURE. Lightroom is a large program as it is and editing large photo batches is slow enough. The face recognition feature is not helpful and it slows down lightroom even more. Please Adobe, REMOVE THE FACE RECOGNITION FEATURE!

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Participant
June 30, 2019

The easiest way to stop this annoying feature is to click on the "1" monitor button below Import/Export and select "Loupe" from the list of options. This will stop the facial recognition completely. Here's a screenshot:

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Participant
December 22, 2019

Thank you, thank you, thank you

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Bleib Stabil
Participant
March 8, 2019

This is not a feature what is usefull for a photographer who wants to select photos

U just get distracted so much just because u hit "O"

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Rob_Cullen
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 8, 2019

U just get distracted so much just because u hit "O"

Is it the "fat finger syndrome"?- Hitting the wrong key when you wanted to Pick

is a toggle key, if face detection pops up just hit a second time.

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Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.4.1, Photoshop 27.8, ACR 18.4, Lightroom 9.4, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.3 .
Inspiring
August 22, 2018

I never knew about face detection until this morning when LR suddently started indexing thousands of images. Took over my computer and I've wasted ten minutes figuring out how to stop it. Adobe, you can be really dumb sometimes, and this is one of them.

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Participant
September 25, 2019
Adobe please rethink this, it's annoying to say the least!
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Mohit Goyal
Community Manager
Community Manager
September 21, 2016

Hi photofan,

Please refer the below screenshot and turn off/Pause the Face detection feature from your Lightroom application.

Regards,

Mohit

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photofan731
Inspiring
September 21, 2016

I have done the above  - paused - face detection is off but the below screen still shows 'people' and continues to look for faces even though I have followed the above and catalog -metadata - face detection is unticked

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