I managed to desync my folders from lightroom classic and have lost all my edits in progress, and edits made ready for export. Is there a way to restore this?

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May 31, 2026
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Rob_Cullen

Community Expert

How did you manage to “desync”- provide more details.

If you catalog shows folders and photos as ‘Missing’ because you moved or renamed photos outside of Lightroom-Classic then you need to restore the links between the catalog and photos.

MISSING FILES AND FOLDERS-(Computer Darkroom)

If you created a new catalog with a fresh import and none of your previous edits, then you need to find the previous catalog (.LRCAT file) and open that. Go Menu > File > Open Recent..

Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.3, Photoshop 27.5, ACR 18.3, Lightroom 9.3, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.3 .

L.PowellAuthor

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Hi, thank for the reply, by desync I removed I was trying to sync the folders from recent imports into the correct sub folders as they were showing individually. In the process of trying to sort that out I removed all the folders on the catalog. I then reimported the folder I was working on and the edits I had made were no longer there.

But It sounds like loading the previous catalog will be the fix I'm looking for. Will confirm tomorrow

KR Seals

Community Expert

Try your latest backup catalog.

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