Lightroom Classic back up files - Restore

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February 15, 2025
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Hi, I accidentally deleted a folder of raw files and was wondering if there was any way I could retrieve these files from Lightroom Classic backup files.

Windows

Rob_Cullen

Community Expert

A Catalog backup only contains a version of the catalog, and that only can build previews from the original camera files. (Do not try to restore a catalog from backups).

Check your Windows re-cycle bin to see if you can restore the original raw files.

Copy the raw files from a system backup if available. You do have them -don't you?

If you do not have the raw files anywhere in your system, your only hope is to create small JPG files from the Previews you see in the current catalog. A Plugin can do that, but the size of the JPGs will depend on the size of the Previews that exist in the current catalog.

Extract JPGs from Previews Plugin

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 .

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BBuzan549Author

Inspiring

Rob_Cullen Thanks for your reply! I don't have the raw files anywhere. I have a cloud backup but, these files were not backed up yet. I do have jpegs of the files, so it's not that big of a deal. I'll just have to be more careful in the future. Thanks again. Also, I just noticed my name is wrong. I'm not Jovial_JourneyB831. The picture is correct but, I am Bradley Buzan. I don't know how that happened.

Rob_Cullen

Community Expert

"I'm not Jovial_JourneyB831."- I had my name changed once in the past .

Click your avatar icon top right of screen and [Edit Community Profile]- You should be able to change your 'Screen Name' there.

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 .

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