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Michael22575087a3dw
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Jan 9, 2022 11:13 PM UTC
Question

Lightroom won't stop facial recognition

I was typing a folder name when lightroom opened and whatever I was typing must have started facial recogniction. "pausing" it in the upper corner does not stop the process at all and everything I found online doesnt seem to do anything!

Looking for help on how to stop it as i am afriad itll crash the app or my computer if it continues!

 

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AxelMattCommunity Expert
Community Expert
Jan 10, 2022 8:57 AM UTC

You can disable the face recognition in the catalog settings.

Following the steps below:

  1. (Mac) Select Lightroom Classic > Catalog Settings.
        (Windows) Select Edit > Catalog Settings.
  2. On the "Metadata" tab, deselect the option "Automatically Detect All Faces In All Photos".
  3. Close the catalog settings dialog box.
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davidd5217385
Participant
Feb 16, 2025 8:09 PM UTC

Tried this.  The metadata tab was already deselected, but good ole lightroom just kept throwing faces on the screen.  So this doesn't always work.  Any other ideas.   I absolutely hate this feature.

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    delcrom
    delcrom
    Participant
    Jun 5, 2025 5:54 AM UTC

    Got the same issue: reading faces although the choice is deselected.

     

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