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Bugmugs2
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October 17, 2018
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Lost collections in new version of Lightroom Classic CC

  • October 17, 2018
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When installing the latest version of Lightroom Classic CC (8.0), my collections disappear when in the Library mode. (They return when I switch to Develop, but then they disappear again when I switch back to Library.) I tried Windows > Panels > Collections to no avail.

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    Correct answer Bugmugs2

    OK--thanks! That worked.


    It turns out that none of the suggestions offered recovered the Collections panel, and the reason it was appearing in the Develop mode and not in the Library mode is this: My Folders panel was expanded to the point that there was no room for another panel! When I contracted the folders, there was Collections panel, patiently waiting for me to discover the solution.

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    johnrellis
    johnrellis
    Legend
    November 1, 2020

    "...all my collections but one disappeared. After screwing arond and nothing worked, Ijust hit the button next to "collections" for the dropdown, and sorted by name."

     

    You tripped over a new bug introduced into LR 10:

    https://feedback.photoshop.com/conversations/lightroom-classic/lightroom-classic-collections-panel-shows-one-collection-after-restarting-lr-with-panel-collapsed/5f8f43e2bd25503aeafcdaf6 

     

    The workaround is to expand the Collections panel and restart LR.  Or you can click + and change Sort By, as you discovered.

     

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    GreekGeek
    Participant
    October 31, 2020

    Oh my God. After reading all this because it happened to me to, all my collections but one disappeared. After screwing arond and nothing worked, Ijust hit the button next to "collections" for the dropdown, and sorted by name. BINGO!! They they are. Wierd huh?

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    Bugmugs2Author
    Inspiring
    October 17, 2018

    And now here's an addendum to my previous post: To try to get my collections to come back to the Library mode, I reverted to the previous version of LR, only to find that they are now gone from that version as well. (Still there when I switch to Develop.)

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    Bugmugs2Author
    Inspiring
    October 17, 2018

    And here the saga continues: When I clicked on All Photographs in the Catalog panel, then tried getting the collections back in the Library mode, the collections finally appeared. I will now try to reinstall the latest version.

    JohanElzenga
    Community Expert
    JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 17, 2018

    Right-click in an empty space of one of the panel headers. That will give you a contextual menu with the option to toggle the visibility of each panel.

    -- Johan W. Elzenga
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