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leeh46727583
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January 2, 2025
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Lost my Edits

  • January 2, 2025
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Hi all

 

So a while ago i accidently removed a folder with around 5 thousand images in

i imported them back in and see there were back

ive just realised all my edits on therm are gone but the keywords and gps are still there

what has happened to my edits and how can i get them back?

dont fancy going through 5k of edits

 

hope someone can help

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dj_paige
dj_paige
Legend
January 2, 2025

If you mean "accidentally removed a folder from Lightroom Classic" then yes, re-importing may not make the edits appear. In fact, re-importing rarely solves anything. The better approach is to find a backup of your catalog file before you did this accidental remove, and the edits will be there. If you have a backup from before you did this, we can advise on what the next steps are.

 

If you mean "accidentally removed a folder from the hard disk", then you need to find backups of those photos and restore those to the location where LrC thinks they are. DO NOT RE-IMPORT.

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leeh46727583Author
Participating Frequently
January 2, 2025

no i only removed them from lightroom and not the hard disk

this was about a month ago though so what would happen to everything ive imported and edit since?

thank you for your help

dj_paige
dj_paige
Legend
January 2, 2025

If you have a backup from before this accidental deletion (do you?), we can advise so that you don't lose more recent photos and edits.

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