LRC delete from disk not working

Forum|Forum|6 months ago
September 23, 2025
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I imported new images to LRC. Images are stored on external SSD. I started culling,or thought I was... When LRC prompted me I clicked on the 'delete from disk' option. I seemed my external SSD was working as the LED was blinking. I continued to create a new collection in LRC with the images I wanted to keep. There are 137 images in my LRC collection, but over 1,000 still on my external SSD... not understanding why those unwanted images are still stored on the external SSD.

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Aleke

Community Manager

Hi @EricW2125!

Just checking in to see if you're still running into that issue. Let me know when you get a chance!

If you do, can you try running Lightroom Classic as administrator and test if that helps?

Thanks so much,
Alek

*(If you mention me with an @, like @Aleke, I’ll get a notification and can respond faster.)*

JohanElzenga

Community Expert

There have been a few reports about Lightroom Classic having problems deleting files from disk, but AFAIK the cause is unclear. You could use the following workaround: When culling, do not delete the images right away, but mark them as rejected (X-key shortcut). When you are finished, select all rejected images and move them to a temporary folder in Lightroom. Then delete them from the catalog. Now, in Windows Explorer, inspect that folder. If the images are still present, you can manually delete them.

-- Johan W. Elzenga

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EricW2125Author

Participant

Hi Johan-thank you for your prompt reply. I recall I did use the X key while was culling... but I will attempt culling again and follow your suggestion.

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