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Previously imported photos are no longer visible in Lightroom Classic

Forum|Forum|1 month ago
June 13, 2026
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Several of my folders have images that were imported and now are not showing up.

For example, a folder in my lightroom catalog says I have 334 images when the folder actually has 350. If I choose import, it shows I have no new photos. When I go to Synchronize folder, it tells me 16 are missing and when I hit import in the Sync dialog box, it says no new photos are there. Pulling my hair out.

I have deleted preview.lrdata file, reset preferences, expanded stacks, and tried all the suggestions in previous posts about this problem.

HELP. thanks.

macos

dj_paige

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A likely possibility is that when you imported the photos into LrC, you accidentally imported the photos into a different folder than you expected them to go to. This has happened to many other people. Your symptoms that Synchronize folder fails to find the photos indicate they are already in the catalog. So, you need to find these photos in Lightroom Classic. Please follow all four of these steps in the Lightroom Classic Library Module, in order. Let us know if this finds the photos.

1. Click on All Photographs (its on the left under Catalog)
2. Turn off all filters (Ctrl-L once or twice)
3. Expand All Stacks (Photo->Stacking->Expand All Stacks)
4. In the Filter Bar, search for one of these photos by File name

LlorieAuthor

Participant

thanks. Tried all this and still not showing. any other ideas?

dj_paige

Legend

thanks. Tried all this and still not showing. any other ideas?

Show me a screen capture of the result after all four steps. Pleas show the ENTIRE Lightroom Classic screen, so we can see the filter bar and so we can see that “All Photographs” is selected and that no photos are chosen.

JohanElzenga

Community Expert

These photos may be stacked, with another photo on top so you don’t see them and they are not counted.

-- Johan W. Elzenga

LlorieAuthor

Participant

thanks but already tried expanding stacks

johnrellis

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When I go to Synchronize folder, it tells me 16 are missing and when I hit import in the Sync dialog box, it says no new photos are there.

Synchronize Folder has been buggy for a long time, incorrectly showing missing photos:

The only reliable way to see missing photos is to do the menu command Library > Find All Missing Photos.

LlorieAuthor

Participant

Oddly, using find all missing photos it says none are missing which is not true!

JohanElzenga

Community Expert

‘Missing photos’ in Lightroom are photos that are in the catalog, but Lightroom can’t find them in the folder they are supposed to be. That is not the same as you not being able to find a particular photo in the catalog, so both can be true. One possibility is that the photos you are looking for were renamed. How are you trying to find them? By file name? Then that may be an explanation. If you know when these photos were taken, then what may help is go to ‘All Photographs’, sort by capture date and look for them visually.

-- Johan W. Elzenga

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