Smart Collection

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February 10, 2023
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Lightroom Classic is automatically collecting all my images to the Smart Collection, how do I stop that?

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JohanElzenga

Community Expert

There is no reason to want to stop it. A smart collection is just a list, that is generated based on criteria. You can compare it to demographics. If you are 35 years old, then you are automatically listed in "People aged 30-40" and not in "People aged 40-50". If you have no use for a certain default smart collection, like @Ian Lyons said, then just delete it.

-- Johan W. Elzenga

dk khattiyaAuthor

Participating Frequently

If I delete the images in the smart collection it deletes the imagess in the folders which I do not want to do..but I have 149,000 images in a smart collection which is bound to take up space that I don't want occupied...

JohanElzenga

Community Expert

Delete the smart collection itself, not the images. Right-click on its name in the collections panel.

BTW, smart collections do not take up extra space. Like already explained, they are just a 'list' of existing images. It's the same images, just selected by certain criteria and presented in a different way.

-- Johan W. Elzenga

Ian Lyons

Community Expert

If you didn't create the Smart Collection, then it's one of the 5-6 installed by default. The only way to stop these or any other smart collection is to delete any you don't want /need.

dj_paige

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Show us screen captures that indicate this is happening, exactly what you see. Please use the "Insert Photos" icon to include your screen captures; do NOT attach files.

Ged_Traynor

Community Expert

Moved to the Lightroom Classic forum from Using the Community

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