When I delete a photo from Lightroom Classic and I want to also delete from my computer file it does NOT delete the file from my computer. It used to do but not recently.

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I use a Macbook Pro. I import from a folder on my Macbook into Lightroom Classic. While editing I want to discard some photos from Lightroom but also from my Macbook . The option is there to delete from Lightroom AND my laptop but it doesn’t delete the file from my laptop. It used to do on earlier versions of Lightroom (which I know not) but it hasn’t done for quite a while. What I have to do now ouside Lightroom is go into my laptop and delete to unwanted photo files.

andrewt23907588 · Answer

Are you clicking on the delete option when viewing the image in question in a Collection?

Try highlighting/selecting the image/s you would like to delete and then clicking on All Photographs under Catalog in the Library module of Lightroom and then right-click & select delete on the image/s. This should then give you the options to either delete from Lightroom or also remove from your disk.

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