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Correct answer JP Hess

MY PHOTOS is in Lightroom (for the cloud), the desktop app. If you are using Lightroom Classic then you are looking at tutorials for the wrong program. You can blame Adobe for their naming convention.

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Linto5E24
Participant
August 1, 2025

somebody pls show where is the MY PHOTO and where is the 'View Deleted Photos'. I am using Lightroom desktop app only

dj_paige
dj_paige
Legend
August 1, 2025

You are in the wrong forum. Your question was posted in the Lightroom Classic forum, but your question is not about Lightroom Classic. Please try the Lightroom (ecosystem) forum.

 

DdeGannes
Community Expert
DdeGannesCommunity Expert
Community Expert
August 11, 2021

Info for the author of the thread.

If you choose the option to remove from Lightroom, the data that is stored in the Lightroom Catalog file will be removed including your edits, this can not be undone. The original image files will remain in the storage disk where they reside in your computer system.

If you choose to Delete from disk the original file will be sent to the bin/trash and if you have not emptied the bib/trash it's possible to recover them. The data in the Catalog will also be removed.

Please note the Lightroom Classic Catalog file does not contain the image files nor copies of the image files.

 

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Ky Lauren 973
Participant
April 13, 2023

If you choose to "Delete from disk" and recover the file, you will never recover your edits and your snapshots (instantanés in french) ? 

I delete by mistake a work from my computer when trying to delete a snapshot. And yet, I clicked on cancel...

JP Hess
JP Hess
Inspiring
May 14, 2020

When you choose to delete images in Lightroom, and choose the option to delete from disk, they are sent to the trash or the Recycle Bin (depending on your operating system). If you haven't emptied that depository recently been you should be able to recover them from there. That means it will be necessary to import them to Lightroom again and edit them agaiin.

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mnewth
Participant
August 27, 2020

I can't figure out HOW to Recover and Import something from my trash. Can you explain???

dj_paige
dj_paige
Legend
August 27, 2020

"I can't figure out HOW to Recover and Import something from my trash. Can you explain???"

 

Lightroom or Lightroom Classic? What version NUMBER? What operating system version NUMBER? What have you tried?

JP Hess
JP HessCorrect answer
Inspiring
May 14, 2020

MY PHOTOS is in Lightroom (for the cloud), the desktop app. If you are using Lightroom Classic then you are looking at tutorials for the wrong program. You can blame Adobe for their naming convention.

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    D0M1N13Author
    Participant
    May 14, 2020

    OH!  Well thank you for the answer.  Is there any way I can retrieve my photos that I deleted from my hard drive and from my library?  Or once I delete it, its lost forever?

      Randy Hufford
      Community Expert
      Randy HuffordCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      August 27, 2020

      go to trash or recycle bin and move the deleted photos to a new location on your hard drive. Than reimport images back into LRC.

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