Auto adding photos from device is broken

Forum|Forum|11 months ago
April 13, 2025
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On my Android phone (Samsung Galaxy S22) I have one folder selected with the option "Auto add from device". Every time the new photos are added to this folder from the device a bunch of random photos from other Lightroom folders (not on the device at all but from the Lightroom cloud) are also added to this dedicated folder. Sometimes it's like 10 photos, sometimes it can be up to 1000 photos. It's completely random, what is not random is that this happens every time new photos are imported. I have already reinstalled Lightroom on my phone several times. Why is this happening and more importantly, how do I stop it?

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TomazDrnovsek-oldAuthor

Inspiring

Not much help here.

Anshul_Saini

Community Manager

Hi @TomazDrnovsek-old,

Thanks for the follow-up and detailed explanation earlier.

That does sound frustrating, and you’re absolutely right. The behavior you’re describing should not happen. The Auto Add from Device feature is only meant to import new photos from the camera roll folder, not pull random images from your cloud storage into that album.

I tested this on my end as well and didn’t see the issue on a clean setup, which suggests this might be linked to:

A sync glitch in the cloud
Corrupt album

Here’s what I suggest trying:

Disable the Auto Add from the device and monitor if the issue still happens.
Create a new album and enable Auto Add from Device on that instead of the existing one.
See if the issue repeats. If it doesn’t, the original album may be corrupted.

Let me know how it goes.

Best,

Anshul

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TomazDrnovsek-oldAuthor

Inspiring

I created a new album and enabled Auto Add from the device and the same thing happened.

MassC

Legend

Hey @TomazDrnovsek-old,

That sounds a bit chaotic! Let's work together to resolve this. Could you let me know which version of Lightroom you are using? You can find this information under App Settings. Additionally, could you share a screen recording of the issue? This will help the team understand what is happening. Thank you!

^CM

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TomazDrnovsek-oldAuthor

Inspiring

App version 10.2.1.

I don't know what good would screen recording do since you don't know which photos are old and which are new. It happens exactly how I described it - first the album is empty (for the sake of the argument), and then when I open the app and new photos are added from the selected folder (Auto add), at the end a bunch of old photos are also added to this album. Happens in every version for months now.

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