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October 12, 2026
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Can I restore a video I accidentally deleted from my gallery while inside Lightroom mobile app?

While cleaning some photos from my gallery while inside Lightroom mobile I accidentally deleted an important video. Can it be restored? I tried searching for it on the Lightroom trash and it wasn't there and the same thing in my native gallery. Any tips?

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    October 12, 2026

    Hi, it depends on where the video was deleted from:

     

    If the video had been added to Lightroom, deleting it moves it to the Deleted album, where it stays for 30 days and can be restored. In Lightroom mobile, open the Deleted album, select the video, and choose Restore. The same Deleted album is also available in Lightroom on the web (lightroom.adobe.com), so it's worth checking there as well.

     

    If you deleted it from the device/gallery view inside the app and it had never been added to Lightroom, Lightroom never stored a copy, so it won't appear in Lightroom's Deleted album. In that case, check your phone's own trash instead — Recently Deleted in the Photos app on iPhone, or the Trash/Recycle bin in your gallery app or Google Photos on Android.

     

    Adobe's help page explains the Deleted album and restoring: https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/desktop/using/restore-deleted-photos.html

     

    Hope you can still recover it!

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    CORCTON34033231
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    CORCTON34033231Community ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    October 12, 2026

    Hi, it depends on where the video was deleted from:

     

    If the video had been added to Lightroom, deleting it moves it to the Deleted album, where it stays for 30 days and can be restored. In Lightroom mobile, open the Deleted album, select the video, and choose Restore. The same Deleted album is also available in Lightroom on the web (lightroom.adobe.com), so it's worth checking there as well.

     

    If you deleted it from the device/gallery view inside the app and it had never been added to Lightroom, Lightroom never stored a copy, so it won't appear in Lightroom's Deleted album. In that case, check your phone's own trash instead — Recently Deleted in the Photos app on iPhone, or the Trash/Recycle bin in your gallery app or Google Photos on Android.

     

    Adobe's help page explains the Deleted album and restoring: https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/desktop/using/restore-deleted-photos.html

     

    Hope you can still recover it!

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