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LinusMarton
LinusMarton
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August 11, 2019
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Clear Originals folder

  • August 11, 2019
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Hi!

As noted in a bunch of threads here, it seems like when importing photos in LR CC, they are uploaded to the cloud but not removed from the HDD afterwards, no matter if you have the "Store a copy of all originals" checked or not. Like in my case, I have it unchecked and the originals folder is still 90GB. The cache size is set to 1% which is 960MB according to LR CC.

Now...can I manually blow away the Originals folder on my laptop without deleting them from Adobe? Is this safe?

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    Correct answer JohanElzenga

    Yes, do it from the Finder.

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    Randy Hufford
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    Randy HuffordCommunity Expert
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    August 12, 2019

    do this from finder not from within lightroom correct?

    JohanElzenga
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    JohanElzengaCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    August 13, 2019

    Yes, do it from the Finder.

    -- Johan W. Elzenga
    Ian Lyons
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    Ian LyonsCommunity Expert
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    August 11, 2019

    Rather than post the same issue twice on the same forum, it might be more beneficial to submit a bug report at Lightroom Desktop (Cloud-based) | Photoshop Family Customer Community  Since the linked forum is monitored by Adobe Engineering and QE thee's more chance of your post being picked up than there is of multiple posts on this forum.

    LinusMarton
    LinusMartonAuthor
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    August 11, 2019

    I would not say that the other issue is the same. Here I simply wonder if I can remove the originals safely.

    I did submit a bug report which includes this a year ago: Lightroom CC: [BUG] - Available space | Photoshop Family Customer Community

    So yeah... after a year without a fix I just wanted to know if it’s safe to remove the originals.

    Theresa J
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    Theresa JCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    August 12, 2019

    Yes it is safe to remove the originals after the sync to the cloud is complete. You may want to make a copy offline before you remove them though.

    JohanElzenga
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    JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    August 11, 2019

    Yes, I tried it on my Mac and you can do this without a problem. The only thing is that as soon as you zoom in to such an image, it may get downloaded again.

    -- Johan W. Elzenga
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