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paulbradforth
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October 19, 2017
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Deleting photos on mobile deletes them on Desktop

  • October 19, 2017
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Hi folks,

I've just started using Lightroom CC on Desktop and iPhone. I want to avoid using my phone's storage with photos, but when I delete them from the mobile, they are deleted from the Desktop app too. I can't find a way to stop this happening. Can anyone help?

best,

Paul Bradforth

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    Correct answer Victoria Bampton LR Queen

    Tap the LR icon top left, go to Local Storage and hit Clear Cache. It only caches low res versions on your phone, and downloads them from the cloud as they're needed, so you shouldn't find it takes up too much space.

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    gannon.johnc
    gannon.johnc
    Participant
    October 20, 2017

    Useful thread.

    Use case:

    LR CC Classic hosted images on my MacBook Pro

    • Had some catalogs checked for synch, 700+ images showed up on both LR CC and LR iPhone and on the cloud website
    • Unclicked the synch box in LR CC C
    • Images are still showing up on my phone and LR CC and website

    Question - Do I now need to delete these cloud copies? How am I certain that this will not synch back and remove them from LR CC C.

    Question - What if I edit a phone version and an LR CC C version and the RESYNCH

    Feature - Synch and keep on cloud or Synch and remove from cloud

    Sub use case

    Following from use case above, I attempted to delete an orphaned, now non-synched image from my phone

    Received a warning that this would delete the image from cloud (got it) and all synched (there are none) locations. OK so far.

    Fine, but if I click to resync this folder on LR CC C will it then delete the image from LR CC C?

    Use case:

    • Taking photos with LR iPhone
    • These show up in LR CC C in my phone folder
    • Deleted a photo from my phone, saw the "delete everywhere" warning.
    • Photo still shows up in LR CC C under my iPhone in Folders

    Question - Do I need to copy these to another folder on LR CC C to be certain that they don't go away? Will that create two images?

    Question - Why can't I synch a dynamic catalog (smart catalog)?

    Victoria Bampton LR Queen
    Community Expert
    Victoria Bampton LR QueenCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    October 19, 2017

    Tap the LR icon top left, go to Local Storage and hit Clear Cache. It only caches low res versions on your phone, and downloads them from the cloud as they're needed, so you shouldn't find it takes up too much space.

    Victoria - The Lightroom Queen
    paulbradforth
    paulbradforthAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    October 19, 2017

    Thanks Victoria—I've just done that, but what if I have hundreds, or even thousands of photos? Surely even the low res versions will take up some space?

    Also, I've just read on one site (I've forgotten where) that once LightroomCC on the Desktop has synced, you can delete the phone photos and the downloaded ones will remain safe in the Desktop app?

    best,

    Paul

    Victoria Bampton LR Queen
    Community Expert
    Victoria Bampton LR QueenCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 19, 2017

    That's Lightroom Classic, you read about. Don't do that with Lightroom CC.

    You can see how much space it's taking on your phone in that same Local Storage screen. I have 60512 photos in the cloud at the moment, taking up 600GB of cloud space, and that's using less than 1GB on my phone right now.

    Victoria - The Lightroom Queen
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