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Jul 8, 2022 10:28 PM UTC
Question

Duplicate Photos Upload

Is there a setting that I can change so that it will stop NOT uploading duplicate pictures

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Victoria Bampton LR Queen
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Community Expert
Jul 10, 2022 5:15 PM UTC

Not in the apps. The web interface doesn't use the same duplicate detection, so you can forcibly upload duplicates that way.

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Victoria - The Lightroom Queen
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Aug 23, 2025 3:20 AM UTC

Thank you very much for responding. But I actually don't understand your answer at all. I'm not very technical and I don't know what you mean by a web interface. I have Lightroom on a Macbook Air if that is any help. Do you think you could help me work out what I do step by step please? Thanks so much!

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Rob_Cullen
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Aug 23, 2025 3:38 AM UTC

"Lightroom"  The Cloud based app that you can use on all devices- (PC, Mac, iPad, phones) does not allow the import of duplicate files.

"Lightroom Web" (a web interface) uses a Web Browser (Safari, FIrefox, chrome, etc) that you log in to your photos in the Lightroom Cloud library  from any system, at this address-

https://lightroom.adobe.com/

Where apparently (in the post from Victoria in 2022) you can import duplicates, although duplicates use cloud space (and can cause confusion).

The better option is to import a photo once, and if you want alternative edits (eg. Color & Monochrome), use the Version feature in Lightroom. (Screen-clip in a PC )

 

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Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.6, Photoshop 27.8, ACR 18.7, Lightroom 9.4, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.3 .