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franloomis
December 29, 2025
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How to add tag to all images in 50k+ catalog at once?

  • December 29, 2025
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I have a catalog of 50,000+ old (but still need to be retained) photos that I would like to tag as such so they don't get accidentally used inappropriately in new promotional efforts. But Lightroom cloud will only let me add a tag to 5,000 at once. Is there a way around this to get all 50k+ tagged at once? It's incredibly tedious to tag the first 5l, then try to find where the next 5k group begins.

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Community Manager
December 30, 2025

Hi @franloomis, thanks so much for reaching out!
Could you let us know which version of Lightroom Cloud you’re using? Also, do you see any error message when trying to add keywords to more than 5,000 images?
One possible workaround is using Lightroom Classic, which should allow you to batch-assign keywords to a large number of photos without that limitation.
Thanks again!
Alek

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