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ajsko29
Participant
Jun 19, 2019 7:21 PM UTC
Question

How to MOVE photos from one album to another?

Hello, I normally import all my photos into one temporary album and then I want to drag and drop them to other albums.

How can I move the pictures with drag and drop from one album to another? If I select photos, drag and drop them to a new one, they will still stay in the original album and I have to remove them manually... Is there a possibility to simply move them?

Using Lightroom (CC) for MacOS, the latest version...

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    Antoine HLMN
    Inspiring
    May 20, 2026 7:24 AM UTC

    I don’t believe there is an option (tried with the good ol’ alt-drag or ctrl-drag) but a workaround is to work wilt labels (colors) and filters.

     
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    99jon
    Legend
    Jun 20, 2019 10:21 PM UTC

    You can do this in the web app from your browser. Select the thumbnails to be moved (check-mark top right) and choose “Move to” from the blue menu strip that appears above the thumbnails. You can choose an existing album or create a new one. See image below.

    Log-in here:

    https://lightroom.adobe.com/

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    selondon
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    Jun 19, 2019 9:22 PM UTC

    Unfortunately this is best done on the Mobile App at the moment.

    Here is my feature request for the Desktop App, please vote for it!

    Lightroom CC: Ability to move image to album (like iOS version) | Photoshop Family Customer Community

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    Inspiring
    Mar 12, 2020 5:44 PM UTC

    The fact this is two years old is completely crazy.  I really want to love the desktop version, the mobile is great for all my on-the-go editing, but it's strange that desktop is missing features.

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