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SDroppers
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October 11, 2026
Question

Lightroom Desktop Change in "duplicate photo" behavior

When I right-click a photograph and select Duplicate 1 Photo, the newly created photo now has "duplicate" appended to its name.

I believe that in earlier Lightroom Desktop versions, approximately spring 2026, Duplicate Photo created the second Lightroom image with the same name as the original.

Was the naming behavior of Duplicate Photo intentionally changed in a recent Lightroom Desktop release?

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    Bec from LRCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    October 21, 2026

    yes, this was an intentional change, made after receiving feedback that people wanted to distinguish between their original and the duplicate.  

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    Jim Wilde
    Community Expert
    Jim WildeCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 21, 2026

    Interesting. I don’t remember seeing any mention of that in the various release notes, but I guess that would have been easy to miss. Nevertheless, a useful change.

     

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