Transfer Cloud library to new account

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November 27, 2024
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Hello,
I will soon be leaving my organisation, and the organisation will be closing this account.

I am looking for a solution that will allow me to transfer the extensive lightroom cloud libary (photos, albums, reviews, tags etc.) to another staff member, so that it is hosted entirely on that account, is this possible?

I have seen some solutions involving shared libaries, but will they continue to be usable if the original account is closed?

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John Waller

Community Expert

Another option is the steps @Jim Wilde outlines in his 2021 post in this discussion:

Solved: How to transfer pictures/images from one Lightroom... - Adobe Community - 12133250

john beardsworth

Community Expert

I agree that Jim's answer makes a lot of sense. It's essentially the same as selondon's above, but I think the extra detail is very helpful.

selondon

Community Expert

@mg123345123

Yep as Rob says

You could try the shared album and contribute route, which hopefully should work although that will only take over Photos and Edits (not Albums, and unsure about reviews and tags)..

You may have to try contatcing customer service to see if transferring the whole Catalog is something they could do behind the scenes - or get your company's Adobe administrator to contact them.

If you do want to use the Shared Album route..........

Create Album on Staff Member's account.
Share & Invite for that Album.
Invite email ID associated to your Work account.
Ensure you give the Work account Can Contribute rights in the Link Settings.
Accept email invite linked to the Work account and sign in to Work account
Add Photos to the Album that’s shared with you from the Staff Member's account.

You could transfer all photos to that one Album and sort them from there. However it maybe easier to mirror your Albums in the new account and share each one (although you will have to accept an email for each album).

Maybe do a test first - delete a photo from your account and see if it stays in your colleague's account - to set your mind at ease that the photos have transferred