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CLPSRQ
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April 14, 2023
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What is "cleanup" folder in the web gallery menu?

  • April 14, 2023
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All,

 

I can't figure out what the cleanup folder means in Lightroom web?  It is shown under my all photos menu when you open the carrot.  I have over 1k photos in this folder and I don't know why they are there or what to do with these images.  I can't find the definition anywhere.  Does anyone know what this folder was created for?

 

 

Correct answer PeterB217095629

This is a Tech Preview-only feature in Lightroom Web that suggest a set of photos from your account that could be considered for removal for either quality or usefulness reasons.  Would be great to get any additional feedback on whether you find this feature valuable and if there are suggested improvements.

 

-Peter

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ColinMcD
Inspiring
November 18, 2024

I'm not sure if you are still requesting feedback, as this is quite an old thread, however, I only spotted the cleanup folder today.

I keep a large number (over 5000) documents related to genaealogy, and it appears that the software identifies all of these as requiring clean-up. From the other posts I'm assuming that they resemble receipts (see attached image).

As it stands, this feature would not be welcomed by me.

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    OzQE37593454gezc
    Participant
    November 20, 2024

    Thank you for the feedback, very helpful to hear about your photo needs.  I think what you might need is a way to not include documents in the Cleanup results.  Let me know if you think this could work.

     

    -Peter

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      pp001887
      Participating Frequently
      November 20, 2024

      I like being able to exclude files that appear to be docs--which should be easy to ID.  Coincidentally, I just inherited a stack of genealogy-related material, including photos of documents.  

      Way back in the day, I used to use a desktop mgr called PaperPort (I still have a few propietary .MAX bitmaps lurking around).  LrC actually isn't so far away from it in its ability help track scanned docs. 

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      PeterB217095629Community ManagerCorrect answer
      Community Manager
      April 14, 2023

      This is a Tech Preview-only feature in Lightroom Web that suggest a set of photos from your account that could be considered for removal for either quality or usefulness reasons.  Would be great to get any additional feedback on whether you find this feature valuable and if there are suggested improvements.

       

      -Peter

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      KostFan2
      Known Participant
      January 10, 2024

      Thank you for posting about this feature. Do you have any information you can post that describes it in more detail?  You mention: “considered for removal for either quality or usefulness reasons.”   As mentioned above, it would be useful if a tag was applied for possible duplicates.

      Regarding duplicates, the interface should also include information on whether the image is in an Album.  The reason why is as follows:

      If an image (Image A) was in an album and the copy (Image B) was not in an album.  It is likely the customer would want to delete the copy (Image B) that was not in an album.  If there is no album identifier then the Customer may delete the image that is in an album and, thereby, mess up the album.  This is particularly important if this is a shared album

       

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      PeterB217095629Community Manager
      Community Manager
      January 16, 2024

      Thanks for the continued interest.  Since this feature is still in Tech Preview, we are using it as an opportunity to learn both what you all want and how to best present it.  Pretty clear here that we need to present this feature more clearly at the point we officially launch it.

       

      To answer your question more directly, the current feature does not support duplicate detection.  We have heard clearly that this is a desired capability.  Appreciate your thoughts on what would be important for a duplicate detection solution.

       

      What the feature currently attempts to do is identify photos that are more likely to not be of long term value to keep.  That can be photos with bad blur, photos of receipts, or just complete misfires.  If there are cases that you feel we are missing (other than duplicates), it would be great to hear more.

       

      -Peter

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