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krinkly2009
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May 11, 2024
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a volume that does not support Trash.

  • May 11, 2024
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I'm bitten yet again by Lightroom Classic's inability to move image files to my system trash. 

 

I've gone through all the solutions I could find:

Turned off Full Disk Access for Lightroom, restarted, turned Full Disk Access back on.

Created an empty folder on the affected disk and trashed it.

Created a Trash folder on the affected disk.

I've run Disk First Aid on the disk.

 

I still cannot move image files to my Mac's trash. I'm only allowed to permanently delete them.

 

Are there any new solutions?

 

Thanks for any help.

 

MacOS Sonoma 14.4.1

Mac Studio with Apple M2 Max

Correct answer John28159584lmnr

I've just come across this infuriating bug within the last hour. Toggling Full Disk Access off and on (with reboots) hasn't solved the issue. MacOS and Lightroom Classic versions unchanged for several days.

Anything else to try?

Thanks


Just found the soulution from a 2016 discussion!

 

 

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Herinto
Herinto
Participating Frequently
October 30, 2025

I had this, and went through a whole bunch of procedures but none worked. I was tempted to go through a re-format process.  But then I found a very simple solution care of Victoria Bamption below. It worked like a charm!

 

1) In Lightroom, create a folder, any folder, with nothing in it.  

2) Delete that folder.

3) Presto, now the trash feature will work on the external drive

 

Thank you Victoria Bampton!

 

kdeng8013
kdeng8013
Participant
December 13, 2024

Suddenly I got the same msg in LRC as shown:

Looks like it happens only when I edit the images located in a SSD drive (Samsung SSD T9). It worked flawlessly till this morning when I powered on my macbook pro M3. I can delete images to Trash when editing them in the Macintosh HD drive. After experiencing ghe issue, I have updated the LRC and Cemera Raw as well. BTY, did  more tests: Editing the images in another Seagate drive does not experience the issue! I want to delete files to trash. Any idea, thanks!

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AlekeCommunity Manager
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December 13, 2024

Hi @kdeng8013! Can you share a bit more info? Which macOS version are you working on?

Also, could you check if Lightroom Classic has the permissions to access all your folders? Since macOS 10.14 (Mojave), Apple introduced a new privacy structure to ensure that applications get user consent before accessing documents, downloads, desktop, and network volumes. After macOS upgrades, sometimes these permissions get revoked. You can find out how to fix this here: https://adobe.ly/4fkCmbh
Thanks!

Alek

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kdeng8013
kdeng8013
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December 13, 2024

My macOS is 14.4 (23E214), or Sonoma 14.4. LRC 14.1.

Followed the steps in https://adobe.ly/4fkCmbh, and added LRC to the Full Disk Access, there is NO difference made (including reboot mac after changes).

 

I also run disk utility for: 1) reformat the T9 (to exFAT), and 2) reformat to APFS. 3) Run First Aid, etc. No diffrence made.

 

More info. I have a new Seagate 8T Disk drive works just fine.

 

Thanks Alek,

    JohanElzenga
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    JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    May 11, 2024

    The solution is actually quite easy. Do not delete pictures from Lightroom Classic and from disk until you are 100% sure that is what you want to do. If you are 100% sure, then you do not really need them to go through an intermediate folder called '.Trash' (because that is all that happens if you move them to the Trash). Mark images as 'Rejected' if you think you do not need them anymore but aren't sure.

     

    -- Johan W. Elzenga
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    krinkly2009Author
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    May 11, 2024

    The trouble is, even a Lightroom Collection titled Trash will still show up in my main All Photographs and Previous Imports displays.

     

    Hmm. Maybe at the same time set up my main Grid view to display only one star and greater images.

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    krinkly2009Author
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    May 12, 2024

    Then no doubt you created that yourself and so it has nothing to do with this issue.

     


    You must be misunderstanding.

     

    Because of a bug, Lightroom will only offer to immediately delete images files, not move them to the system trash, where I have a chance to recover them for a few days.

     

    Because I hesistate to delete immediately, the only solution I've been able to come up with is to create a trash Smart Collection within Ligthroom. Then I simply move delete-flagged files there, and set my grid view as 2-star or greater.

     

    Otherwise my grid is filled with rejected image files.

     

    Ideally, like Aperture and Capture One, Lightroom would offer an internal Trash, where rejected files can live until I'm sure I want them permanently deleted. But there is no such feature.

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