Can remove, but cannot delete photos.

[TritonJon]

When I reject photos I want to delete them from the hard drive.  I understand that Command + Delete (on a Mac) gives me the option to REMOVE or DELETE FROM HARD DISK.

I have done that hundreds of times.

But a few days ago, I lost that window.  Now when I use Comm + Del I am only given the option to REMOVE.  I think this is just something in settings I may have accidentally messed up.  Can someone help here?

[johnrellis]

The first thing to check: Have the photos been moved from their original location?  Look at one of the thumbnails in Library grid view.  If there's an exclamation point in the upper-right corner, the photo has been moved or deleted from its original location outside of LR.  Alternatively, do the command Library > Find All Missing Photos. 

When a photo is marked missing, the only thing LR lets you do is remove it from the catalog.

[bhousto90]

If you are working on Photos within a Collection then the Ctrl/Cmd + Backspace action changes to "remove from the collection"

[Guest]

As you think the photos has been deleted from your phone , this meants that the photo must to permanently disappeared from phone ?that is not true , the deleted photos has not been completely deleted from phone ,

that is why the delete pictures can be recovered back on phone again