Delete from Disk as default

Forum|Forum|4 years ago
December 11, 2021
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Is there a way to make the "delete photo from disk" a default when pressing backspace? I use the catalog also to select the photos and I don't want to keep all the originals! It would be ok even if the pre-selected option was the one I want, so that I could just press backspace and then Enter...but now the pre-selected option is remove from catalog. This means that every time I have to use the mouse when choosing which photos to keep. When you have 1000-2000 photos a time it's super annoying!

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Geoff Bartlett

Inspiring

I usually select the photos I want to delete, switch to "All Photos" view and delete from there.

BartonGarrett256

Inspiring

I completely agree, and I want to see each file I delete at the time I delete it. I don't want to delete a batch of files, I want the option of setting delete from disk as default as I review each image, period. I am the customer. The current system is horrible, I hate it. I have to delete thousands of files every week, and having to wait for a pop up asking me if I really want to delete each file is infuriating. Just make the mother may I please set up the default, but give us an option to bypass it.

Same goes for the pop up can't delete that file. Give me an option to set a delay before that comes up, it is also poor system set up.

DdeGannes

Community Expert

@BartonGarrett256 , there is a possibility to do what you wish, however if requires the use of 4 keyword keys as shown in the attached file. This option will remove the selected image / images from your disk, be aware all related functions and data with respect to the images will be removed from Lightroom Classic Catalog including Collections, Virtual copies, Syncd images that depend on the original file. It will be as if the images never existed.

Regards, Denis: iMac 27” mid-2015, macOS 11.7.10 Big Sur; 2TB SSD, 24 GB Ram, GPU 2 GB; LrC 12.5,; Lr 6.5, PS 24.7,; ACR 15.5,; (also Laptop Win 11, ver 24H2, LrC 15.0.1, PS 27.0; ) Camera Oly OM-D E-M1.

JohanElzenga

Community Expert

Don't press Backspace, press 'X'. That marks the photo as Rejected. At the end of the reviewing process, you can then delete all rejected photos at once with a single extra click. Lightroom even has a menu for deleting rejected photos.

-- Johan W. Elzenga