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June 18, 2022
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How do I recreate dng files after they were deleted?

  • June 18, 2022
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Hi...  I erroneously deleted my dng files before I exported my photos to my drive and now they are not found... is there a way to export them in any way?

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TheDigitalDog
Inspiring
June 19, 2022

Hopefully, you can find them using Time Machine IF you had that setup and the drive with the DNG's was setup for it. Or you had a backup. Otherwise, you're SOL.

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Rob_Cullen
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 18, 2022

See my reply in your other post, but if ALL original files are no longer available anywhere (including Trash and backups) then you can only create smaller JPGs by using a plugin to 'export' the previews.

Extract JPGs from Previews Plugin

EXTRACT JPGs FROM PREVIEWS

 

 

Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.1.1, Photoshop 27.3.1, ACR 18.1.1, Lightroom 9.0, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.2 .
JP Hess
Inspiring
June 18, 2022

Deleted images should be found in the trash on your computer. You can restore them from the trash, and that will return them to the folder where they were located. However, it will be necessary for you to import them into Lghtroom again and perform all of the editing because when you delete them from Lightroom there is no longer a record of any of the work in the catalog. It will be necessary for you to do all the work again. Of course, if you have emptied the trash then the DNG files will be gone and there will be nothing for you to recover.