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raphaels28255986
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May 30, 2021
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How to delete a copy from within a collection?

  • May 30, 2021
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Hi guys,

I very often create one or more copies when adjusting an image to consider several variations before deciding. But then to delete the now useless copies I leave the collection and go to All Photographs to do so - or else copies, if deleted from within the collection itself, will remain in my library.

Am I missing something? Is there a more elegant way to delete copies from within a colletion?

 

Thanks a lot.

 

Raphael

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Correct answer JohanElzenga

Yes, I did remember it correctly. If you are in a collection, you can remove a photo (or a virtual copy) from the catalog by choosing 'Photo - Remove Photo from Catalog', or pressing Option-Delete (Alt-Delete on Windows). That's a lot less dangerous than using 'Splat Delete', because if you do this with a real photo, that photo does not get deleted from disk.

 

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JohanElzenga
JohanElzengaCorrect answer
Community Expert
May 31, 2021

Yes, I did remember it correctly. If you are in a collection, you can remove a photo (or a virtual copy) from the catalog by choosing 'Photo - Remove Photo from Catalog', or pressing Option-Delete (Alt-Delete on Windows). That's a lot less dangerous than using 'Splat Delete', because if you do this with a real photo, that photo does not get deleted from disk.

 

-- Johan W. Elzenga
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    raphaels28255986Author
    Inspiring
    May 31, 2021

    Wow Johan, thank you. That's a very elegant way to do it.

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    dj_paige
    Brainiac
    May 30, 2021

    Virtual copies can be deleted from within a collection. Just use the "Splat Delete" Alt-Ctrl-Shift-DEL.


    CAUTION: No warning dialog appears to make you confirm that you really want to delete this photo. Once you do this, the photo is gone, and Ctrl-Z (Undo) doesn't help. Use at your own risk.

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    raphaels28255986Author
    Inspiring
    May 31, 2021

    Thanks dj_paige.

    I don't have Alt on a Mac 🙂 - and I'm only deleting a copy ... that disappears the way I do it now anyway ...

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    raphaels28255986Author
    Inspiring
    May 31, 2021

    I don't have Alt on a Mac - and I'm only deleting a copy

     

    The Alt on a Mac is the Option button — and I don't understand the "only deleting a copy" remark, as if you select a copy (or any photo, really) then the Splat Delete causes the selected photo(s) to be deleted.


    Thank you.

    I meant deleting a copy is not the end of the world as opposed to deleting the master image 🙂

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