Lightroom is not showing all the pictures in a folder

Report · Sep 24, 2015

I am wanting to edit some images in a particular folder in Lightroom. When looking at the folder in File Explorer there are almost 100 image files in the particular folder. However, Lightroom only sees 22 files. I've selected the folder and tried both IMPORT and SYNCHRONIZE however nothing happens.

How do I fix this?

Report · Dec 29, 2024

I am many years in the future having this same issue. Before anyone suggests it, I did try effectively ALL other suggestions I saw in the replies (and replies to replies) in this thread. The ONLY thing that I got to work for me was to move over all my photos to a brand new folder and import again. Lightroom treated them as new photos and it worked that time. I have no idea why it didn't work the first time, I changed nothing about my importing settings, but at least I eventually got it to work. Sharing in case this is another idea that might help someone else.

Report · Aug 23, 2025

Maybe too late for this response but I had the same problem and this solution worked for me:

In the Import screen, just untick the "Don't Import Suspected Duplicates" box.

Missing photos will show up .

Then you can import them as usual and they will show in the Library folder.

Report · Sep 03, 2025

Applicable today in 2025, thanks~

Cntrl + L

Report · Sep 05, 2025

hello all! thank you all for the efforts here... although I didn't find a solution for the problem. nevertheless, trying all that you sugested over and over again, I did find an odd but perfect after all solution :)) here it is, beginning with a description of the problem:

I shoot film, I "scan" films with a digital camera, I use Lightroom Classic, last version, on a 2021 Macbook Pro. I use stacks to emphasize the film rolls. I keep photos organized on years and days. On the left panel, near the folder "2025-01-18", was written "116", so I should've found 116 photos with that folder selected... only I didn't. 82 photos were shown. With NO FILTERS active whatsoever, with ALL STACKS EXPEANDED. If I selected "All photos" on the left panel, all stacks extended, I couldn't find the missing photos by filename, although in the import module said they were already imported. all files were in the right folder on the disk.

What I did?

1. I renamed one of the files Lightroom didn't show, in Finder, on the disk

2. Library > Find All Missing Photos (BANG! here it was!)

3. Right click on it, then "Go to Folder in Library"

4. Renamed the original file back to the original name in Finder

5. Returned to that folder and... all photos were there again.

Well, wow, how's that for a solution...?