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_MIchael_J_Howard_
Participant
November 23, 2007
Answered

Lightroom WONT delete photos from disk

  • November 23, 2007
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I understand the diffrencce between deleting a photo from LR verses completely deleting from the disk.

However when I try to "delete a photo from disk" through light room it remains on my disk no matter what i do.

I do click the option "delete from disk" verses "remove" from LR

any ideas on what is happening here?
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      Correct answer _David_Jacobs_
      Yes, I was tagging photos and had selected a collection with a specific tag. When I go back to folders all is well. Thank you.

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      _Georg_Schmitz_
      Participant
      May 1, 2008
      Hi,
      I do have the same problem on a MacBook with a network drive. When I delete a photo I want it to be gone! Does anybody know how to solve this? Can't we switch the trash-can off?
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      Anonymous
      January 14, 2008
      Rafael -
      LR deletes fine from a NAS, but the NAS does not have a recycle bin that the local computer can recognize, so it is a permanent delete instead of a recoverable delete.
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      _Michael_Favia_
      Participant
      January 14, 2008
      This problem is still occurring with version 3.1 on Windows Vista. There is no longer an option to delete the photo in the menus (top or context) and when you press backspace or delete the file disappears from the catalog view but no prompt shows up to confirm disk delete and the item remains in the same location on the hard disk. Please post a solution if one is found.

      Lightroom version: 1.3.1 [403270]
      Operating system: Windows Vista Professional (Build 6000)
      Version: 6.0 [6000]
      Application architecture: x86
      System architecture: x86
      Physical processor count: 2
      Built-in memory: 1021.5 MB
      Processor speed: 1.9 Ghz
      Real memory available to Lightroom: 612.9 MB
      Real memory used by Lightroom: 120.1 MB (19.5%)
      Virtual memory used by Lightroom: 112.5 MB
      Memory cache size: 113.3 MB
      Application folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 1.3
      Library Path: D:\photos\Lightroom\Lightroom Database.lrcat
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      _DonRicklin_
      Participating Frequently
      January 6, 2008
      Rafael, different problem. this one was solved.

      Wrong area of Library.

      Don
      Don Ricklin, MacBook 2Ghz Duo 2 Core running 10.5.1 & Win XP, Pentax *ist D
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      Raf Sanchez
      Raf Sanchez
      Participant
      January 6, 2008
      Where are your photos stored? My understanding is that LR will not delete photos that are stored on a network location/NAS.

      regards
      Raf
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      _David_Jacobs_Correct answer
      Participant
      January 5, 2008
      Yes, I was tagging photos and had selected a collection with a specific tag. When I go back to folders all is well. Thank you.
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      Lee_Jay-7OQGJF
      Participating Frequently
      January 5, 2008
      David, are you deleting from a collection?
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      _David_Jacobs_
      Participant
      January 5, 2008
      I'm having the same problem. I have LR 1.3.1 on a Windows Vista Ultimate OS. When I try and delete rejected pictures it only offers to remove the photo. The delete option is no longer there. So is this a bug or a feature? Personally I would like the option back.
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      _John_Hollenberg_
      Participant
      November 25, 2007
      Richard,

      Works fine here (Win XP Home). What OS? Any other details that might help explain why it doesn't work for you, but does for me?

      --John
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      _Richard_Pavek_
      Participant
      November 24, 2007
      Discovered the same problem this AM, Lightroom v.3 no longer deletes the rejected photo from the disk when asked to do so following ctrl+backspace
      Problem began after downloading v.3
      I'm on a PC and it doesn't matter what view I am in.
      Richard
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