Lightroom WONT delete photos from disk

[_MIchael_J_Howard_]

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?

[kaister]

May 30, 2018 and it was working for a little bit and now it's happening to me, will not give me the option to delete from disk but when i hit the delete key it just removes it from the Lightroom CC and the file remains in it's place on the disk...frustrating.

[sfchim]

Could it really be this easy?  I have had this trouble for months.  I changed to using Lightroom Classic and now the photos delete from the disc. 

[ManiacJoe]

Hard to say what happened for you.

This thread is over ten years old....

[douwevt]

Well, indeed, 10 year old, but obviously still unsolved, I also ran into this since recently....

[rebecaf6825028]

A mi me sucede los mismo ,no puedo elinar fotos en lightroom 

[Rob_Cullen]

"The same thing happens to me, I can't take photos in lightroom"

Is there a Question here? Please be more specific.

Lightroom ('old' Perpetual 1-6) ?

Lightroom-Classic ?

Lightroom-Mobile ?

Lightroom-Web ?

[rebecaf6825028]

I have the same isue , but I dont got the option to deeted from the disck ony from Lr

[Rob_Cullen]

@rebecaf6825028  Which VERSION of "Lightroom" are you using?

In Lightroom (the Cloud version)- Your photos are managed IN THE CLOUD. So you can ONLY Delete them from the Lightroom Catalog. There is NO "drive" in the Cloud.

However what might be misleading is that Lightroom (the Cloud version) can also manage 'copies' of the Cloud files on your disk, and when you Delete from the Cloud Lr will also delete the managed files on a local disk. AND Lr can take its time doing this! It may not happen immediately!

ie. File management is all via the Cloud for Lightroom.

(Lightroom-CLASSIC is something different)

[Rikk Flohr: Photography]

You’ve posted to a very old thread. It is highly unlikely that the issue described in this thread, though not impossible, is the same issue which you are currently experiencing. Rather than resurrect an old thread that is seemingly similar, you are better posting to a new thread with fresh, complete information including system information, a complete description of the problem and step-by-step instructions for reproduction. 

In the unlikely event the issue is the same, we will merge you back into the appropriate location. 

Thank you!