Lr Mobile - Delete All Data - what happens?

Report · Aug 15, 2017

Lr -> Preferences -> Lightroom Mobile -> Delete All Data

What happens precisely?

Background
I have a lot of pictures synced to mobile. I have a lot of collections shared. These collections are shared as link that a bunch of partners use to view these collections.

Question
What happens if I run this "Delete All Data"?
- will the collections still be shared - and with the same links?

I know that Lr will have to re-sync the collections that are shared, but what happens to the original links? Will they change (new url?)

Report · Aug 15, 2017

Delete All Data deletes all information about your photos from Lightroom for mobile, including previews, metadata, and develop settings. However, it doesn't delete your original photos. They remain on your computer and aren't affected. All the collections are also preserved, but their Lightroom mobile sync settings are reset. So you would need to mark collections again for sync and set those you wish to share to “Make Public” so I guess the URLs will change.

Report · Aug 15, 2017

Yes, all local catalog stuff are untouched (picture, collections).

But the question is if all collections are un-shared?

Report · Aug 15, 2017

The shared links will be invalid as smart previews will no longer be available in the cloud.

Report · Aug 16, 2017

I am not sure that you are right @99john

The links are to collections and the pictures (smart previews) are contained in these. You can have an empty collection shared and as it fills with pictures they are available.

Wondering, we are guessing here. Is there at some point some Adobe folks that answer these questions?

Report · Aug 04, 2018

Can anyone confirm if I delete Delete All Synced Data, does that delete my Collections in LR Mobile? I want to keep my Collection in LR Mobile (including my develop edits). I am worried I will lose my Collections in LR Mobile if I Delete All Synced Data.

I have duplicate images in my library because of the synced images in Lightroom CC.

Can someone please clarify? I appreciate it.

Report · Aug 05, 2018

dr514 wrote
Can anyone confirm if I delete Delete All Synced Data, does that delete my Collections in LR Mobile? I want to keep my Collection in LR Mobile (including my develop edits). I am worried I will lose my Collections in LR Mobile if I Delete All Synced Data.

It will delete all data (i.e. photos and collections/albums from) on the Adobe Cloud, which in turn will signal Lr CC (iOS or Android) to delete your photos on the mobile device. The photos will also be removed from 'All Synced Photographs' in Lr Classic, but will otherwise remain in the Lr Classic catalog. Unlike versions dating back to mid 2017, the steps involved when 'Delete All Synced Data' is used have changed so as to ensure that the customer actually wants to delete all synced data. Below screenshots demonstrate these steps.

Lightroom Classic CC

Lightroom CC web

Report · Jan 08, 2019

Hi! I used LR cc on location. for two weeks I imported all the photos into LR cc, edited and organized them in Lr cc on an android Pad. It worked fine. when arriving home I wanted to use the sync function to download the original files onto my LR classic.on stationary computer. so I imported the files onto Lr classic via the cloud . the thing is I´m still confused about what will happen if I " delete all Image data. I´ve got small sync signs on both the imported archive and at various locations and collections. So what I´m worried about is... How do I check that the newly imported files in classic are the new "original files". what d like to do is delete the folder containing the originalfiles on the Adroidpad ( since everything is synced right now) keep the original files om my workstation. And from there decide which photos to sync to LR CC.. so.. The question is: Is it safe to delete the original files on the androidpad? I guess it is. But I do want to be 200% shure. Will it just stop syncing the files from pad to cloud? The copies on my main computer, will they be affected?

Regards Peter

Report · Jul 25, 2019

I would love an answer to this. This creative cloud is so confusing and I keep deleting photos in efforts to clean up my iPad