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February 11, 2018
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Recover a file right after deletion in lightroom CC

  • February 11, 2018
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Hello,

I just started photography and I am currently trying Lightroom CC as RAW Image developement tool.

I just tried to reorganize my folders and albums, and accidentally deleted one reworked photo from disk instead of from album. I tried mashing up Ctrl+Z but it is not worthing. Could it be there is no way to recover a deleted picture even in the same session? That would be a real bummer (and probably means Lightroom is not a tool for me, sonce it always happen to misclick something and I know it for every other software I use that all actions within a session are reversible (things become irreversible as soon as the software closes). I tried to look for it online but the Adobe cloud already deleted the picture. I can still reimport the RAW image since I still have it on my camera but I will have to redo the modification (which will last forever since I am just beginning... And also mean that I can not rely on the tool since a simple button press is irreversible).

My Lighgtroom session is still open, so please let me know if I can undo the delete action.

Thanks!

EDIT: Recovering the modifications done to the photo alone would actually help.

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    Correct answer Just Shoot Me

    With both Windows and Mac OS X all deleted files, or folders, go into the recycling bin, Trash on the Mac, and can be restored from there.

    But any adjustment you made will be gone. LR delete those as soon as you remove the image from the catalog.

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    Just Shoot Me
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    Legend
    February 11, 2018

    With both Windows and Mac OS X all deleted files, or folders, go into the recycling bin, Trash on the Mac, and can be restored from there.

    But any adjustment you made will be gone. LR delete those as soon as you remove the image from the catalog.

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      NaityAuthor
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      February 11, 2018

      Ok, thanks for the answer.

      It is weird the file was not in my bin though. But I do not understand the reason while the file adjustments are defnintively lost. Having an option to "never delete them from hard drive" especially that those are not heavy files would be appreciated. And I really think Adobe should rethink their "deleting policy" and make deletion reversible (aka add "recently removed" menu) weither by having files stored in a cache until the application closes or by storing the files + modification in the cloud 24h more after they are deleted to give the oportunity to retrieve them and undo as.

      As it is, I don't think I'll be able to adopt the product, which is sad as I really like the interface and the possibility offered by it...

      Thanks Just Shoot Me

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      NaityAuthor
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      February 11, 2018

      Have you looked in the folder the images was in with File Explorer.

      The Default button selected when hitting the Delete key is "Remove". So hitting Delete then Enter would just removes the image from the catalog and leaves it where it is stored on your drive.

      The reason LR delete any adjustments is because LR never touches the original file. It stores all edits and other info in the catalog file, Not in the image.


      Thanks for all the clarification.

      I pretty much understand what happened. I still think a safeguard against deletion would be more than useful (especially looking at the huge ammount of internet posts I found on this toppic) but I don't think you can help much about that.

      I'm gonna chack what the competition has to offer. I wish you a nice day and a lot of fun photographing

      P.S.: I like the ammount of details in the statue face in your profile. Did you take it yourself?

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