Restoring Deleted Photos in Lightroom Classic 11

[swg98074]

Hi there - 

I deleted ~14k photos that I had flagged as rejected. I chose to delete them from the library but not from the disk.  I intended to keep a backup hard drive for everything I deleted (as I have always done) but they are completely gone.  No option under photos to see deleted photos, no file names for those files on my main hard drive.  And I checked the recycling bin just in case but they aren't there either.  Any help?

Thanks!

[dj_paige]

Did you use your operating system's search feature to search ALL folders on ALL disks for these photos?

Don't you have backups of all photos in your Lightroom Classic catalog?

[swg98074]

Thanks for the reply. I've always deleted photos but then kept the deleted ones elsewhere incase I later find I deleted them by mistake.  

[dj_paige]

You didn't answer either of my questions.