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yrnelvin387
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December 25, 2011
Question

Unable to delete multiple photos

  • December 25, 2011
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Hi,

I need help in deleting multiple photos in lightroom 3. I shift-click to select multiple photos and press delete, but it always only delete 1 of the selected. How do i fix this?

Thks

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      roryb78672836
      roryb78672836
      Participant
      June 28, 2019

      I had the same issue a few people have mentioned above - not given the option to 'Delete from Disk' when in grid view.

      This was because I was trying to delete them when viewing them in my Collections, not my Catalogue.

      Full workaround breakdown:
      - Select to view 'All Photographs' found in the 'Catalogue' panel on the left

      (then, same as mentioned above)

      - Highlight all the pics you want to delete and press 'X' to mark them as rejected

      - Press 'cmd' + 'delete' to delete all rejected photos

      - Select 'Delete from Disk' when prompted

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      powerful_Cadence16B8
      Participant
      April 27, 2016

      Was having the same problem, even in grid view (second monitor). When in grid view on primary monitor I am able to select and delete multiple photos. Just fyi

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        mediatainment
        Participant
        March 21, 2015

        The best way to do this is to mark the images as "denied". Select your image by hitting the "X" -key. so they are marked. Now click "CMD" and "delete" Button. Now they got deleted at once.

        Ester K
        Ester K
        Known Participant
        October 2, 2014

        This should be an "IDEA" for developers - it really should work in loupe in library to delete multiple. It's not working...

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        yrnelvin387Author
        Participant
        December 26, 2011

        ok thks alot:)

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        yrnelvin387Author
        Participant
        December 26, 2011

        is there anyway of changing this? if not i have to keep switching between library and develop.

        Just to note, when i right-click i am able to delete multiple photos.

          Hal P Anderson
          Hal P Anderson
          Inspiring
          December 26, 2011

          There's no way of changing the behaviour.

          It's interesting that the right-click on the filmstrip works. I didn't expect it to.

          Switching to/from Grid Mode is pretty quick: 'g' to go to Grid; 'd' to go back to Develop. So 4 keystrokes: g<delete>dd  

          Hal

            Sean McCormack
            Community Expert
            Sean McCormackCommunity Expert
            Community Expert
            December 26, 2011

            Right click works because the context is that of the filmstrip. Simply clicking Delete is in the context of the active photo.

            Sean McCormack. Author of 'Essential Development 3'. Magazine Writer. Former Official Fuji X-Photographer.
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            yrnelvin387Author
            Participant
            December 26, 2011

            I am trying to delete from the disk using lightroom. I select multiple photos using the film strip at the bottom. This also affects other operations.

            Thks for hte reply

            Hal P Anderson
            Hal P Anderson
            Inspiring
            December 26, 2011

            As Beat said, selecting multiple images in the film strip will not work for you. You have to select multiple images in the grid.

            Hal

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              helen_gossweiler
              Inspiring
              December 25, 2011

              Also, only in Grid View are you able to affect multiple photos with an operation, like delete. If you're in Loupe View and select several photos in the film strip, only the most selected (the one shown in Loupe) will be deleted.

              Beat

                Sean McCormack
                Community Expert
                Sean McCormackCommunity Expert
                Community Expert
                December 25, 2011

                Where are you trying to delete from? A folder, collection etc?

                Sean McCormack. Author of 'Essential Development 3'. Magazine Writer. Former Official Fuji X-Photographer.
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