Where do images go when Removed from Lightroom?

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Hi guys,An image I was working on for a while disappeared when did "something" - can't remember what. It all happened very fast.It's not in the Trash I think because I looked, and that in itself is a hit-and-miss exercise. But hopefully it's in the Removed from Lightroom heaven, wherever that is? How do I look for it there? Thanks a lot.

raphaels28255986 · Accepted Answer

In a Collection, if you are certain a given image needs to be deleted from disk as well as from the Catalog completely including from this Collection - you can use a key combination with Delete.

This is sometimes referred to as a "splat delete". It operates immediately. No options dialog, no opportunity to cancel before it proceeds, so be advised!

Windows: [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Shift]+[Delete]. MacOS: [Cmd]+[Option]+[Shift]+[Delete].

Thanks a million, Richard.

JimHess · Answer

If you are referring to Lightroom Classic, and you chose the option to remove from Lightroom, then the image was removed from the catalog but it is still in the folder where it was imported to. You will have to do a system search using Finder to locate the image in that case.

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