Lightroom Classic keeps importing images rated with one star (they have not been rated).

[#1]

I am using Lightroom Classic (9.0 release). For some reason, every image now automatically imports with a one star rating.  They should NOT have any rating. I can't figure out how to make it stop! Not sure why it started (never did it before).  And if my images do have a rating, perhaps from another LR catalog, it overwrites the rating back to one star when importing.  HELP!

Thanks!

Sara

[#2]

I am using Lightroom Classic (9.0 release). For some reason, every image now automatically imports with a one star rating.  They should NOT have any rating. I can't figure out how to make it stop! Not sure why it started (never did it before).  And if my images do have a rating, perhaps from another LR catalog, it overwrites the rating back to one star when importing.  HELP!

Thanks!

Sara

[#3 · Accepted solution]

You are probably applying a metadata preset when you import, and this preset includes rating.

Identify the preset and edit it. Uncheck all fields, then check only those you really want it to apply.

[#4]

Thank you!  Not sure why all of a sudden it was adding that to the metadata set we have always used, but indeed that's where it was.  I appreciate it!