LR classic shows 600 photos synching but in the cloud there are only 40

[skronwith]

I have only one collection in LrC that I want synced.  And, as far as I can see, there is only this one collection that shows it's to be synched.  Yet when I go to the far right to the cloud synching icon, it shos 698 photos synching even though there are only 40 in the collection that I want synched.  Also, if I go online to the Cloud, there are only those 40 photos being shown.  What are these other 658 photos and how to I get LrC to stop synching them?  Thanks.

[Just Shoot Me]

Please post screen shots of both LrC and your Lr Web page to show what you are seeing.

[skronwith]

OK, here they are.  First from LrC showing trying to sync 1351 photos, yet second from the web page showing only 40.

[JohanElzenga]

These screenshots say nothing. Lightroom Classic could be uploading those photos, so they are not yet in the cloud. It's possible that you enabled sync for some collection by mistake.

[skronwith]

I thought so too, but there are none of those double sided arrows indicating synching except for the iPad, where the 40 photos are synched properly.  And, I might add, that screenshot that shows over a thousand photos being synched, never changes, no matter how long it goes.  Always remains at that number.

[JohanElzenga]

In that case go to Preferences - Lightroom Sync. There is a button to reset the sync data (I'm typing this on my iPad, so I can't check the exact name or post a screenshot).

[skronwith]

When I do that, the only choice is the Delete synched data and when I press it it tells me to go to the web site and the previously shown screenshot that shows the 40 photos.

[JohanElzenga · Accepted solution]

Quit Lightroom Classic. In your catalog folder there should be a file called 'Catalogname Sync.lrdata'. Delete that file and start Lightroom again.

[skronwith]

That did it.  Thanks.

[Martin Photo]

I do not have a file by that name, but a folder containing a number of files ending in either "docstore" or "wfindex".

Which ones to delete? If I do, what do I lose?

[GoldingD]

Local Activity. Would that include Face Detection? Address Lookup?

[JohanElzenga]

No, syncing. 1351 photos. Just like it says.

[David MMMM]

I have the same problem. 147 photos in a collection in LR Classic and only 143 show in LR. Tried deleting the Sync.Irdata file. It did not work.