Creative Cloud taking space up on my computer

[catherinem63355997]

I bought creative cloud + lightroom CC so that I could store my photos on the cloud and delete them off my computer. As I'm moving them to the creative cloud folder I realized the creative cloud folder is taking up just as much room on my hard drive. How can I upload files to the cloud in a way that it doesn't take up computer space?

[David__B · Accepted solution]

Hi Catherine,

I'm not a Lightroom expert but I'd want to ensure you went through the process here to add the photos to LR CC

Add photos in Lightroom CC

I think the local space used is somewhat affected by the LR CC preferences

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-cc/using/preferences.html#Localstoragepreferences

If you're migrating from LR CC Classic to LR CC this article about the process might help

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-cc/using/migrate-to-lightroom-cc.html

Lightroom CC doesn't use the Creative Cloud files folder to work with your images but does count against the cloud storage amount included with your membership.  Lightroom CC has its own syncing mechanism built in separate from Creative Cloud Files.

I'll move your post over to the Lightroom CC forum for additional assistance.

Best,

- Dave