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grinchy
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November 25, 2018
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Does Deleting Pictures From iPhone Camera Roll Delete from Lightroom CC?

  • November 25, 2018
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Hello,

I am a little confused and keep seeing conflicting answers so I am hoping to get a definitive answer to what happens when I delete a photo from my camera roll.

I currently am using Adobe Lightroom CC with the 1T storage.

I have uploaded all my photos from the Camera Roll on my iPhone and would like to delete photos to free up space. If I delete the photos from the camera roll, will they be deleted from the cloud as well?

Please note I am referring to my camera roll, not the Lightroom mobile app.

Thanks!

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    Correct answer Jao vdL

    Yes deleting from the mobile app will delete them everywhere in the CC ecosystem, so also from lightroom.adobe.com and on any desktop installations of Lightroom CC. It will not delete them from the camera roll when you delete from the mobile app as again those are separate entities.

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    TheRealAleks
    Participant
    December 3, 2019

    Answers are very helpful.  Thanks.

     

    Is there a way to have the photos deleted from the camera roll once they are transferred to Adobe CC?  Going back and deleting them manually seems tedious and I also don't want duplicates all over the place (in different ecosystems).

      JLM_Swiss
      JLM_Swiss
      Participant
      March 29, 2020

      I have the same question and really struggling to find a clear answer on this. I'm deleting three times - Lightroom CC, Classic (I think because I've got local storage activated) AND iPhone.

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        Jao vdLCommunity Expert
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        May 2, 2019

        Yes

        selondon
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        selondonCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        May 2, 2019

        Yes, at least until each one is synced to the Cloud.

        Once that’s done you’re pretty safe to delete from the Camera Roll if you need space.

        Also once synced the Cloud, the full res that Lightroom Mobile stored locally when Importing, will after a while be automatically be discarded for a thumbnail, if not accessed.

        You also should be able to speed up this process in Lightroom Mobile by clearing cache, after sync is complete.

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          Jao vdLCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          November 25, 2018

          No if you delete from the camera roll, images will NOT get deleted from Lightroom CC. They are completely separate things.

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            grinchyAuthor
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            November 25, 2018

            Thanks so much-if I delete them from the Lightroom mobile app, I take it they will be deleted?

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            Community Expert
            Jao vdLCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
            Community Expert
            November 25, 2018

            Yes deleting from the mobile app will delete them everywhere in the CC ecosystem, so also from lightroom.adobe.com and on any desktop installations of Lightroom CC. It will not delete them from the camera roll when you delete from the mobile app as again those are separate entities.

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