I don't want to sync all my Lightroom CC photos

[britts98422984]

My phone has a limited amount of storage and I can't hold all of my Lightroom photos on it. I just recently downloaded Lightroom CC. On my old Lightroom, I could keep certain files just in Lightroom on my computer and select certain files to be synced on my iPhone. This new Lightroom CC is syncing ALL of my photos and I don't know how to select which ones I do or don't want to sync. The only way I can get them to not sync is by just straight deleting the photos completely. I can't do that anymore. Suggestions? I just need to know if it's possible to be selective in what photos I can sync on my iPhone.

[Victoria Bampton LR Queen · Accepted solution]

There's no selective sync at this time, but LR iOS is really smart about what it downloads to the phone. I've got 600GB+ in the cloud, and yet it's only taking up 1GB on space on my phone.

[RichieMorison]

I had the same question and I believe I have an answer for you.  In the desktop application, after importing, the photos seem to automatically go into "All Synced Photographs", which appears in the Catalog view in the top left (above Collections & Folders).  To stop them from syncing:

In the Library view, click on "All Synced Photographs".  Use the filter bar to filter the dates that you just imported (or however else you wish to filter).  Select the photos you do not wish to sync, right-click on one of them and select "Remove from All Synced Photographs".

This did the trick for me.

I hope that in the future, Adobe will provide an option within the Import dialog to allow users to select whether their photos automatically sync or not.

[Victoria Bampton LR Queen]

That removes them from the cloud Richie... and from Lightroom CC. That's ok if you're using Lightroom Classic as your main base, but not a good plan if you're only using Lightroom CC.

[RichieMorison]

Yes it does (or stops them from going there in the first place).

I guess it depends if the OP is using LR Classic CC or LR CC on their computer.  It is not clear in the post.  Also, OP are you trying to limit what gets synced from your computer to the cloud in the first place (hence to your iPhone) or just what is synced from cloud to your iPhone?

Btw thanks for all your LR resources Victoria - I've read quite a few of your articles and have had your LR Keyboard Shortcuts pdf on my bookmarks bar for over a year now 🙂

[Victoria Bampton LR Queen]

Thanks Richie. The new LR Classic book is out now, and the LRCC one is a few weeks away from release too.

[Lichenmania]

Individual syncing seems such like a damn basic option. It's incredible it's not available. I simply can't use CC on my internet connection, and I don't live in the remote wilderness but in the countryside in Europe. I can feel Adobe is not going to make this easier, it's just not the way it is taking. That's a shame.

[Natalie154A]

Thank you so much!! I have wasted a whole day trying to figure this out on my own.