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ruthhol
ruthhol
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March 2, 2018
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P: How to turn off auto-import from camera roll?

  • March 2, 2018
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How do I turn off the auto-import feature that imports into LR all the photos I put in my camera roll on my mobile device (iPad)?  I don't want this auto-import feature on my mobile device. I want to choose which photos in my camera roll to import into LR, then import them individually. How do I change this setting?

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    Correct answer Kota0101

    This is NOT correct answer.  I think they recently changed the UI on Lr mobile version.  You cannot find "General" any more.  The correct answer right now is:

     

    1. "Setting" (wheel icon on top right corner)

    2. "Import"

    3. "Auto Addd From Camera Roll" > Turn off

    3 replies

    A
    airwhale.com
    Participant
    September 18, 2021

    Just posted a bug about this today. I did find the setting, turned it off, but still auto import starts as soon as I launch the app. Infuriating. 

    K
    Kay alhameli
    Participant
    September 19, 2021

    I am facing the Same problem auto import is off but all pictures from lightroom mobile synced to lightroom classic

     

    its a mess !

      steve.guides
      steve.guides
      Known Participant
      May 4, 2020

      There is no LR icon at the top level of the Lightroom mobile app on my iphone or my ipad. How do I turn the damned thing off? Everywhere I look on the internet the advice is to go to the top level, but I cant see the icon there. Its not under settings though. 

      steve.guides
      steve.guides
      Known Participant
      May 4, 2020

      I've found it! It's nothing like the instructions above, may the software has changed. Its hidden away under the settings in a section called IMPORT.

       

        steve.guides
        steve.guides
        Known Participant
        June 16, 2020

        The auto-import, while it was active caused all sorts of problems. Probably caused by old phone or ipad that I wiped before selling, but the pictures were still clogging up the mobile synchronise system. Eventually I was getting messages saying "synchronising 3000+ images" but nothing was happening and worse still, none of my actual collections were actually syncing. Eventually I solved it by deleting all mobile Lightroom apps, then switching off sync for all my desktop collections, and then going online and deleting everything from "all photos" and "deleted photos".  I reinstalled the apps and checked that nothing was syncing to them (and took care to reject auto sync when the apps first started up) then on the desktop version ticked the sync boxes again for collections, and finally it all started working perfectly again. 

          J
          Community Expert
          Jao vdLCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          March 2, 2018

          It's in the LR icon when you go all the way up to the top level. Tap on General and you will see settings for "auto add Photos" and "auto add videos" that you want to turn off.

            K
            Kota0101Correct answer
            Participant
            October 30, 2021

            This is NOT correct answer.  I think they recently changed the UI on Lr mobile version.  You cannot find "General" any more.  The correct answer right now is:

             

            1. "Setting" (wheel icon on top right corner)

            2. "Import"

            3. "Auto Addd From Camera Roll" > Turn off

              chirconius
              chirconius
              Participating Frequently
              October 28, 2022

              Bless you! Now does anyone know how to undo/get rid of the thousands of auto imported photos that this setting caused? My cloud space is bursting at the seams

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