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Reducing the cluttered Lightroom Library and removing duplicates

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Apr 28, 2020 Apr 28, 2020

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I have been using LR for several years and have managed to make a mess of images and dupes scattered all over LR.  How can I get them all in one place to eliminate the dupes and reduce all the clutter?  Is there any app on the market to save disorganized people like me?

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Apr 29, 2020 Apr 29, 2020

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Hi there, 

 

It's a problem most advanced Lightroom users face after a long term use of the application. The library can get cluttered without management and optimization. 

 

Which version of Lightroom are you using? 

 

If using Lightroom Classic, I would personally suggest that you checkout this article that I've found helpful while dealing with duplication and managing Lightroom library: https://www.lightroomqueen.com/clean-duplicate-photos/

 

Note: I am in no way promoting any application or referring you to buy it. I found it helpful for understanding how to manage the library.

 

Let us know if that helps.

 

Thanks,

Akash

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Don't look too far.  I  made several attempts to re-organize things with LR3,4,5 but was not too successful.  Too many photos to deal with. I have just migrated to Lighroom CC and I think you have more tools to re-organize with CC.   When you upload your photos, Lighroom CC does away with your previous folder arrangements.  I was scared about this at first.  But what you get is a clean setup withyour photos displayed by the year the photos were taken with all the duplicates removed. You also can view the photos by people.  A bit of work is required to use these two tools to create new albums and folders. Just a suggestion.

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