Deleting organiser catalogue without deleting photos

[blairdove]

I'm new to Adobe Elements and have been importing folders into organiser but rearranging in windows so have created a mismatch between the two. I want to delete the catalogue and start again but can't figure out how, when I go to manage catalogues I can't seem to find a way. If I try to delete folders in tree or list it won't let me select the missing folders as they have been rearranged.

Any help much appreciated.

[IAN JULIAN]

First of all, empty your recycle bin as a safeguard.

Go to Organizer and select all - Ctl - a.

Delete.   A box will come up asking if you want to delete the actual file as well.  Do NOT tick this, and proceed to delete.

[IAN JULIAN]

By the way, you can then upload again by dragging into Organizer, or by FILE - GET PHOTOS - FROM FILES AND FOLDERS

[MichelBParis · Accepted solution]

The original question is not how to delete files from the catalog, it's about deleting a catalog.

There are two ways to do that:

- use the catalog manager. If you have other catalogs, use any of them, highlight the catalog to be deleted and press the 'delete' button.

- locate the catalog folder from the menu Help >> System Info. With the organizer closed, use your Explorer or Finder to delete that catalog folder.

[Ralph5C4F]

Thank you so much for the information. I originally imported my picture file into organizer and it found over 60,000 items when I only have 15k pix. Program was running very slow so I wanted to start over. I could not delete my catalog using the first method, but the second method worked well. I can now import pictures by specific folders.