Slow exporting

[Kayla5E2A]

Lightroom CC Is having an extremely difficult time exporting even 30 photos at a time. It's taking me 25 minutes to edit full galleries and another hour and 15+ to export them. Any ideas why? 

my c drive is almost empty, my catalog is optimized, I erase all previously edited photos from my catalog, my GPU is off. 

[Just Shoot Me]

Your post was moved to a better forum, From the LrD forum to the LrC forum as what you describe sounds more like LrC.

[AxelMatt]

For the first step you should reset the Lightroom preferences to the default settings.

1. Close Lightroom.
2. Hold down [Alt/Opt]+[Shift] while restarting Lightroom. 
3. Overwrite the Preferences when prompted by the dialog.
4. Close Lightroom.
5. Restart Lightroom.

More infos here: How do I reset Lightroom's Preferences? | The Lightroom Queen

If this doesn't help try a clean install in case there was an issue with the previous install. 

• Close Lightroom
• Backup you catalog, templates etc.
• Restart your computer
• Uninstall Lightroom Classic using Adobe Creative Cloud App
• Restart the computer
• Install Lightroom Classic via the Creative Cloud App without launching any other programs.
• Restart the computer
• Launch Lightroom
• Wait 5 minutes

Check if the export speed is now improved.

[dj_paige]

Where are the photos being exported to? What non-default Export options have you selected? What is a typical size of these images that are being exported, in pixels or megapixels (not megabytes)?

[Kayla5E2A]

Exported to my c drive, exporting as 300dpi jpeg images 

[dj_paige]

What is the size of the images in pixels (or megapixels)? Have you selected any other Export options?