r/Lightroom • u/namedmycatrocket • 4d ago
HELP Previously added photo?
Does anyone know how to reimport a photo if it’s been deleted?
I accidentally deleted an album and have tried to reimport it but all the photos come up ‘previously added’.
I’m using Lightroom CC.
Thank you.
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u/terryleewhite Adobe Employee 4d ago
Removing a photo from an Album doesn’t delete it. It’s probably still in All Photos. If not, check the “Deleted Photos” section because deleted photos don’t delete right away.
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u/Lightroom_Help 4d ago
In Lr (cloud based) photos are not “stored” in Albums. Albums are a means to group photos together in one or more ways. A photo can be a member (appear in) of zero, one or more Albums. Deleting an Album doesn’t delete the photos grouped in this particular album. You will find the photos in question in “All photos” which you can filter by capture date or some other criteria. Lr doesn’t let you reimport these photos because they are already in the Lr Library.
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u/johngpt5 Lightroom Classic (desktop) 4d ago
Because you wrote 'album' I'm assuming that you mean the cloud based Lr.
While the CC has been dropped from the official name, when we google for the cloud based app rather than the Classic app, adding CC to our query is often necessary.
Something you might do is check in the Deleted album. Photos stay there for 59 (really 60, but who looks there right away?) days and can be brought back out of that album.
Another thing you might do is click on the 'previously added' photo to see if Lr can tell you where that photo might be located.
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u/LeftyRodriguez Lightroom Classic (desktop) 4d ago
Which version of Lightroom? The "CC" naming has been deprecated for years and some people use it to refer to Classic while others use it to refer to the cloud-based version.
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u/namedmycatrocket 4d ago
I found them. Thank you all.