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Answer to Deleting rejected photos from catalog and hard drive while in a collection

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Have just spent days trying to find info on Help desks, forums and You Tube on how do this and avoid the awful "Cannot delete photos in a collection" message !!
Found the simple answer already ! Adobe should long ago have put that into the error message box !
Just Scroll up in the Navigator panel to ALL PHOTOS and observe them in the grid panel.
Filter to show the Rejected photos only. Go to the Tool Bar>Photos>Delete Rejected Photos
This works like a charm ! Dont forget to empty your trash bin to definitively delete your rejects !!
 
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Yes, that menu is misleading. If you use it while in a normal collection, the images are only deleted from that collection, not from Lightroom. And if you try to use it while in a smart collection (which should not be possible; the menu should be dimmed), you'll get the error you mention.
 
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Or go to All Photographs and hit Cmd-backspace (or Ctrl-backspace on Windows). No need to filter.
 
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John McKaigney said:
Have just spent days trying to find info on Help desks, forums and You Tube on how do this and avoid the awful "Cannot delete photos in a collection" message !!
Found the simple answer already ! Adobe should long ago have put that into the error message box !
Just Scroll up in the Navigator panel to ALL PHOTOS and observe them in the grid panel.
Filter to show the Rejected photos only. Go to the Tool Bar>Photos>Delete Rejected Photos
This works like a charm ! Dont forget to empty your trash bin to definitively delete your rejects !!
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I think you can leave the step "Filter to show the Rejected photos only'. When you are in ALL Photo's in the Grid panel you can direct go to Photo's> Delete Rejected Photos
 
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