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Not getting the option to delete rejected photos from disk

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Mike Taylor ARPS

Mike Taylor
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Deal, Kent, UK
Lightroom Experience
Intermediate
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Classic
Lightroom Version Number
12.4
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  1. macOS 13 Ventura
Hi
I must be doing something strange.
If I mark rejected phots with an X (to reject it) and then go to the Photo menu to bulk remove them, I only get the option to remove them from the collection, not delete them from disk.
Is anyone else having this issue or I have failed to tick a box somewhere?TIA.
M
 
Solution
This is normal. You have to be in ‘All Photographs’ or in a folder to remove images from the catalog and from disk. If you are in a collection, then they’ll only be removed from that particular collection.
Hi
I must be doing something strange.
If I mark rejected phots with an X (to reject it) and then go to the Photo menu to bulk remove them, I only get the option to remove them from the collection, not delete them from disk.
Is anyone else having this issue or I have failed to tick a box somewhere?TIA.
M
 

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This is normal. You have to be in ‘All Photographs’ or in a folder to remove images from the catalog and from disk. If you are in a collection, then they’ll only be removed from that particular collection.
 
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