Library module Organization

[gegjr]

Lightroom Version Number

11.2

Operating System

1. Windows 10

I ran across something I've never done in all the years I've been using Lightroom including the old stand-alone days.
I was doing some image housekeeping and thought I was removing (deleting from hard drive) 1 image but in fact deleted several images I still apparently had selected and I didn't fully read the pop-up window. I know, my bad! Luckily I realized my mistake immediately and was able to retrieve the images from the Win-10 recycle folder.
Anyway, my questions are this; Is there a way to undo a delete action inside LrC catalog? Is there somewhere in the library module, besides the film strip panel at bottom, that shows number images selected especially when the selected images are non-continous? I know Lrc provides a pop-up window advising you're about to delete x number of photos.

 

[Paul_DS256]

I've been hit by that as well. Thought I only had 1 selected when several were. I had to do the same as you in retrieving from Recyler. Fortunately, I had XMP's enabled so got most settings back.

I've been thinking about flagging them as 'Rejected' then going in later and deleting Rejected. At leas introduces a 2nd look.

 

[Victoria Bampton]

You can do a partial restore of the edits from a backup: https://www.lightroomqueen.com/partial-restore-backup-catalog/

 

[gegjr]

I've been hit by that as well. Thought I only had 1 selected when several were. I had to do the same as you in retrieving from Recyler. Fortunately, I had XMP's enabled so got most settings back.

I've been thinking about flagging them as 'Rejected' then going in later and deleting Rejected. At leas introduces a 2nd look.

Misery loves company LOL, typically that's what I do is mark as reject and at some point later I delete all rejects. But, the reason I mark an image reject instead of outright deleting is to revisit the decision. If I know I don't want an image I delete on the spot.
I really wish LrC had an undo for deleted images at least if you catch it before the next action. Oh well, can't make everything idiot proof. At least we realized or mistake before dumping the recycle.