Can Lightroom automatically delete the rest of a burst after I pick one photo?

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I often shoot short bursts so I can choose the best frame later. After I pick the keeper, I’d like an easier way to remove the other images from that burst, or sometimes delete the whole burst at once.

Does Lightroom have any automatic feature for this, such as deleting all photos taken within a couple of seconds of a selected image? If not, what’s the fastest workflow inside Lightroom for handling burst sequences?

user59354 · Accepted Answer

There is no automatic way of doing this. However there is a method that will make it much easier. If you choose Photo -> Stacking -> Auto-Stack by Capture Time... you can create stacks of the groups. This will make selecting the photos in the burst that you don't want much easier.

Learning how to shift/ctrl/cmd select multiple photos at once may also help in this regard, such as selecting the first photo, shift clicking the last photo, then ctrl/cmd clicking the photo that you have chosen to keep to deselect it, then pressing delete.

The much easier way to do this is simply use a Flag for the photos you want to keep (Press P for pick when you determine that's the photo you want), then Edit -> Select by Flag -> Unflagged, then delete.

There are numerous ways of flagging and selecting photos in Lightroom, you just have to figure out which way works best for your workflow.

Can Lightroom automatically delete the rest of a burst after I pick one photo?

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