How can I bulk-delete unedited photos in Lightroom?
Asked 9/27/2020
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I imported several months of photos into Lightroom, organized by day in folders. I only edited a small fraction of them, and now I want to delete the photos that were never edited to free up drive space. I have already backed everything up. Is there a way in Lightroom to filter for unedited photos and delete them in bulk, rather than opening each folder and checking manually?
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Not sure if this is an option you have already tried or not, but this might help speed things up for you.
In the Library module, choose the "Attribute" filter option from the filter bar across the top, and you can choose the "unedited photo" filter ... that will then show all the unedited photos in that folder. Once you've got them all in one view like that, you can do a mass selection and delete them all at once.
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Yes. In Lightroom’s Library module, use the Filter Bar and choose Attribute. There you can filter for unedited photos, which will show only images without edits in the current view or folder. Once filtered, select all of those photos and delete them in one batch.
Before doing this, make sure you’re viewing the correct folder or collection scope so you only remove the files you intend to delete. Also confirm whether you want to remove them only from the Lightroom catalog or delete them from disk, since Lightroom can do either depending on the delete option you choose.
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