Removing Raw files from Lightroom Cloud Only

[olivier2025]

Would someone know how to remove original Raw files from Lightroom cloud in this particular situation ?

I am a professional photographer trying to simplify his workflow by leaving external drives and heavy laptops home. Here is what I have done:

Download photos to My iPad pro

Photos are imported to camera roll and are then auto imported to my Lightroom mobile

Lightroom mobile cloud’s the original Raws

Back to my Laptop Lightroom Classic syncs with mobile and downloads these same Raw files to my desktop catalog.

Raw files are now on my drives and still in the cloud

I back my drives so know need to keep these Raw Files in the cloud, smart previews are just fine.

How can I remove these now duplicate raw files from the cloud Only and not affect my desktop catalog  ??

[Sahil.Chawla]

Moved to Lightroom Classic CC — The desktop-focused app​

[john beardsworth]

In your catalogue, unsync the files. This removes the raw file from the cloud.

How to do it? Go to All Synced Photos and remove the photos from there. Alternatively unsync the collection containing the raw files. Then, to get smart previews to the cloud, sync the collection again.