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I want to clean up lightroom 5. I used a while back and started several catalogs. Some have pictures in them, some don't. I understand that no pictures will be deleted if I remove catalogs. I want to clean everything out and start over. How do I do that?
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John
Both Lightroom CC/6 share same catalog name.
So you should keep the Lightroomcatalog and delete the older Lightroom 5 catalog.
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Akash
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Using Finder or Explorer, go to the folder containing the catalog you want to delete.
Delete the catalog (*.LrCat) and the one or more preview folders (*preview.LrData) that matches the catalog.
Make sure you are deleting the correct files as there is no "undo" in many cases.
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Thanks. Please see below all the files ...temporary inputs, etc. These are all to be deleted?????
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Hi skiinstructor,
You need to remove the File/Folder highlighted below:-
Before you delete, make sure you do not beed the Image edits/Presets from this Catalog(if not upgraded the catalog to Lightroom 6/CC)
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Akash
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Thanks. What is the Lightroom Catalog above? I had the lightroom CC on my computer but I am not using it. Is the lightroom catalog the one for the Lightroom CC? Can I take this out also?
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I want to clean up lightroom 5. I used a while back and started several catalogs.
I had the lightroom CC on my computer but I am not using it. Is the lightroom catalog the one for the Lightroom CC
Which Lightroom version are you going to use now?
Lightroomcatalog.lrcat in the screenshot is Lightroom CC catalog.
If you are not using any of those two catalog(Lightroomcatalog and Lightroom5catalog) , You can delete them.
~Akash
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I Just upgraded to Lightroom 6 standalone (not creative cloud).
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Both Lightroom CC/6 share same catalog name.
So you should keep the Lightroomcatalog and delete the older Lightroom 5 catalog.
Regards,
Akash
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Thank you very much. Now I can start over in the correct way (organized!).