Using lightroom 5 to delete unwanted photos

I have LR5 locating photos on each hard drive.
I know how to select and import INTO Lightroom
What I would like is to be able to delete the images I don't want from with Lightroom.
Is this possible?
Also a Best Practices question:
Should I put all photos on a server and have one catalog on it that all computers point to? Seems to be best to consolidate, but don't know if that's the most efficient way to do it.
Thanks

Another approach is to go through your images, and when one that you want to delete is the highlighted file, you can type the letter "X" and that will mark that image as being rejected. After you have gone through a batch of images you can press Ctrl (or Cmd - Mac) + backspace and all images that have been rejected will be displayed. Then you can choose to remove or delete all the images at once.

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I have around 2000 photos on my camera roll as back up and now i am not able to delete unwanted photos and they are not even getting synced wid d computer so what should i do now?? they are using 9 gb of the space!!!

i have around 2000 photos on my camera roll as back up and now i am not able to delete unwanted photos and they are not even getting synced wid d computer so what should i do now?? they are using 9 gb of the space!!!

Chris CA wrote:
You cannot backup photos to iCloud.
You can enable Photo Stream (in Settings > iCloud) but only for 30 days and only a max of 1000 photos.
Then what does this mean? It was copied from the kb article that I posted above.
Reducing the size of your Camera Roll backup
If you take lots of photos and videos with your iOS device, you may notice your Camera Roll takes up most of your iCloud Storage backup. To check the size of the Camera Roll backup on your device:
On your Home Screen, tap Settings.
Tap iCloud.
Tap Storage & Backup.
Tap Manage Storage.
In the Backups section, tap your device.
In the Backup Options section, the backup size is displayed under Camera Roll.
To reduce the size of your Camera Roll backup, save your photos and videos locally to your computer with iTunes, and then manually back up your iOS device. If you want to keep your photos and videos on your iOS device, you can turn off Camera Roll in Backup (see the "Deleting backups and turning off Backup for your Device" section above) orpurchase additional storage.

I deleted unwanted photos from my iPhoto library, emptied iPhoto trash & Finder trash... this did not free up disk space. please help!

I deleted unwanted photos from my iPhoto library, emptied iPhoto trash & Finder trash... this did not free up disk space. please help!
I have a 15-inch MacBook Pro (Late 2011) with OS X Mavericks 10.9.5
Last week, my 500 GB Harddrive had 120 GB free space. I was feeling crumby and decided to make productive use of taking a day off to lounge around. I snuggled up with my laptop and dedicated hours to meticulously combing through my iPhoto Library. I had 13,000 pictures, and I got rid of those I didn't want. Having said "sayōnara" to about 6,500 pictures, I then emptied the iPhoto trash and the Finder trash. I took delight in the iconic paper crumpling sound of them vanishing into the digital void.
Everything seemed perfect: the photos I loved were still there, the photos I loathed were gone, both trashes were beautifully empty. Having thrown away all of those awful, boring, and unflattering images of poorly light lunches and selfies gone wrong, my iPhoto library was half the size as before! I felt renewed, a little lighter, somehow more free, and I expected my hard drive to be a bit different to.
I eagerly checked my storage stats. My heart sank to see that my 120 GB of free space, was still only 120 GB of free space. I restarted my MacBook; this did not help. I restarted it the next day; this also did not help. It's been 5 days and the hard drive still has 120 GB free space. This is not an emergency and it will probably be a good while before I clutter my laptop to the brim. Yet while I am glad I don't have to see cringeworthy pictures of my ex's unmentionables every time I'm showing off things I do want to remember, I'm still disappointed and now obsessed with solving this mystery.
What is going on? I don't see them, so where are they hiding? How do I get the free space I should have earned from throwing away 1,000's of photos?!

Thank you, Terence!
Yes, I only emptied the trash when it was really full, once I waited until the trash cans contained 2,600 photos and then I emptied them - Oooops! In the future, I'll keep in mind your suggestion of deleting less than 100 photos at a time.
I downloaded the iPhoto Library Manager and used it to rebuild my iPhoto. After a few hours of rebuilding, it generated a new copy of my iPhoto Library. This versions was nearly identical to the original (it was missing 5 photos and was therefore only 5 mb smaller). I guess my Library wasn't defective.
I checked my storage stats, and interestingly, using iPhoto Library Manager did help with the problem that developed after I re-indexed my hard drive. My hard drive is able to properly recognize data categories again, instead of listing almost everything as "Other". Understandably, my free disk space changed from 120 GB to about 60 GB, because my hard drive now contained a second copy of my iPhoto Library as well as iPhoto Library Manager. It seemed like all I needed to do was throw these away, but when I emptied the trash, my problem was not solved. My Hard drive now looked like this:
It appears to me that when I empty the trash, the things I throw away are just hanging around as backups instead of leaving! I went into System Preferences and turned of my time machine OFF. Now my hard drive looks likes this:
The back ups of the iPhoto files, and the program which I deleted, are still on my hard drive some where but now they are listed as "Other" instead of "Backups". Do you know where they might be and how I can delete them for good?

TS1702 How to delete unwanted photos?

I have been unable to delete unwanted photos from 'Photos' on my iPad which were synced from my Windows7 PC. Following carefully from the instructions the 'Delete' Icon is either missing or clouded out. I am at loss for an answer. HELP!

To delete synced phtos you have to unsync them:
iOS and iPod: Syncing photos using iTunes
To delete photos from your device
In iTunes, select the device icon in the Devices list on the left. Click the Photos tab in the resulting window.
Choose "Sync photos from."
On a Mac, choose iPhoto or Aperture from the pop-up menu.
On a Windows PC, choose Photoshop Album or Photoshop Elements from the pop-up menu.
Choose "Selected albums" and deselect the albums or collections you want to delete.
Click Apply.

Difficulty deleting unwanted photos

I am going through my iPhoto library attempting to delete unwanted photos. Previously, I was able to scroll through the photos in an Event, press the delete key and then empty the Trash to permanently delete the photos. Recently, these "deleted" photos have remained in the various Events from which they were supposedly deleted. Can anyone help?

Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Rebuild iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords, faces and places back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.
Regards
TD

How do I delete unwanted photos (duplicates, poor quality How do I delete unwanted photos (duplicates, poor quality or old ones thator oones that I just don't want) from my IPhoto Library.I followed the instruction from Help and neither suggestion worked.

How do I delete unwanted photos (duplicates, poor quality or old ones that I just don't want) from my IPhoto Library.I followed the instruction from Help and neither suggestion worked.
Tried to select and press delete key...didn't work
Tried to select, press arrow on lower right and move to trash.. didn't work

select a photo in an event and either drag it to the iPhoto trash or press the delete key - then empty theiPhoto trash an dthe system trash and the photo is totally gone from the system
LN

How to delete unwanted photos?

I set iPhone sync to iPhoto, how can I remove unwanted photos on my iPhone, I can't seem to find a way to do it, anyone?

You CAN delete photos straight from the phone.
Go in to "Photos", open "Camera Roll", seelct the photo you want to delete by simply touching it and then press the trash can symbol.
Simple!
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Using Lightroom Mobile to sync photos to desktop – proper workflow?

Just wondering what people suggest as a workflow for importing photos taken on a cameraphone into a Lightroom library.
I want the photos to be saved into the same folders on my hard drive that the rest of my photos go into (Pictures > 2014 > 8 > 3 etc). Using Lightroom Mobile and syncing with the desktop app works well, but the files aren't saved inside my library, are they ...
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Hi,
it would be interesting to know exactly what you are doing here.
Does it mean that you upload the images from your Lr Desktop?
It might take a while before the sync is done.
Which version of Lr are you using?
If you compare Lr Mobile with lightroom.adobe.com - is there any difference?
Does it help to update Lr Mobile to 1.2.1?
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Ignacio

Have synced all photos from pc. how to delete unwanted photos on iphone?

i did not realise i was syncing all photos in my pc to my iphone. there is a lot of junk photos. but i cannot see how to delete them off my iphone. help please

This is the reason.
Photos in your iPhone's camera roll are not included with the iTunes sync process except for being included with your iPhone's backup, which is created and updated by iTunes as the first step during the sync process.
Photos transferred from your computer to your iPhone via the iTunes sync process, which is selected under the Photos tab for your iPhone sync preferences are not transferred to your iPhone's camera roll.
Photos in your iPhone's camera roll are photos that were captured by your iPhone, or photos saved from a received email or from a website. Photos in your iPhone's camera roll can be imported by your computer as with any other digital camera.
With a Mac, this can be done with iPhoto if you use iPhoto for importing photos from a digital camera and for photo storage and management on your Mac, or with the Image Capture application located in your Applications folder. Both include an option to delete the photos from your iPhone's camera roll after the import process is complete. If you don't want to save these photos, you can delete the photos from iPhoto or from your designated location where the imported photos are saved if you use the Image Capture application for the import.

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Is there a way to delete unwanted pictures from the Photos app on an iPad?

Welcome to the Apple Community.
Navigate to the photo sheet page (the one with the thumbnails) tap the edit button in the top right corner, tap the photos you want to delete to select them, tap the delete button in the bottom right corner.

Using applescript to delete a photo given its path

I'd like to build a little Applescript that take an image path and permanently:
- delete that photo from the library
- delete that photo from the computer
- deletes the associated thumbnail (if any)
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Louis:
You can either "flag" the photos or give them a unique keyword so that you can search for either, find the group and delete them, emptying the iPhoto trash once they are moved to it.
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
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If I reset/restore my old iPhone 4 for my sister to use, will it delete the photos in the photo stream on the phone from iPhoto on my macbook?

I want to delete everything off the phone but don't want the photo stream to update on the mac and delete the photos saved on it from the iPhone 4.
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See this document:
What to do before selling or giving away your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5661
If you proceed like described above, your Photo Stream should not be erased in iCloud, but it would be safer to download all Photo Stream photos to events on your Mac.

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I don't see my question listed anywhere. Has it disappeared in a cloud-help.

Your question is gone in the title.
It is a matter of your preferences.
I use Aperture instead of iPhoto, a way which can be similar to your idea to use Lightroom.
I prefer to put all my originals (Masters) on 2 external HD. Identic
Does Lightroom allow you to keep Masters on external HD and use referenced files ?
It will be a way to keep pictures (Many GB) out of the Mac and be able to find them from different Macs.
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Does Adobe offer just the PSE 11 Editor without the Organizer? I use Lightroom to manage my photos.

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Using lightroom 5 to delete unwanted photos

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