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deleting pictures from catalog

Christoph D
Hello,

how can I delete pictures from my catalog without putting it into the trash bin.
I just want to delete it from the catalog without deleting it from the hard disk afterwards.

Thanks for your answer!

Christoph
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  • Permanently deleted user
    Hi,

    When you put images in the Capture One trash bin, they disappear from the catalog, but they are still in your hard disk. They are read-only. You can still recover the ones you want by drag and drop into the destination folder. If you want to completely delete images you are definitely not interested in, you can simply right click on the image in the trash and chose delete (from disk).
    This is the way C1 works since version 9.
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  • Christoph D
    Hi,

    thanks for your answer.
    So it is not possible to just remove it from the catalog without putting it into the trash bin, right?
    I unintentionally imported some pictures into the catalog which I want to remove but not delete.
    Is there any possibility to do so?

    Thank you!
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  • HansB
    I guess you are using a referenced catalog. Otherwise you'll need to export the original to keep it.

    Yes, you'll need to trash it first.

    When emptying the trash (right-click on the trash can in the library, then 'Empty Catalog Trash', or menu 'File' 'Empty Catalog Trash...') of a referenced catalog, CO asks you

    Do you want to delete <image.ext> or just remove it from the Catalog?

    and you can make your choice.


    Regards,
    Hans
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  • Christoph D
    Hello Hans,

    thanks for your reply.
    COP doesn't give me the choice to delete it or just remove it from the catalog.
    When emptying the trash with a right click I just get the question if I want to delete the files but NOT if I want to remove it from the catalog.
    Do I have to make additional adjustments in the settings to get that query?

    Best regards

    Christoph
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  • HansB
    Hi Christoph,


    So my guess was wrong. You are on a managed catalog and your image files are stored inside your catalog, right?

    In this case the image file is deleted from the catalog by deleting the raw file within the catalog package. And you don't have that choice.

    If you want to keep the raw file, it cannot be done within the catalog. You need to export it as original and keep it elsewhere.

    I'm using referenced catalogs, so my image files are in a folder tree outside the catalog package. For catalogs, I store them on external, mobile storage. I'm doing this for free access to my raw files from outside CO, easy backups, and keeping the catalogs small and mobile. (I'm using sessions for my actual work, catalogs only for the old stuff.) And with the raw image not being part of the catalog package, I have the choice to delete it from catalog only, or from catalog and disk.


    Regards,
    Hans
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  • Peter Orczykowski
    Highlight the image(s) you want to delete and press Ctrl-Cmd-Del. Works for me...
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