(Optional) In the Library module, choose Library > Find All Missing Photos to display missing files in the Grid view.
Last updated on
Sep 6, 2024
If you add, delete, move, or rename image files or folder containing the image files in the Finder (macOS) or Explorer (Windows), the link between the files and the Lightroom Classic catalog breaks. When a catalog can't find a photo, Lightroom Classic displays a Photo is missing icon (
) in image cells in the Grid view and the Filmstrip.
In the Develop module, Lightroom Classic indicates that the photo could not be found, or is offline or missing.
Solution
How to find missing images and folders in Lightroom Classic
Follow the steps below to help locate your missing photos and restore links to the catalog.
Note
Links between a catalog and its photos can also break if photos are stored on an external drive that is offline. If the drive is offline, turn it on. If the drive letter has changed, change it back to the letter Lightroom Classic expects.
Select the Photo is missing icon () in a thumbnail cell in the Grid view.
Note
The Photo is missing icon also appears at the bottom of the Histogram panel. You can select it there, too.
A dialog box opens and displays the last known location of the missing photo.
Select the Locate button, navigate to where the photo is currently located, and then choose Select.
(Optional) In the Locate Missing Photo dialog box, select Find nearby missing photos to have Lightroom Classic search for other missing photos in the folder and reconnect them as well.
Note
If an entire folder of photos is missing — the folder is grayed out in the Folders panel and has a question mark icon — you can relink all the photos at once by right-clicking (Windows) or Control-clicking (macOS) on the folder and choosing Find Missing Folder from the context menu. See Locate missing folders.
For macOS: Select Show options button to open the folders.
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