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<blockquote data-quote="nickt" data-source="post: 588545" data-attributes="member: 4923">If you have only used LR and all of the xmp were made by LR, you can probably safely delete them. I don't know how in a mac, but in windows, you can open file explorer. Then navigate to 'Pictures' or whatever your top level image folder is called. In the file explorer search box, type&nbsp;&nbsp; *.xmpAll of the xmp files will be shown. Scroll through the list and double check that they are all xmp and no actual images. Then you can select them all and delete or move them to a folder for a awhile to be sure all is good.If you want to be extra cautious, start with a single folder, just delete (or move) the xmp from that one folder and be sure you have not lost any LR edits. You can either continue doing one folder at a time or move up to the Pictures folder and do them all at once.Don't forget to turn the option off so you don't automatically make any more xmp.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="nickt, post: 588545, member: 4923"] If you have only used LR and all of the xmp were made by LR, you can probably safely delete them. I don't know how in a mac, but in windows, you can open file explorer. Then navigate to 'Pictures' or whatever your top level image folder is called. In the file explorer search box, type *.xmp All of the xmp files will be shown. Scroll through the list and double check that they are all xmp and no actual images. Then you can select them all and delete or move them to a folder for a awhile to be sure all is good. If you want to be extra cautious, start with a single folder, just delete (or move) the xmp from that one folder and be sure you have not lost any LR edits. You can either continue doing one folder at a time or move up to the Pictures folder and do them all at once. Don't forget to turn the option off so you don't automatically make any more xmp. [/QUOTE]

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