Looking for software: I would like to begin deleting many of my thousands of photos. Right now I have to go to the directory, click the pic, look at it , decide if I want to keep it...

bdk Loc: Sanibel Fl.

I would like to begin deleting many of my thousands of photos.
Right now I have to go to the directory, click the pic, look at it , decide if I want to keep it, then click delete or X out and then load the next pic.
I am looking for software that will load the pix and I can just click delete or save then it goes to the next pic saving lots of time and possible loading the pix in the background to make it even faster .
Does it exist if so who what where.?
Thanks

niteman3d Loc: South Central Pennsylvania, USA

Faststone viewer. Several options on how to advance through pictures, but once you're on the pic it's 'right click' for a menu that includes 'delete', click that and then click 'confirm', move to the next and repeat. The drop down menu where the delete option is also includes other options like 'rename', etc. It's free.

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

Do you have Windows? Are you photos stored on your computer hard drive? In Windows File Manager, you can select "large thumbnails" as the view. If not quite large enough for you to see, simply increase the zoom on your monitor. Right-click/delete, or single click to select, then click the delete button.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Since you didn't state what operating system you use...
If you're using Windows, and the images are not RAW (or if you have RAW support), preview them in Windows Explorer. (click on the first image, right-click on it, select "Preview" from the pull-down.)
In the preview mode, there is a big red "X" at the bottom that will delete the current image, and go to the next image. If you want to keep the current image, you can use the arrows to go to the next image. You can alsouse the scroll wheel to zoom in and out. And there are rotate image buttons.

Bill_de Loc: US

IrfanView

I use it all the time to cull after ever shoot. It loads fast (JPG & NEF for me) and with the delete and right arrow key you can move very quickly.

https://www.irfanview.com/main_download_engl.htm

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Rongnongno Loc: FL

bdk wrote:

I would like to begin deleting many of my thousands of photos.
Right now I have to go to the directory, click the pic, look at it, decide if I want to keep it, then click delete or X out and then load the next pic.
I am looking for software that will load the pix and I can just click delete or save then it goes to the next pic saving lots of time and possible loading the pix in the background to make it even faster.
Does it exist if so who what where.?
Thanks

First use a free software "awesome duplicate finder" (ADF) In a few clicks this will find all duplicate on your HDD(s) - yes it can check other media at the same time.

The similarity as denoted in %. The program shows similar images side by side, so it is easy. ADF does not open raw files.

Then and only then you use a different software to open the file and check the content according to your criteria. The interest with using ADF is that you start with a clean slate.

To check images quickly, download the trial version of ACDSee and use it to open/delete/rename as you view the images.

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

The problem with Duplicate finder is that if you have two cameras that generated same sequence file ID the same prefix and number will be assigned. For example, I have two Canon SX50 each with C1 & C2 set for a type of shooting; image 101 on both will have the same number but the images will differ.

Back to the OP's question. Solution: Make a file called Delete Photos, open it. Open the general photo file and in View, select large-image, then drag and drop unwanted files into the Delete Photo folder. Eventually, go to the Delete Photo Folder press control A to select all, then delete, and enter... zap all gone.

Gort55 Loc: Northern Colorado

niteman3d wrote:

Faststone viewer. Several options on how to advance through pictures, but once you're on the pic it's 'right click' for a menu that includes 'delete', click that and then click 'confirm', move to the next and repeat. The drop down menu where the delete option is also includes other options like 'rename', etc. It's free.

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R.G. Loc: Scotland

Longshadow wrote:

.....If you're using Windows, and the images are not RAW (or if you have RAW support), preview them in Windows Explorer. (click on the first image, right-click on it, select "Preview" from the pull-down.)....

Or you can set Windows Photo Viewer as the default opener for each of the file types. If you get a Windows Photo Viewer codec pack you will be able to open most types of files (including raw files).

WJShaheen Loc: Gold Canyon, AZ

R.G. wrote:

Or you can set Windows Photo Viewer as the default opener for each of the file types. If you get a Windows Photo Viewer codec pack you will be able to open most types of files (including raw files).

sodapop Loc: Bel Air, MD

bdk wrote:

I would like to begin deleting many of my thousands of photos.
Right now I have to go to the directory, click the pic, look at it , decide if I want to keep it, then click delete or X out and then load the next pic.
I am looking for software that will load the pix and I can just click delete or save then it goes to the next pic saving lots of time and possible loading the pix in the background to make it even faster .
Does it exist if so who what where.?
Thanks

VisiPics does exactly what you asked for

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

R.G. wrote:

Or you can set Windows Photo Viewer as the default opener for each of the file types. If you get a Windows Photo Viewer codec pack you will be able to open most types of files (including raw files).

Then I'd have to set the default viewer back to what it was for each of the file types.
Explorer seems simpler, especially with the codec pack.

Someone said "create a "deleted folder" and drag the unwanted photos to it, then empty the folder.".
Sounds like the Trash Can in Windows to me....... At least it works the same way.

Bayou

Windows Explorer set to view large icons. Or Faststone...both are great. Either one will show you a whole page of images at once, select those to delete and pow, delete away.

Brenda IS Scottish Loc: GOLDEN Colorado

Never occurred to me..thanks! I will be using this one

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

bdk wrote:

I would like to begin deleting many of my thousands of photos.
Right now I have to go to the directory, click the pic, look at it , decide if I want to keep it, then click delete or X out and then load the next pic.
I am looking for software that will load the pix and I can just click delete or save then it goes to the next pic saving lots of time and possible loading the pix in the background to make it even faster .
Does it exist if so who what where.?
Thanks

There are a lot of ways described here. Let me add a couple more. And both are free to download and use.

The Adobe Bridge Browser provides labeling, star ratings that you can filter on to show what you want. For instance, you can label the keepers as Approved, and leave the others unlabeled. Then you sort, selecting all the unlabeled images and move them to a folder called To Delete and you can perform one more pass to actually make them go away.

Lightroom is a bit more powerful, in that it is catalog-based, and you can, with a single key press, choose to "pick" (approve) or reject images. then you filter for the ones that you want to reject and delete them.

Both are fast and efficient. Lightoom offers a bit of duplicate management if you turn on "do not import duplicates" when you first use it. After using Ifranview, Faststone, the tools in Windows, etc - I cannot imagine performing file management any other way. My current Lightroom catalog has almost 200,000 images.