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Reopening old/deleted Gimp files

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Reopening old/deleted Gimp files Charlie Armitz 25 Nov 23:52
  Reopening old/deleted Gimp files Martijn Weisbeek 26 Nov 08:23
Charlie Armitz
2009-11-25 23:52:29 UTC (about 15 years ago)

Reopening old/deleted Gimp files

I am using GIMP 2.6.6 on a Mac OS 10.4.11. I have used the program since early 2009. I am wondering if it's possible to open old GIMP documents that don't appear under "Document History." The images (JPEG files) I would like to open have been deleted from my computer, but it seems logical that GIMP would retain them, since I have worked with them in GIMP before.

Is there a way I can recover these files? Thanks.

Martijn Weisbeek
2009-11-26 08:23:04 UTC (about 15 years ago)

Reopening old/deleted Gimp files

Charlie,

Why would GIMP retain these images? Just because you have used GIMP to edit them?
Images might be in GIMP's recently used list, but if you try to open them from there when you have deleted them from their original location than you will still get an error message.

If you have deleted the images from your computer you might be able to recover them by using some file recovery software. When you are on Windows this software comes to my mind: www.piriform.com/recuva However, each operating system has one or more (free) recovery programs available.

Kind regards,

Martijn http://gimp.startpagina.nl