Do you keep the original after you edit a photo?

I do, personally.

Keep.

Well, I’m an astrophotographer, so I keep everything.

No.

Only until the completion of the project. Then it gets purged. Otherwise we would have terabyte upon terabyte of useless files.

I keep it. Why not? It costs nothing. .

I don’t keep the original because most of the apps and programs I use don’t automatically duplicate it. But if it is stored and the edited version doesn’t replace it, then I will keep it; I don’t spend the time to go back and delete prior versions.

In other words, I am a bit lazy and don’t go out of my way to create a duplicate, and don’t go out of my way to delete versions.

I do if I’m emotionally attached to the photo.

It depends on the edit. If all I do is rotate it to a proper orientation, then, no. But if I edit colors, if I crop, if I change “content” of the photo in any way, then I always keep the original, so that I have a chance to do it over again, if necessary, or so that someone else can.

I usually keep the original as I like to keep the metadata, where and when the picture was taken etc.

Keep it

Yep