diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/browse.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/browse.rs
index 80475651c..df8de4301 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/browse.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/browse.rs
@@ -60,6 +60,15 @@ fn browse(s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
     }))
 }
 
+impl Session {
+    /// Forget the untouched Local records of files gone from the folder `dir` (with its subfolders when
+    /// `subfolders`) that a browse just listed as `files`: what `library.browse` does after reading a folder, for a
+    /// UI that reads it on a worker thread instead. Returns how many went.
+    pub fn forget_gone_from(&mut self, dir: &str, subfolders: bool, files: &[String]) -> usize {
+        forget_gone(self, dir, subfolders, files)
+    }
+}
+
 /// Local records in the browsed folder whose files are no longer on disk (deleted or moved by
 /// another app) and that nothing was changed on are forgotten, as `library.forgetLocal` forgets
 /// them: the folder shows what is on disk, not photos that fail to load (and log an error) on
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/headless.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/headless.rs
index 0507ab31f..fedc7ee60 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/headless.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/headless.rs
@@ -2983,6 +2983,43 @@ mod tests {
         let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&dir);
     }
 
+    /// Browsing a folder again from the sidebar forgets the untouched Local records of files deleted from it by
+    /// another app, as `library.browse` does (issue #1392).
+    #[test]
+    fn browsing_again_from_the_ui_forgets_deleted_files() {
+        let mut h = demo([1200.0, 900.0]);
+        let t = Duration::from_secs(10);
+        let dir = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("lc-browse-gone-{}", std::process::id()));
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(&dir).unwrap();
+        let img = lightcraft_raster::Rgba8::from_fn(8, 8, |x, y| [(x * 9) as u8, (y * 12) as u8, 80, 255]);
+        let o = lightcraft_engine::export::ExportOptions { format: lightcraft_engine::export::ExportFormat::Png, ..Default::default() };
+        let png = lightcraft_engine::export::encode_image(&img, &o).unwrap();
+        std::fs::write(dir.join("a.png"), &png).unwrap();
+        std::fs::write(dir.join("b.png"), &png).unwrap();
+        let path = dir.to_string_lossy().to_string();
+        let browse = |h: &mut Headless| {
+            let r = h.request("engine.execute", json!({"command": "library.browse", "params": {"path": path}}), t);
+            assert_eq!(r["result"]["scanning"], true, "{r}");
+            h.settle(SETTLE);
+        };
+        browse(&mut h);
+        assert_eq!(h.app.session.visible_cloned().len(), 2);
+        // another app deletes the photo that isn't selected (a selected or open one stays, shown as missing)
+        let held: Vec<lightcraft_catalog::PhotoId> =
+            h.app.session.selection.ids.iter().copied().chain(h.app.session.selection.active).chain(h.app.session.previous_active).collect();
+        let name = |id: &lightcraft_catalog::PhotoId| h.app.session.catalog.photo(*id).map(|p| p.file_name.clone()).unwrap_or_default();
+        let gone = if held.iter().any(|id| name(id) == "b.png") { "a.png" } else { "b.png" };
+        std::fs::remove_file(dir.join(gone)).unwrap();
+        // a later session: the browse's "Add 2 Photos" step is no longer in the undo history (photos it refers to
+        // are kept, like selected ones)
+        h.app.session.undo.clear();
+        h.app.session.redo.clear();
+        // the folder clicked again in the sidebar
+        browse(&mut h);
+        assert_eq!(h.app.session.visible_cloned().len(), 1, "the deleted file's record is forgotten");
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&dir);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn add_folder_scans_in_the_background() {
         let mut h = demo([1200.0, 900.0]);
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/import.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/import.rs
index a1a720a8e..b306a3a28 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/import.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/import.rs
@@ -559,6 +559,12 @@ pub fn poll_scan(app: &mut LightcraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context) {
     }
     app.session.import_probes = out.probes;
     if task.browse {
+        // records of files gone from the folder (deleted or moved by another app) that nothing was changed on go,
+        // as `library.browse` forgets them (issue #1392)
+        if let Some(b) = app.session.browse.clone() {
+            let listed: Vec<String> = out.candidates.iter().map(|c| c.path.clone()).collect();
+            app.session.forget_gone_from(&b.path, b.subfolders, &listed);
+        }
         // what the library doesn't know yet joins the Local view
         let queue: Vec<String> =
             out.candidates.iter().filter(|c| c.duplicate != Some("path".into()) && c.error.is_none()).map(|c| c.path.clone()).collect();
diff --git a/docs/whats-new.md b/docs/whats-new.md
index 98ed2c2c2..7da834bbc 100644
--- a/docs/whats-new.md
+++ b/docs/whats-new.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 ### Local folders
 - Photos deleted (or moved) by another app no longer stay in a Local folder, failing to load and logging an error
-  each time you look (issue #1392): browsing the folder again leaves them out. A photo you had rated, flagged or
+  each time you look (issue #1392): the next time you browse the folder, in a later session, they're left out. A photo you had rated, flagged or
   edited stays, marked missing, so its changes aren't lost; photos in My Photos are unchanged.
 
 ### Hard-edged Heal and Clone spots