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#RESET PREFERENCES ADOBE CC MAC WINDOWS#

This will restore Photoshop to your previous state including the following (and much more):

Windows: C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC\Adobe Photoshop CC Settings.

To restore all of your Photoshop settings make sure Photoshop is not running and simply replace all the new configuration files in from your backup files. However, if you’re going to be restoring settings to a lot of applications then make sure you backup anything you’re about to change.

OSX: /Users//Library/Preferences/Adobe Photoshop CC Settings.

OSX: /Users//Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe Photoshop CC/Presets.

Windows: C: \Users\\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC\Adobe Photoshop CC Settings.

If you’re just updating Photoshop then simply take a backup copy of the new Photoshop configuration folder: Whether you copy all of the configuration files or not is up to you, here are two approaches you can follow depending on your needs: Backup New Files Firstīefore overwriting any files I strongly suggest you take a backup of your new files first, just in case… This will allow you to return your settings to their newly installed state if you accidentally mess things up.

#RESET PREFERENCES ADOBE CC MAC WINDOWS#

Once you have reinstalled Windows or OSX and Photoshop you can simply go to the backup AppData or Library folder, find the configuration files and copy them over your newly installed Photoshop settings. If disk space is a problem you can try clearing out temporary files from windows & various applications. For example my profile folder is currently 25GB largely due to various temporary files & cached files. This allows me to restore any of my personal documents & settings at any time.īe warned, these folders can be very large so make sure you have plenty of disk space available. Just to be safe, whenever I re-install Windows I take a copy of the whole user profile folder to another location preferably on another hard drive. You can find these folders in the following locations:

Most of the information you’ll need is stored in the AppData folder in Windows & the Library hidden folder in OSX. Note: The OSX Library folder you will need to access is hidden by default, to view it follow the instructions here. This guide relates directly to the latest Photoshop CC but can be adapted to work with previous versions of Photoshop by simply replacing the “CC” in the path and file names with the appropriate “CSx” version at least back to CS4. You can even use this method to copy your configuration to a new version of Photoshop, though I recommend using the more selective approach detailed below. Well, fear not, it’s relatively simple to back up and restore those settings between different operating system installations. Have you ever had to re-install Windows or OSX and lost all of your settings & workspaces for Photoshop?