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Apr 30, 2026 8:13 PM UTC
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Used Materials appear in the Project Panel when 'Unused' are listed

Used Materials are still listed in the Project Panel when only ‘Unused’ assets should be listed.

  1. Type “Unused” in the Project Panel
  2. It still comes up
  3. even though it’s “Used 2 times”

This bug exists in the latest update as well as the Beta

    7 replies

    David.Arbor
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    Sep 15, 2026 1:43 PM UTC

    Hi ​@MikeSevigny,

    Just wanted to let you know that this fix was officially released in the recent 26.5 update.

     

    -David, After Effects Engineering Team 

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    David.Arbor
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    Jun 9, 2026 1:28 PM UTC

    Hi ​@MikeSevigny,

    Thanks again for reporting this. Please download the latest version of After Effects (Beta) from the Creative Cloud Desktop app to see a fix. SBSARs should now show up in your search results for both “used” and “unused,” depending on whether they’ve been assigned or not.

     

    -David, After Effects Engineering Team

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    Jun 10, 2026 3:13 PM UTC

    confirmed, it’s fixed!

    Thanks David

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    David.Arbor
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    May 14, 2026 6:30 PM UTC

    Hi ​@MikeSevigny Thanks for reporting this. I have a bug written up on our side for the issue.

     

    -David, After Effects Engineering Team

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    Community Expert
    May 1, 2026 12:38 AM UTC

    Could you try typing just “un” and see if it still shows up?

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    May 1, 2026 12:55 AM UTC

    I does still show up, along with the fbx I have imported in the project (which is also used in the composition)

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    Nishu Kushwaha
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    May 5, 2026 12:15 PM UTC

    Sorry for the delayed response.

    I’m able to reproduce this with .sbsar files on my end as well, but I think it is because it hasn’t been imported into a Comp. I’m not seeing the same issue with .fbx or other file formats.

    Could you try launching After Effects in Safe Mode and see if the behavior changes?

    Let us know how it goes.

     

    Thanks,

    Nishu

     

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