P: Library Filters cannot be enabled / Color Label Option Missing

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Moderators, @Rikk Flohr_Photography, please merge with this bug report, in which another user reported a successful workaround for the problem reported here:

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But the entries for filter presets are now redundant:

I just filed a bug report on that:

It’s a harmless bug -- the duplicates are identical. Thanks for calling this out.

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1. Did Axel’s suggestion of doing File > Import From Another Catalog avoid the problem?

2. Did the steps provided in the other thread on this issue fix the problem?

Try the steps that worked for @thereishope:

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@stefanfuertbauer-com @fargone.pro @Terry31540669eler:

1. Go to Library and then Grid view (the menu command View > Grid, or type “g”).

2. If the Library Filter bar at the top of Grid view isn’t showing, do View > Show Filter Bar.

3. Click the drop-down menu on the right end of the Library Filter bar, next to the lock icon:

4. In that drop-down menu, select Filters Off:

To help others, let us know if these steps worked for you.

Participating Frequently

Yes - THANK YOU - this indeed resolved the problem for me completely, although I do see redundant filter presets in the pop-up (since I clicked “Restore Default Presets” as suggested earlier). Is there a away to get that sorted, too?

Participating Frequently

I’ve now also found the problem why there were redundant filter presets. In '/Users/<user>/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Lightroom/Filter Presets' I found not only english but also german preset files. I deleted them all, restarted LrC, clicked ‘Restore Default Presets’ and now there are only the english ones again. Also the ‘Filters Off’ preset is there, which when clicked brings back the Toggle-functionality with the shortcut Cmd+L

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AxelMatt

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I’ve meanwhile found out, that his issue might be catalog-related cause I does not occour in all of my catalogs.

Create a new catalog and import several images. Then check.

If it’s work I would import all images ti the new catalog. Choose “File - Import from Another Catalog” Then select your old catalog to import. In the import dialog choose to import all photos, but do not move them.

My System: Intel i7-8700K - 64GB RAM - NVidia Geforce RTX 3060 - Windows 11 Pro 25H2 -- LR-Classic 15 - Photoshop 27 - Nik Collection 9 - PureRAW 6 - Topaz Photo AI

Participating Frequently

That’s not really an appropriate solution but a workaround. I’d rather prefer Adobe to fix this bug!

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What was the result of step 2?

2. In the Library Filter bar, click the drop-down menu (to the left of the lock icon on the right) and do Restore Default Presets. That won’t delete any filter presets you’ve saved, but it sometimes fixes corrupted filter state.

Participating Frequently

Re 2) Didn’t fix it either. But the entries for filter presets are now redundant:

Re 3) I occasionally have 30+ file names in text filter but that was the very first thing I’ve cleared!

Terry31540669eler

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I am experiencing the same thing. There are no color filter options, and I have reset preferences as well as enabled and restored everything that I can possibly try. I agree that there is a glitch in upgrade v15.2. I am running Mac OS 26.3.