P: Photoshop drawing random lines when using tools (Remove, Brush and other drawing tools)

Hi everyone, I’m experiencing a serious issue with Photoshop’s Remove Tool and can’t find a solution.

Whenever I make even the smallest click or short stroke, the Remove Tool automatically creates long, erratic scribbles across the image, far beyond where I clicked. It behaves as if it’s dragging uncontrollably, even though my input is minimal.

I’ve already tried the following troubleshooting steps:

• Updated Photoshop to the latest version

• Updated my graphics drivers

• Updated my mouse drivers

• Tested with a different mouse

• Tried multiple Photoshop versions, including the Beta

The issue persists across all of them.

Has anyone encountered this before or knows what might be causing it? Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Hi All, I Have a major issue and cannot find a fix… My remove tool scribbles all over my image after jast a tiny click, i have uodated photoshop, graphic drivers, mouse drivers and even swapped mouse and it is still doing this, I have used different versions of photoshop and beta aswell, has anyone heard of this issue or a fix? HELP

buonasera ho un problema con i pennelli di photoshop. Appena comincio ad usare un pennello e clicco il tasto del mouse mi comincia a dare delle penellate autonome come se volesse unire dei punti, ho provato a cambiare il mouse ma fa lo stesso. Devo avere attivato qualcosa ma non riesco a capire cosa. Grazie a chi saprà aiutarmi

buonasera ho un problema con i pennelli di photoshop, quando lo uso appena clicco il tasto sinistro del mouse mi parte in automatico a fare pennellate a caso come se dovesse unire dei punti.  Devo avere attivato qualche impostazione sbagliata ma non so quale

​@rene36463830341e there’s a similar thread here

Additionally; this problem is not apparent in MS paint or using the Adobe Illustrator paintbrush function, which leads me to believe it is an issue with photoshop?

Using photoshop V 27.3

When I try to draw a line with a mouse, upon the very first click, instead of a circle appearing at the point of my curser, a totally random line, sometimes multiple, will spawn from the origin of the click. Sometimes the next time I try to draw a line, it will be fine, but if I switch tools or change windows(eg. click on google chrome and then back to photoshop), the random lines will appear again. I’ve seen some previous posts and tried the solutions listed there, eg. turning off GPU, turning off rulers, etc, but nothing works. Hoping someone has a fix for this 

I am having an issue after the latest Photoshop updates with the tools behaving erratically. For ex. the Patch tool will make a random zigzag selection and the same happens with other tools like the regular Brush, Healing Brush, Clone Stamp etc. It seems like a glitch that randomly happens and you have to try several times to make the tool work.

I updated to the latest version and the problem persists.

Here is a screen recording

SYSTEM INFO

Adobe Photoshop Version: 27.3.0 20260122.r.13 2d403ec  x64 (final, Release)
Operating System: Windows 11 64-bit
Version: 11 or greater 10.0.26200.6584

Processor    12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1270P (2.20 GHz)
Installed RAM    32,0 GB 

GPU Compatibility

Pass:    DirectX available
Pass:    DirectX feature level 12.1 available, feature level 12.0 required
Pass:    Above required VRAM (17142 MB of 1500 MB required)
GPU Detected: Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe Graphics (INTEL)

what’s going on? Some posts have just been simply deleted. A serious bug currently ongoing with brush, stamp tools, etc being completely impossible to control is the subject of many posts like the following one have just disappeared!  So impossible now to get any feedback or follow up! 😡

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