P: Lightroom: Ability to delete the default develop presets

Jeffrey, could you explain Adobe's rationale for not allowing users to delete the default presets? Even if we weren't allowed to delete them, having the ability to move them to a junk folder, or even create subfolders, would go a long way.

Raymond, what makes you think that it slows down the software?

i want to delete it it slows down the software period !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

I wish that Adobe would follow the users request. I never use the default develop presets as I have my own and it would be much easier to organise without all the default presets there. There should be the option to remove as for the own ones  as every user should have the choice if he needs them or not! Please listen to all your customers who said the same thing over the past years!

I second that! I could live without sub folders but I so want to delete ALL Lightroom default presets!!!! I haven't used any of those for 3 years and it slows down LR significantly and clutters up my work space to have them take up so much room in the left hand side panel!

Joining the voices of those who've been asking since 2010 for the ability to remove the hard coded presets, and the folders they're categorized into, from the preset panel. I understand the logic of them being in the program - even difficult to delete - for the novice editor learning how to use the workflow, and protecting them so that they can't accidentally be deleted. The usefulness of this device wears out (in my case) in about 4 months (and I'm not a fast learner). Your professional customers are dying wading through a panel that's half filled with useless, storage consuming, interface marring presets, that even when collapsed take up 7 spaces in the middle of the alphabetically sorted panel. I've had people tell me they jumped ship to other editing programs for this very reason. This should not be a difficult thing to accomplish, and it is clearly something your consumers want.

While I'm in the demanding mood - SUBFOLDERS. Let us create them.

How has this NOT been resolved yet??? This post started 5 YEARS ago, and advanced users want to be able to delete these presets because they take up much needed room on the left menu bar. We want the space and the speed back! With all the LR presets available on the market only rookies use these built in presets. Once you learn how to install any presets you never go back to the originals. Once you're past that you literally never ever use these and they are useless and taking up space. Users (especially professional photographers) want to be able to delete these defaults right from the develop presets folder. There is no reason why these default develop presets shouldn't be listed there and able to be removed. This needs to be addressed! It's about time! 

If you want your feedback to influence Adobe, it's best to post one idea per topic. That will allow others to contribute and make it more likely Adobe product developers might notice.

Lightroom has so many things that need updating to make it useful, and removing these useless presets from the list is nessesary to make it not feel out of date, yet also all of these:

* Custom crop need to be in cms and named (right now it converts to inchces!)
* Develop presets need to be able to see in the main window (guess in the old days it was too slow) 
* HDR or panorama creation should be done in the backgorund (it completely blocks the interface!!)
* Face recognition should use the users suggestions and use tags and learn and be able to select many intelligently and not show bricks and grass etc as faces - (look at Google Picasa)
* Map module use a name in the file or folder to place it
* Web module use the social media instead of the outdated html, be able to use Zenfolio, Smugmug, Google etc transparently (right now they rely on third party modules which is a mess)
* Print module need a fast easy way to select paper and print full (instead of having to drag edges etc, just be able to select A3 would be the absolute most logical thing)
* Full screen mode should be able to show information, so it can be used for flaggin, starring without blindly trying to remember what was there
* Need a basic search for name in the entire library without having to find the root folder, invoke search, select text search - also be able to find folder names (why is Picasa much better?)
* A possible fast view without having to wait, simply showing the jpgs to be able to flag and star without being stopped or slowed down, waiting for develop

...and many more...

Hi.

Yet another non-sense: "We do not recommend/support deleting the default presets." 

Why? LR back in the days was young and presets were a good way of promoting its merits. Now at least half of the user base is advanced users and yet not being able to delete it within?

"users have found ways to do it" - I am a savvy superuser (weird way to call it, if you ask me). I couldn't find an efficient way to delete those eve after I deleted them from the Develop.lrmodule.

And I don't support into hacking the products I buy. Why not installing a simple button for removing and another for restoring them. That doesn't seem to be a core feature. 😄

Consider not only supporting, but even inventing a feature about it. This no more LR 1.0