Image does not display in 'Develop' tab - how to resolve?

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June 22, 2026
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My images do not appear in ‘Develop’ tab when I select from the library. How do I fix this?

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AxelMatt

Community Expert

@louiserg Unfortunately you haven't given us any information about your system. Therefore, all proposed solutions are a look into the crystal ball.

What exactly you’re trying to do?

What do you like to get and what do you really get?

Please describe the steps you’re doing, so we can try to reproduce.

Do you get an error message?

Which operationg system and Lightroom version do you useß

Please post a screenshot that shows the issue.

Try a reset of the Lightroom’s preferences: How to reset Lightroom Classic preferences (adobe.com)

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

louisergAuthor

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After opening Lightroom Classic - Apple Mini OS 26.5.1 (25F80) Benq monitor - I see all my images in the library. However, selecting an image and clicking Develop gives me a blank screen. I have uninstalled and reinstalled Lightroom Classic. I have used the Mac Disk Utility to check the hard drive(s). I have cleared all the relevant caches. Still the same problem - no image in the Develop tab. I can't work on any of my images - how do I fix please?

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AxelMatt

Community Expert

I’m not really familiar with MacOS, but what happened if you try to uncheck the GPU support in the preferences?

Check also your monitor profile:

How do I change my monitor profile to check whether it’s corrupted? | The Lightroom Queen

You’ve wrote you reinstall Lightroom. Do you have make a clean reinstall? If no, please follow the steps below:

Backup all personal data, like templates, presets, catalog(s) etc.
Uninstall everything cc including preferences, https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/help/uninstall-remove-app.html
Uninstall the cc desktop app, https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/help/uninstall-creative-cloud-desktop-app.html
Clean your computer of CC files per http://www.adobe.com/support/contact/cscleanertool.html
Restart your computer (don't skip this)
Reinstall the CC desktop app, https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/desktop-app.html
Use the desktop app to install your cc programs/trials
If you like install older versions of apps see here: Install previous versions of Creative Cloud apps
Restore your personal data.

If you're unable to install the cc desktop app at this stage, use an administrator account (solution 4 here, https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/creative-cloud-missing-damaged.html)

If this all doesn’t help we need more informations about your system. Please provide a copy of your 'System Info'. This can be get from the Lightroom menu item Help > System Info. There's a copy button in the System Info dialog. Press this button and paste the info into a text file and attach it to your next forum post.

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

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