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anwynsuhr
Participant
June 3, 2026
Question

not all of my presets are importing

  • June 3, 2026
  • 1 reply
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I recently factory reset both my computer + lightroom classic because of some annoying bugs i was dealing with. Before i reset everything, i was sure to export my presets like normal and store those on my external hard drive to keep them from getting deleted during the reset. Now that I am ready to go back in and edit, i’ve tried to import my presets like i always do with no problem. However, only a small fraction of the presets I exported are showing up. They are all in the zip file, so I know they exist. They’re just not showing up for me to edit with, which is incredibly frustrating. I feel like i’ve tried just about every fix i’ve seen online to no avail. please help!!! :,))))

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    JohanElzenga
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    June 4, 2026

    Did you remember to save and then reload any custom profiles as well? A preset that applies a profile that is missing, will not show at all.

    -- Johan W. Elzenga
    johnrellis
    Legend
    June 5, 2026

    Johan’s answer is the most likely cause, but if that doesn’t help, see this FAQ:

    https://www.lightroomqueen.com/community/threads/faq-where-are-my-develop-presets.50140/