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September 19, 2025
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save presets before being eliminated without an active plan

  • September 19, 2025
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Hi, i just received from adobe the email "We’re writing to inform you that since you have not subscribed to Lightroom in over a year, your entire catalog, including unsynced local assets, saved presets, and purchased premium presets, will be permanently deleted in 30 days.".

 

Now, i have lots of presets saved in lightroom, but i can't save them on the mac because i dont have an active plan so they wont let me enter in the "develop area" and i cant even speak to the customer support for the same reason. 
Do you have any ideas 
how to avoid losing all the presets? preferably without purchasing an annual plan 

 

thanks!

Correct answer JohanElzenga

You do 't have to do anything. Lightroom Classic presets are already stored on the Mac hard disk, not in the cloud. They will not be deleted if your subscription expires. The email refers to presets in Lightroom, not Lightroom Classic.

 

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Ian Lyons
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Community Expert
September 19, 2025

Are you using Lightroom Classic (LrC icon) or Lr Desktop (Lr icon)?

Fede27Author
Participant
September 19, 2025

LrC

JohanElzenga
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JohanElzengaCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
September 19, 2025

You do 't have to do anything. Lightroom Classic presets are already stored on the Mac hard disk, not in the cloud. They will not be deleted if your subscription expires. The email refers to presets in Lightroom, not Lightroom Classic.

 

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