How to add presets to my Lightroom account (desktop and mobile)

You have bought them and downloaded.

For Lr-DESKTOP  (Lightroom v9.1) on a Mac or PC and XMP presets:

1) Click on the Presets icon to open the Presets panel

2) Click on the three dots icon  [. . . ]  and [Import Presets...]

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3) Navigate to the folder location of the XMP preset files and [Import]

For mobile Lightroom on iPhone, iPad, android, devices:

1) IMPORT/ ADD the DNG files exactly the same as you would any image/photo file,

2) EDIT the imported image,  (Don't make changes if you want to preserve the effects of the purchased preset)

3) Click the [ + ] icon to [Create Preset...]

3) Save the Preset (as you would for creating your own presets with your edits)

4) Use the name of the puchased DNG as the Preset name. Select a Group to save the Preset,

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To explain- DNG Presets are actually photo images (in the DNG wrapper) with embedded edits in metadata. After importing the DNG you can then save the metadata edits out as a Preset.