Photoshop cannot delete characters converted/recognized as bullets

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March 29, 2025
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Using Photoshop 2025. I am a biologist who uses latin names of species in figures. When abbreviating the genus name to the first letter, Photoshop seems to recognize and convert the text to a bullet. I cannot later go back and delete the space, period, and first letter. My current solution is to delete the text box and create a new one, but this is impractical with many text boxes. How do I turn off this feature?

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Correct answer michael_4563

Found a solution here:

https://youtu.be/D87FodN7nd4?si=KVjl5LRGSyAUI_zC

I understand why some people might want this automatic detection feature, but there is no reason why the user is prevented from deleting the list without opening the preferences menu. For comparison, look at how this feature works in Word or Google Docs.

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Sevecen0D4C

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It’s amazing how Adobe is trying to dumb down its apps one by one. I’ve been using Photoshop for over 20 years, and this feels like the closest it’s ever come to turning into Microsoft Word. As a designer, I felt completely insulted.

Do you know the worst part? Adobe actually thinks we’d use f***ing Photoshop to make tables, spreadsheets, or—God forbid—a magazine layout! Your customers are designers, not homemakers.

Trevor.Dennis

Community Expert

You are far from the first person to have been frustrated by this. It seems reasonable that we'd look to control this in the Properties panel, but I really do think that the default for the Preference setting is that it should be turned off.

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michael_4563AuthorCorrect answer

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Found a solution here:

https://youtu.be/D87FodN7nd4?si=KVjl5LRGSyAUI_zC

I understand why some people might want this automatic detection feature, but there is no reason why the user is prevented from deleting the list without opening the preferences menu. For comparison, look at how this feature works in Word or Google Docs.

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