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Can't paste copied text as filename when saving files

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September 26, 2025
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Tried saving a file using save as and save optimised but can't paste copied text from clipboard or any other text?

macOS

Correct answer Zae Zur

SOLUTION FOUND!!! I got off the phone with Adobe support and found the solution after a year of dealing with this nightmare. Go into your Preferences on Photoshop, go into "technology previews" and turn off “Enable Modern User Interface.”

I'm not sure how taking away the ability to paste text for a file name is modern in anyway… can someone at Adobe please fix this? We've been able to paste text for file names since the beginning of Photoshop so it would be nice if you brought that back as a default part of the user interface.

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Zae ZurCorrect answer

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SOLUTION FOUND!!! I got off the phone with Adobe support and found the solution after a year of dealing with this nightmare. Go into your Preferences on Photoshop, go into "technology previews" and turn off “Enable Modern User Interface.”

I'm not sure how taking away the ability to paste text for a file name is modern in anyway… can someone at Adobe please fix this? We've been able to paste text for file names since the beginning of Photoshop so it would be nice if you brought that back as a default part of the user interface.

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ANIMITAS

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Thanks a lot!!!

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scottw59719492

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Same issues here. Worked fine before upgrading to Tahoe OS and the latest version of PS! Very irritating and time consuming!!

gndesign44Author

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Hi Srishti,

Its still the same after resetting all preferences, this started after the latest photoshop update. Its the same on all files, they are saved locally. Please fix this as we pay monthly for this software and simple issues like this shouldn't happen.

Anshul_Saini

Community Manager

Hi @gndesign44,

Thank you for confirming and for testing after resetting preferences. Let’s try one more quick check to help isolate the cause.

Please restart your Mac in Safe Mode (this temporarily disables third-party extensions and background services).
Once logged in, open Photoshop only, don’t launch any other apps.
Try the same workflow again: open File > Save As and attempt to paste copied text into the filename field.

If the issue persists even in Safe Mode, please:

Share a short screen recording showing the full workflow, from copying the text to attempting to paste it in the filename field.
Go to Help > System Info, click Copy, and paste the details here.

Best,

Anshul Saini

Srishti_Bali

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Hi @gndesign44

Thanks for sharing this. We tried replicating the issue at our end, but pasting text as a filename is working as expected. Could you share a few more details to help us narrow it down?

Does this happen with all files or only specific ones?
Where are you saving these files (local drive, external drive, network, cloud, desktop)?
If it’s happening with all files across different save locations, please try resetting preferences after creating a backup and check if that helps. Steps are shared here: Reset Preferences

Let us know how it goes.

Regards,

Srishti

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Zae Zur

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It's really happening please fix it. It's been happening for months.

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