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mlavdh
mlavdh
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Dec 4, 2015 6:38 AM UTC
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Paint bucket tool is missing after recent update Photoshop CC

After the new update i can not find the fill bucket icon under the gradient icon anymore is the bucket relocated somewhere else. Or is this some sort of bug / error?

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    Jeff Arola
    Jeff ArolaCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    Dec 4, 2015 6:43 AM UTC

    Go to Edit>Toolbar, click Restore Defaults and Done.

    See if that gets things back to normal.

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    JThan
    JThan
    Participant
    May 26, 2026 10:58 PM UTC

    Thank you!

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    jasim23817283eju0
    Participant
    Mar 30, 2022 9:25 AM UTC

    window> workspace> essentials(default ). 
    Its probably just in some other workspace.

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    THansen51
    THansen51
    Participant
    Sep 22, 2021 11:31 PM UTC

    Like many issues with Software, I did not realize I also had Illustrator open and the windows were not presenting clearly.  Once I closed Illustrator, the Photoshop menu was visible, complete with Paint Bucket. 

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      Kdaybreak
      Participant
      Jun 13, 2020 11:36 PM UTC

      I have a new PS 2020 and there is no fill tool. I did the steps above and still nothing. I am a beginner so maybe missing something g, but there is no bucket icon even after resetting defaults.

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      rogsonl
      rogsonl
      Known Participant
      Jan 4, 2021 5:36 PM UTC

      I had the exact same problem.

      1. Edit>ToolBar You get

       

      go down the left and right move bars until you find the Gradient tool on the left and the paint bucket tool on the right.

      Move the paint bucket to the Gradient tool and both will appear. Problem solved.

      I was helped by the hints provided before by this thread.

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        lorrainet33493575
        Participant
        Apr 7, 2020 7:06 PM UTC

        OMG, thank you!!

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        clintonAEMC
        Inspiring
        Mar 1, 2018 3:38 PM UTC

        I get the same error spontaneously after my workspace completely disappeared.  It was not a matter of long pressing or ALT-clicking the tool but going to Edit > Toolbar... (as mentioned above) but instead of resetting the toolbar, I moved the paint bucket took back to its rightful place.  See visual below.

        Edit > Toolbar...

        Move to toolbar

        Good luck ya'll.

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          sagem8608751
          sagem8608751
          Participant
          May 19, 2018 11:24 PM UTC

          I have no Edit - Tools menu, no traingle and no 3 dots at the bottom . I cannot find the paint bucket anywhere, very fusted. Adobe stop moving things!

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            clintonAEMC
            Inspiring
            Jun 21, 2018 3:35 PM UTC

            sagem8608751​

            What version of PHotoshop do you have sagem?  You dont have a "Toolbar..." option at the bottom of your "Edit" menu?

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            Condre369
            Condre369
            Participant
            Apr 24, 2017 7:48 AM UTC

            Heh. R_Kelly showed you where your bucket is.

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            goforthjtj
            goforthjtj
            Participant
            Apr 10, 2016 2:10 AM UTC

            R_Kelly, I'm missing my Paintbucket, as well, and I don't even show the Toolbar option under Edit:

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            Jeff Arola
            Community Expert
            Jeff ArolaCommunity Expert
            Community Expert
            Apr 10, 2016 2:43 AM UTC

            I don't think your missing the Paint Bucket Tool.

            Just left click and hold on the Gradient Tool in the toolbox to get to the Paint Bucket Tool.

            Photoshop tool galleries

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              jun91070419
              Participant
              Jan 11, 2017 1:02 PM UTC

              Thanks a lot!

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              tar4heel2
              Inspiring
              Dec 12, 2015 5:38 PM UTC

              Not to belabor the point, but why was it changed like that?  I haven't touched the toolbar settings since the latest version was installed, so apparently it installs this way.  Freaking WHY??

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                DKNV
                Participant
                Dec 7, 2017 6:52 PM UTC

                If you used the bucket tool Adobe has saved you from yourself by hiding it.  Future users will never know about it.  It's so 1990's and when you work at Adobe and were born in the 1990's removing things is a way of advancing ones career. 

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                  rachela94705674
                  Participant
                  Feb 28, 2018 4:43 AM UTC

                  Easy there, buddy, We get that you've got the whole pretentious graphic design complex going on, but us plebs might still want to use the tool for simple tasks. I wanted to use the paint bucket to fill in half shapes for a pedigree chart for my bio class, but I guess that's too 1990s of me. Thank God Adobe saved me from this egregious crime against electronic arts.

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                    Jeff Arola
                    Community Expert
                    Jeff ArolaCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
                    Community Expert
                    Dec 4, 2015 6:43 AM UTC

                    Go to Edit>Toolbar, click Restore Defaults and Done.

                    See if that gets things back to normal.

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                      mlavdh
                      mlavdhAuthor
                      Participant
                      Dec 4, 2015 7:05 AM UTC

                      Just that easy!

                      Thanks

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