Recently my photoshop has started changing the opacity of a layer whenever I try to delete color selected sections.

Forum|Forum|1 day ago
October 8, 2026
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When I color select and delete what I have selected, the selected portion of the layer just changes opacity. My fuzziness is set to zero, and it never did this before this week, so I don’t know what’s going on.

This was a test demonstration^ the original blue was the color of the swatch.

c.pfaffenbichler

Community Expert

By »color select« do you mean Select > Color Range?

If so please check the resulting Selection by switching to Quick Mask Mode (Q) and hiding the composite Channel – is the selected area white or just gray?

Claire H.

Community Manager

Hi @onionbasedentree , Welcome to the Photoshop Community forum! I was unable to recreate this behavior, so we could use a few more details. Can you send your system info, a screen recording of the issue, and a numbered list of the exact steps needed to replicate it? You can find your system info by going to Help > System Info, copying and pasting it into a text file, and attaching it here. Thanks! ^CH