When I updated photoshop, I lost all my recent files

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April 24, 2021
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I tried downloading previous versions too. But I lost all the files that I was working on.

Problem or error

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Stephen Marsh

Community Expert

On a related note, my session saving script keeps a permanent record of which files and where they were located at the time of saving the session. Restoring the saved session will automatically open the files (as long as they were not renamed or moved). This should also populate the recent files menu and Home Screen.

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/scripts-to-save-amp-restore-photoshop-sessions/td-p/14239969

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Zahra348029754fqy

Participant

the same thing happened to me ... pls help

tomorrow i need to hand out the project but after the update not only the recent files are not showing in photoshop also in my computer. they are disappeared

jane-e

Community Expert

@Zahra348029754fqy

The list of Recents (either on the Home Screen or in the File menu) is a pointer to the actual file. You can still open the actual file with File > Open or from Finder/File Explorer. See the answer from DFosse just above yours in this thread.

Jane

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Zahra348029754fqy

Participant

i searched in any way my laptop.the file is disappeared

it's not any where

D Fosse

Community Expert

Recent files is just a quick convenience for files you have worked on recently, as in "yesterday". It's just so you can pick up where you left off, without having to open your file browser.

The list is cleared with a new Photoshop version, when you reset preferences etc.

You haven't lost anything, your files are wherever you saved them on disk. Pay attention to where you save. Use a proper file browser to keep track.

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kavyaakAuthor

Participant

Okay. So is there any way I can get back the files I was working in?

D Fosse

Community Expert

Yes: open your file browser (Windows Explorer or Mac Finder) and find them. Use Windows or MacOS to search. They will be there, somewhere. Your images aren't "in" Photoshop. You can wipe Photoshop completely from your system and the images will still be wherever they were saved.

Take this as a lesson to always make a note of where you save things. You choose where to save in the Save As dialog. Set up a logical folder structrure so that you can find it later.

Hint: if you're on Windows, image files default to the Documents > Pictures folder, if you haven't changed anything. So you can start looking there.