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P: PS v27.8 new home screen

Forum|Forum|4 days ago
June 17, 2026
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How to disable/hide this thing in home screen of photoshop?

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Kapture benoit

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v26.11.6

I tried the [ use legacy document ] doesn’t change anything….

Will be nice to have it back as it was. only see the recent document and nothing else..

benoit Kapture foto

jane-e

Community Expert

@Kapture benoit wrote: I tried the [ use legacy document ] doesn’t change anything

See the post from staff (marked in yellow):

https://community.adobe.com/questions-712/p-ps-v27-8-new-home-screen-1628247?postid=7686803#post7686803

“Currently, there is no Preferences setting to hide or disable this”

For the interim, I’ve disabled the Home Screen in Preferences.

Jane

bellevue scott

Inspiring

To avoid seeing this abomination that Adobe is calling a “new Home Screen Experience”, uncheck the auto show home screen in the Settings → General area.

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Veshkau

Participating Frequently

This is a genuinely horrendous change. We’re already having gen AI forced down our throats enough without having this in our face every time, and then also having to scroll down to find our documents.

I’m hanging on by a thread already, so I’ll likely be cancelling my sub if this isn’t changed.

jane-e

Community Expert

@Anshul_Saini wrote: Your feedback matters! If you'd prefer an option to hide or minimize this section of the Home Screen. We'd love to hear that feedback.

Count me in as needing the ability to hide this new monstrosity.

I’ll miss seeing previews of my Recents list, but have now disabled the Home Screen in Preferences.

Jane

Anshul_Saini

Community Manager

Hi Everyone,

Thank you for reaching out about the updated Home Screen in Photoshop. What's happening is that
with the Photoshop version 27.8 (June 2026) update, the product team introduced a redesigned Home Screen experience.

We understand that not everyone wants to interact with the Home Screen in the same way. Currently, there is no Preferences setting to hide or disable this.

The existing preference under Edit > Preferences > General > "Auto Show the Home Screen" controls whether the Home Screen appears at all when no documents are open. Still, it does not control the content shown within the Home Screen itself. The new tabbed creative experience is part of the Home Screen content and doesn't have a separate on/off switch at this time.

This new experience is being rolled out gradually. Some users may see it while others don't; this is intentional as we monitor feedback and performance. If you're not seeing it, your account may not be in the current rollout group yet.

Your feedback matters! If you'd prefer an option to hide or minimize this section of the Home Screen. We'd love to hear that feedback. I can report this directly to the Photoshop product team on your behalf.

We appreciate you taking the time to share your experience.

Best,

Anshul Saini

barry.k

Participant

Just adding my +1 that the new home screen provides a very frustrating user experience. I have zero desire to use any generative AI tools whatsoever and do not appreciate being shown a large “Prompt to edit” tab upon opening Photoshop, with no way to hide or collapse the section. I would like the ability to hide the “new tabbed creative experience” and Featured sections altogether, or at least return the ability to collapse these extra sections.

Ever since the Home Screen was first introduced, the thumbnails in the Recent section have been a very nice, visual way to bounce between files. Pushing them down the page to the point where only one row is visible, with the text cut off, is just needless friction. I’ll be disabling Auto Show the Home Screen and returning to good ol’ File > Open Recent, I guess.

Trevor.Dennis

Community Expert

I only see it in the release version (it’s not in the beta version). I can’t see from your screen shot, but I have a Hide Suggestions button that turns it off.

Ged_Traynor

Community Expert

Hi Trevor, this is what I have in the release 27.8 version, looks different from your screenshot, is that a Beta screenshot you posted

Trevor.Dennis

Community Expert

Stepanka+Pavlikova

Participant

Yes please. I would also appreciate being able to see only my work on the PS home screen, not optional suggestions. Thank you

davescm

Community Expert

Have you tried disabling the home screen altogether - Preferences > General > then uncheck ‘ Auto show the home screen’.

I do that here. You can still see list of recent files in File > Open Recent.

Dave

davescm

Community Expert

Have you tried disabling the home screen altogether - Preferences > General > then uncheck ‘ Auto show the home screen’.

You can still see list of recent files in File > Open Recent.

Dave

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Typearture

Participating Frequently

Yes, this works, but I think many users (myself included) quite linke the thumbnails for a quick overview. Of course this can be solved by naming, but this doesn’t always work when you are in the def_def_final stretch.

My main issue is that you used to be able to hide/collapse the AI panel in previous versions. An option which has now been removed.

Ged_Traynor

Community Expert

@RG631971 you’re not alone, and there’s currently no way to disable it

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