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P: Lightroom: Ability to delete the default develop presets

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December 21, 2011
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[You can now hide the built-in presets in LR 7.3 using a free plugin or manually with a multi-step recipe. --John Ellis]

It is now possible, though tedious, to delete the built-in presets in LR 7.3 and later. See this recipe: https://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/delete_default_develop_presets?topic-reply-li... --John Ellis]

I really would like to be able to delete the develop presets that ships with LR3. I don't use them as they are in the way of my own presets when using the Library Module.

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FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor

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Thanks!

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FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor

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Would be great to allow this in LR as well.

john beardsworth

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Rather than hack into the program files, I suggest you launch Adobe Camera Raw and go to its Presets tab. You can hide groups of presets there, and AFAICS those settings are reflected in Lightroom.

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FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor

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After some sniffing, snooping and digging, in Lightroom 7.3 it is now indeed possible to delete the default Develop presets, and the default new profiles as well (personally, I have zero use for any of the modern, vintage etc. presets that look just like Instagram filters - who's still using those anyway?:-))

On Windows, the files are in two locations: one for Lightroom (the presets) and one for ACR (the profiles). Both locations contain both the presets and the profiles, but it seems that Lightroom pulls the profiles from the ACR location too. I zapped everything that I found superfluous from both locations while Lightroom wsa not running, then started Lightroom, and they’re gone. YAY!

So, WARNING: Restarting Lightroom does indeed not restore these files, so make sure to make a BACKUP of the files before you delete anything. I’m not responsible if you wreak havoc on your installation.

That said, the two locations on my Windows 7 64bit system are:

c:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Lightroom Classic CC\Resources\Settings\

c:\ProgramData\Adobe\CameraRaw\Settings\Adobe\

If anyone wants to add the locations for a Mac that would be swell.

Cheers
Alex.

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Stephen Newport

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This is really strange we can't delete them without going under the hood. I never use any supplied presets for anything, it's just taking up valuable real-estate in my workflow.

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FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor

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Lightroom Classic CC 7.3 now comes with FOURTEEN folders of hard-coded presets. This is mind-boggling, and a colossal waste of screen real estate.

Please, let those of us who don't use them just get rid of them.

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Badly Drawn Boy

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I never use the default Lightroom presets. Is it possible to delete them, or at least move them into one folder, to streamline what that panel looks like? I'm on a Mac.

Thanks.

JP Hess

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No.

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bob frost

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Are you sure about that Jim? I remember doing this several years ago. You have to use an editor to edit one of the LR files. I'll look up the details if I can find them. The only problem is that the next update puts them back again, and you have to repeat the editing.

Bob Frost

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donh53270318

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I'm no longer able to find the Develop presets. The folder used to be in the Lightroom > Develop Presets folder. It's not longer there. Now there are seven worthless folders at the top of the menu. They don't even allow multiple levels to help keep the presets organized. What's with this?