2024 Photoshop v. 25.9 all my brushes disappeared

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May 22, 2024
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All my Photoshop brushes disappeared. The folder is empty. What's the problem? It took months to arrange them and now looks like they're gone for good.

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Kevin Stohlmeyer

Community Expert

@metin_b did you save your .abr files after you created? If not they were all temporary files.

metin_bAuthor

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It happened to me for the first time in 10 years. I uploaded all the .abr files to Photoshop again. Do you mean Photoshop treats all the brushes in my brush folder as temporary files?

Trevor.Dennis

Community Expert

I had the same problem - but I havent reset photoshop or had a crash? is there any way to recover the missing brushes?

I had the same problem - but I havent reset photoshop or had a crash? is there any way to recover the missing brushes?

By @Mack_Chater4042

Hi Mack. What operatying system are you using?

If Photoshop go to

C:\Users\[Your User Name]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe

Where you'll find all installed Aobe apps

Open the previous version 2024 and go to Presets\brushes.

You might have your brushes there, but I would not expect to find any that you added since V2025

Do you have the Beta version installed? If yes, check the presets folder for that version.

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