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

Participating Frequently

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 save abr files, for downloaded brushes and for self created brushes, to a completely separate folder on my PC. That way, I just need to point Photoshop to that folder if it 'loses' them. Two minutes and done.
Dave

I save abr files, for downloaded brushes and for self created brushes, to a completely separate folder on my PC. That way, I just need to point Photoshop to that folder if it 'loses' them. Two minutes and done.
Dave

By @davescm

It's become such a no brainer with how often people are losing presets, it should be suggested as an option. I now do it with brushes, fonts, actions, gradients, and workspaces, and I feel that I should add textures, shapes and patterns to that list as well. It keeps your presets safe, and lets you share the same assets between all Photoshop versions.

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