Customize Toolbar dialog box is missing in photoshop

[Gast]

Hello lovely people, well.. I am soooo stumped and have spent 3 hours googling this issue, and saw that  only 1 person had the same issue, but no one answered.

Im trying to edit my toobar, but it says to go to Edit>Preferences>Toolbar I dont have the Toolbar option there at all, see screenshot.. I know my eyesight isnt too good, but I have been through every menu, and cant find it anywhere. Thankyou in advance 🙂

[Gast]

P.S.. I dont have the 3 little dots on the toolbar either (Pic attached)

[TheDigitalDog]

What you want is under the Edit menu. See below, easier to view than describe. 

[Gast]

Thank you Digital Dog 🙂 Thats where I was looking, attached a pic so you can see.. Im stumped..lol

[Jeff Arola]

What version of windows are you using?

If in photoshop you go to Help>System Info and look at the top line it will say the Photoshop Version.

Your version may be an older photoshop that doesn't have the customizable toolbar.

[Gast]

Hi Jeff, Im using CS6 13.0 X64 hopefully I can do it *crying face* lol

[TheDigitalDog · Accepted solution]

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@Deleted User wrote:

Hi Jeff, Im using CS6 13.0 X64 hopefully I can do it *crying face* lol

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Then if you want to customize, you'll need a more modern version. 

[Jeff Arola · Accepted solution]

Yes the customizable toolbar was introduced in an update to photoshop cc 2015, so you would need the creative cloud version of photoshop.

Photoshop CC 2015.1 (November 2015 release)

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/whats-new-cc-2015.html

[Gast]

Awww thanks Jeff.. just my luck eh 😞 oh well, will just not have to customise my toolbar then loll.. have a great weekend 🙂

[Kevin26880214v92b]

I have the exactly the same problem and I'm using elements 2021 so that's put a spanner in the works

[Jeff Arola]

Photoshop elements doesn't have a customizable Toolbar.

Make sure your in Expert Mode to see all the tools.

[steve_7725]

I just purchased Photoshop Elements 2025. I'm surprised that the colorful Tools on the left side that I am used to on the previous version 2021, are now in plain Black and White.   What can I do to get the icons colored so I can quickly differentiate them from each other?  With my eyesight, colors are needed to tell them apart.  There is nothing I can find where I can edit the tools in the 2025 version.  Why?   A software that is advertised as being able to produce some of the highest quality photo edits has an archaic B&W tool interface.  That's what we had to deal with on the 20-year-old software - not the leading-edge technology in 2024-2025.   I've very disappointed - I was expecting more for a 2024-2025 version of software.