How to get rid of extra background palette

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March 24, 2025
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Hi, I am wondering how to get rid of this extra background palette that opens every time I open a photo and then I have to close it out each time. I don't see what the purpose is of this palette but it's annoying. Thanks.

macOS

Trevor.Dennis

Community Expert

You can at least get rid of the thumbnails by going File > Open Recent > Clear Recent File List

I find them suoer useful, and losing them is easily the worst part of having to reset Preferences.

Stephen Marsh

Community Expert

You can at least get rid of the thumbnails by going File > Open Recent > Clear Recent File List

I find them suoer useful, and losing them is easily the worst part of having to reset Preferences.

By @Trevor.Dennis

Another "middle groud" option is not to populate the recent list, but still make use of storing links to opened files by using my "Photoshop Session Manager" script:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/scripts-to-save-amp-restore-photoshop-sessions/m-p/14239969#U14946306

Trevor.Dennis

Community Expert

Whilst I do like the Recent Files list, it occurs to me just how much I use Bridge. You can drag your current project folder into the Favourite area, and sort its contents by Date Modified, which is much more controlable and flexible than Recent Files. You can arrange thumbs manually, and batch rename keeping that order. I have a workshop this week, and started the prep by opening Powerpoint. Before making a single slide I thought, 'what the heck am I doing? It was way better to use Bridge together with Photoshop. Have layered demo images with much control over how they looked, and reveal a layer at a time while demonstrating the point of each image/layer. Tab the UI on and off to make the most of limited screen space. I have gone from hating using a laptop for Photoshop, to realising that it is entirely doable. Essspecially with todays high pixel density screens.