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November 4, 2019
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How turn off home screen in Photoshop 2020?

  • November 4, 2019
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Turned on the Home screen in PS 2020 to see what is new and I can't turn it off. I unchecked Auto-show the Home Screen in preferences but the home screen still appears every time I launch PS. How can I disable the Home screen?

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    Correct answer taniap4893429

    I've just experienced the same thing with Photoshop 2020. I managed to sort it. I'm not sure which did the fix so perhaps do both. 

    Edit - Preferences - General - Uncheck "auto show homescreen" - Then reset preferences on quit - Ok - prompt - ok - then "cancel" out of here

    Then Ctr N and create a new canvas. Then close everything down. Reopen Photoshop and hopefully like me, it will finally be gone 🙂

    Hope this helps someone out there.

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    Megan5ECB
    Participant
    February 2, 2021

    ...and its a thank you from me as well. Crikey-wikey-woo, did we really have to go through that process just to ensure unchecking the auto show home works?

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    Max01AC
    Participant
    November 12, 2020

    This didn't resolve my issue but turning off "application frame" under "windows" did.

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      danw57184377
      Participant
      September 24, 2021

      THANK YOU!!!!! this has buged me for days!! I thought it was called Home Page. Who Knew!!

      Kurtis Coady
      Kurtis Coady
      Participant
      October 31, 2020

      Change your workspace to photography 

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      Giddy_Smile15B9
      Participant
      October 10, 2020

      Marvellous, it worked for me, thanks. How  ridiculous we should have to waste all this time.

      Henry5FEB
      Henry5FEB
      Participant
      September 17, 2020

      Thanks!!!

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      Ian5E15
      Participant
      September 7, 2020

      Thank You taniap4893429,

      That was driving me mad!!!!

      I had a problem with Photoshop 2020 which an amazing person at Adobe fixed with going on my screen and reseting Photoshop altogether, but they left me with the horrable Home Sreen. It's gone now so Thank You Again.

      stevem9013480
      stevem9013480
      Participant
      September 4, 2020

      I owe you a cold beverage. Thanks for sharing the tip. That was soooo annoying.

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      photomaitre
      Participant
      September 2, 2020
      The answer to how to get rid of the home page in PhotoShop (at least for the current version) is ridiculously simple - maybe even useful.
      If you have Photoshop opened to the Home Page you'll see under the three color dots in the upper left corner the letters "Ps" in blue. Click on the Ps and voila you will see in front of you a standard PhotoShop work page and the Home Page will be gone! To get back to Home Page, should you really want to use it, you will now see under the color dots a little picture of a house. Click on the house and the Home Page willl come back and the work canvas will be gone. Forget the Prefrences.
      That's it. When the Adobe person showed me all that I asked why Adobe has'nt put this info out on the web he said that they were working on it.
      Good Luck
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        Plumrose
        Participating Frequently
        September 2, 2020

        Thank you photomaitre, that's a really straightforward answer to the problem.

         

        But..."...working on it..."?!!  Come on Adobe, how hard can it be??

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          Christine98A4
          Participant
          August 30, 2020

          I just purchased Photoshop Elements 2020 today and I'm getting the home screen also.  There was no option under preferences -> general to uncheck auto home screen.

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          Anonymous
          July 17, 2020

          I agree it is a nuisance everytime you start it up ! I wish I could help with this one..

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