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Missing left-hand toolbar in Photoshop

Community Beginner ,
Feb 08, 2016 Feb 08, 2016

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I've tried tab, F, and Window--Tool Presets.  Any other suggestions?

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Community Expert , Feb 08, 2016 Feb 08, 2016

What happens if you go to the Window menu and uncheck Application Frame?  (It's way at the bottom.)

If no luck, Window menu > Workspace > Reset Workspace

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Feb 08, 2016 Feb 08, 2016

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Try checking menu Window>tools.

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Community Beginner ,
Feb 08, 2016 Feb 08, 2016

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Yea I've tried that and it's not working?  Any other suggestions?

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Feb 08, 2016 Feb 08, 2016

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Oh that must be what you meant by Window---Tool Presets. Try resetting your Photoshop preferences.... Preferences in Photoshop

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Community Beginner ,
Feb 08, 2016 Feb 08, 2016

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Screen Shot 2016-02-08 at 8.29.18 PM.png

I'm looking for the toolbox that is on the left hand side where you can erase, move, create a line, etc.  Any help would be so appreciated.

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Community Expert ,
Feb 08, 2016 Feb 08, 2016

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Double-click the Green Resize button in the upper left. My suspicions are that your Photoshop app window is resized up and clipping the toolbar off the screen.

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Community Beginner ,
Feb 08, 2016 Feb 08, 2016

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No luck?  Just went into full screen mode.  gener7

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Feb 08, 2016 Feb 08, 2016

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What happens if you go to the Window menu and uncheck Application Frame?  (It's way at the bottom.)

If no luck, Window menu > Workspace > Reset Workspace

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Mar 08, 2021 Mar 08, 2021

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thank you so much!! this helped me finish the project for school that's due tomorrow ha!

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New Here ,
Aug 22, 2022 Aug 22, 2022

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Thank you 

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Jan 22, 2024 Jan 22, 2024

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Thank you so much!

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Community Expert ,
Feb 08, 2016 Feb 08, 2016

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As gener wrote. Your screen Capture looks like your using a Mac and your Photoshop window is partly off screen. Your image left side ruler is only half of it is on screen. It is also an odd screen size 2480x1562 is OSx scaling your display?

JJMack

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New Here ,
Jul 18, 2020 Jul 18, 2020

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JJMack,   Thank you, thank you.    After reading your post it took seconds to get it back on the screen..   FABULOUS..    Eddie

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New Here ,
Jun 28, 2016 Jun 28, 2016

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I went to the dropdown menu to choose a different window because I lost my left tool bar in the Essentials window. If you click the dropdown, you can select "Reset Essentials", and it reappeared for me!

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Apr 15, 2020 Apr 15, 2020

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Save what you're working on and restart the program. Worked for me

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Dec 17, 2022 Dec 17, 2022

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Sometimes my toolbar disappears - when I check the window/tools menu it is checked as if its actively displayed but its nowhere to be found.  To fix this issue I uncheck tools and then recheck it.  

 

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