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mlavdh
mlavdh
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December 4, 2015
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Paint bucket tool is missing after recent update Photoshop CC

  • December 4, 2015
  • 9 replies
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After the new update i can not find the fill bucket icon under the gradient icon anymore is the bucket relocated somewhere else. Or is this some sort of bug / error?

    Correct answer Jeff Arola

    Go to Edit>Toolbar, click Restore Defaults and Done.

    See if that gets things back to normal.

    9 replies

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    jasim23817283eju0
    Participant
    March 30, 2022

    window> workspace> essentials(default ). 
    Its probably just in some other workspace.

    THansen51
    THansen51
    Participant
    September 22, 2021

    Like many issues with Software, I did not realize I also had Illustrator open and the windows were not presenting clearly.  Once I closed Illustrator, the Photoshop menu was visible, complete with Paint Bucket. 

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      Kdaybreak
      Participant
      June 13, 2020

      I have a new PS 2020 and there is no fill tool. I did the steps above and still nothing. I am a beginner so maybe missing something g, but there is no bucket icon even after resetting defaults.

      rogsonl
      rogsonl
      Known Participant
      January 4, 2021

      I had the exact same problem.

      1. Edit>ToolBar You get

       

      go down the left and right move bars until you find the Gradient tool on the left and the paint bucket tool on the right.

      Move the paint bucket to the Gradient tool and both will appear. Problem solved.

      I was helped by the hints provided before by this thread.

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        lorrainet33493575
        Participant
        April 7, 2020

        OMG, thank you!!

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        clintonAEMC
        Inspiring
        March 1, 2018

        I get the same error spontaneously after my workspace completely disappeared.  It was not a matter of long pressing or ALT-clicking the tool but going to Edit > Toolbar... (as mentioned above) but instead of resetting the toolbar, I moved the paint bucket took back to its rightful place.  See visual below.

        Edit > Toolbar...

        Move to toolbar

        Good luck ya'll.

          sagem8608751
          sagem8608751
          Participant
          May 19, 2018

          I have no Edit - Tools menu, no traingle and no 3 dots at the bottom . I cannot find the paint bucket anywhere, very fusted. Adobe stop moving things!

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            clintonAEMC
            Inspiring
            June 21, 2018

            sagem8608751​

            What version of PHotoshop do you have sagem?  You dont have a "Toolbar..." option at the bottom of your "Edit" menu?

            Condre369
            Condre369
            Participant
            April 24, 2017

            Heh. R_Kelly showed you where your bucket is.

            goforthjtj
            goforthjtj
            Participant
            April 10, 2016

            R_Kelly, I'm missing my Paintbucket, as well, and I don't even show the Toolbar option under Edit:

            Jeff Arola
            Community Expert
            Jeff ArolaCommunity Expert
            Community Expert
            April 10, 2016

            I don't think your missing the Paint Bucket Tool.

            Just left click and hold on the Gradient Tool in the toolbox to get to the Paint Bucket Tool.

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              jun91070419
              Participant
              January 11, 2017

              Thanks a lot!

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              tar4heel2
              Inspiring
              December 12, 2015

              Not to belabor the point, but why was it changed like that?  I haven't touched the toolbar settings since the latest version was installed, so apparently it installs this way.  Freaking WHY??

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                DKNV
                Participant
                December 7, 2017

                If you used the bucket tool Adobe has saved you from yourself by hiding it.  Future users will never know about it.  It's so 1990's and when you work at Adobe and were born in the 1990's removing things is a way of advancing ones career. 

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                  rachela94705674
                  Participant
                  February 28, 2018

                  Easy there, buddy, We get that you've got the whole pretentious graphic design complex going on, but us plebs might still want to use the tool for simple tasks. I wanted to use the paint bucket to fill in half shapes for a pedigree chart for my bio class, but I guess that's too 1990s of me. Thank God Adobe saved me from this egregious crime against electronic arts.

                    Jeff Arola
                    Community Expert
                    Jeff ArolaCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
                    Community Expert
                    December 4, 2015

                    Go to Edit>Toolbar, click Restore Defaults and Done.

                    See if that gets things back to normal.

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                      ariar61845839
                      Participant
                      July 18, 2018

                      Did NOT work....this is a joke!

                      I've just wasted a boat load of time on this

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                        bozito
                        Inspiring
                        April 4, 2025

                         

                        Go to Edit>Tools and it will show you where every tool is on the toolbar.  On my computer the Paint Bucket was under the rectangle, along with a lot of other tools.  

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