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tracyvalleau
tracyvalleau
Inspiring
April 25, 2021
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"About Plugins" menu is full of dozens of old, deleted, plugins. How do I reset it?

  • April 25, 2021
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Subject says it: how do I get PS to completely rebuild it's list of plugins from what is -actually- installed?

 

I cannot find where the list is stored to delete it; I tried a command-option-shift on start to reset everything. That stubborn list of plugins I have not used for literally years, still appears.

 

How do I rebuild it from scratch?

 

Thanks!

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Correct answer tracyvalleau

AHA!  Figured it out. It's showing me the individual contents of a couple of old packages of filters. The individual contents are not casually visible using the finder.

 

Issue solved

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quanghuyvu
Participating Frequently
April 26, 2021

The file path to the plug-in folder on MacOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Plug-Ins/

Go to the above path and delete any folders that have the same name as the plugins that you want to remove.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

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quanghuyvu
Participating Frequently
April 26, 2021

Also, you may need to enable the display of hidden folders in macOS's finder to see the Library folder.

Here's how to do it: Press Command+Shift+. (a dot) to display the hidden files and folders in macOS. Remember this is just temporary; the setting will be reset everytime you restart your Mac.

tracyvalleau
tracyvalleauAuthorCorrect answer
Inspiring
April 26, 2021

AHA!  Figured it out. It's showing me the individual contents of a couple of old packages of filters. The individual contents are not casually visible using the finder.

 

Issue solved

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