Smart Objects and Guides

[Chris Panny]

Why do smart objects, when double clicked, always open with guides on the image? Is there a way to turn this off? 

[D Fosse · Accepted solution]

Because it had active guides when the smart object was created.

Double-click to open it, delete the guides, and "Save".

[Chris Panny]

Good call! I tried this out with two files. One had guides and the other did not. Then I converted my layers in both files to smart objects. When I double clicked, the S.O. that had the guides it displayed them. The one without, didn't. Thank you for the insight! 

[Stephen Marsh]

The Script Events Manager can be set to automatically run an action or script to hide guides when editing a smart object.

https://prepression.blogspot.com/2021/10/photoshop-script-events-manager.html