Delete all unused layers in ALL layer comps. Right now hitting delete all unused layers messes up a file with more than 1 layer comp. Personally I use like 20 layer comps each PSD - this feature would help immensely in trimming file size down and cleaning up if handing the file off.
Think of it as a 3-layered wedding cake. If I highlight layer comp 1 (the top of the cake) and hit the current "delete unused layers" I will actually delete everything not pertaining to layer 1. Layer comp 2 and 3 of the cake are now deleted. Not good. I would like to select 1,2 and 3 layers of the cake and now hit delete unused layers to clean it up to ship without any danger of deleting anything I need.
/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-ideas/photoshop-delete-all-unused-layers-in-all-layer-comps-feature/idc-p/12263882#M4220Nov 01, 2013
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Hi, I am an Interface Designer and therefore working every day with Adobe Photoshop.
By my experience with this program, some suggestions for future developments grew in my head, which I now want to communicate.
1. It would be very nice and helpful to handle the normal layers with the help of 'layer compositions'.
When I created many layer compositions, I always lose control of the structure of the normal layers and then I yearn for a function like: 'mark all normal layers, that belong to this layer composition.'
2. It would also be nice to be able to delete layers, that are not part of a layer composition.
Kind regards,
Linda
/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-ideas/photoshop-delete-all-unused-layers-in-all-layer-comps-feature/idc-p/12263876#M4218Jan 02, 2015
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Scripts scare me, so I found a really freaking easy workaround:
1. Filter layers list to Attribute = Not Visible
2. Select all the matching layers
3. Cycle through all layer comps
4. Layers still selected aren’t used in any layer comp
Delete the layers that are still selected. Bingo bango. With keyboard shortcuts for navigating layer comps, this takes like 7 seconds or something.
/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-ideas/photoshop-delete-all-unused-layers-in-all-layer-comps-feature/idc-p/12263861#M4213Jan 12, 2016
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Would love to have the ability, in the layer dropdown menu, to delete empty layers (no pixels) and also delete unused layers. The unused layers would be based on whether the layers are used in any layer comps. (love layer comps BTW).
/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-ideas/photoshop-delete-all-unused-layers-in-all-layer-comps-feature/idc-p/12293688#M7988Jan 12, 2016
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Good point but I often have documents with 20 or more layer comps. Makes the process pretty tedious. I think that a simple "delete unused layers" would be easy enough to hook up to the layer dropdown menu. :)
Cheers.
/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-ideas/photoshop-delete-all-unused-layers-in-all-layer-comps-feature/idc-p/12293683#M7986Jan 13, 2016
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Same (20 or more layer comps). That's why I'm such a keyboard ninja with them. So still this doesn't take long. Still still, a native solution like you suggest would be nice.
/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-ideas/photoshop-delete-all-unused-layers-in-all-layer-comps-feature/idc-p/12263874#M4217Jun 11, 2018
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actually if you click the hamburger menu on the Filter part, there is a "Delete Hidden Layers" option. I created an Action using it! Finding out about the Attribute Filter was fantastic though! Thanks!
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