thank you! that would be amazing!
By @Indra L.5C67
Try this:
/*
Clear Layer Style From Selected Layers.jsx
Stephen Marsh
v1.0 - 8th August 2025
https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/photoshop-2025-removed-batch-clear-layer-style-why/m-p/15449914
Special thanks jazz-y for the code to work with multiple selected layers
Based on:
https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/how-to-convert-multiple-shape-into-raterize-layer-at-one-go/td-p/15099483
https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/rasterize-flatten-layer-transparency-quickly/m-p/11393469
*/
#target photoshop
// Single history stage undo
app.activeDocument.suspendHistory("Clear Layer Style From Selected Layers", "main()");
function main() {
try {
// Capture the initial layer visibility and layer selection
var currentLayersState = getLayersVisiblity();
// Get the selected layers: courtesy of jazz-y
var s2t = stringIDToTypeID;
(r = new ActionReference()).putProperty(s2t('property'), p = s2t('targetLayersIDs'));
r.putEnumerated(s2t('document'), s2t('ordinal'), s2t('targetEnum'));
var lrs = executeActionGet(r).getList(p),
sel = new ActionReference();
// Loop over the selected layers: courtesy of jazz-y
for (var l = 0; l < lrs.count; l++) {
sel.putIdentifier(s2t('layer'), p = lrs.getReference(l).getIdentifier(s2t('layerID')));
(r = new ActionReference()).putIdentifier(s2t('layer'), p);
(d = new ActionDescriptor()).putReference(s2t("target"), r);
//d.putBoolean(s2t("makeVisible"), false);
executeAction(s2t('select'), d, DialogModes.NO);
// Clear layer style
disableLayerStyle();
}
// Restore the initial layer visibility and selection
setLayersVisiblity(currentLayersState);
} catch (e) {
alert("Error: " + e.message);
}
}
///// Functions /////
function getLayersVisiblity() {
// by jazz-y
var s2t = stringIDToTypeID,
t2s = typeIDToStringID;
(r = new ActionReference()).putProperty(s2t('property'), p = s2t('targetLayersIDs'));
r.putEnumerated(s2t('document'), s2t('ordinal'), s2t('targetEnum'));
var targetLayers = executeActionGet(r).getList(p),
seletion = [],
visiblity = {};
for (var i = 0; i < targetLayers.count; i++) seletion.push(targetLayers.getReference(i).getIdentifier());
(r = new ActionReference()).putProperty(s2t('property'), p = s2t('numberOfLayers'));
r.putEnumerated(s2t('document'), s2t('ordinal'), s2t('targetEnum'));
var len = executeActionGet(r).getInteger(p);
for (var j = 1; j <= len; j++) {
(r = new ActionReference()).putProperty(s2t('property'), p = s2t('layerSection'));
r.putIndex(s2t('layer'), j);
if (t2s(executeActionGet(r).getEnumerationValue(p)) == 'layerSectionEnd') continue;
(r = new ActionReference()).putProperty(s2t('property'), p = s2t('layerID'));
r.putIndex(s2t('layer'), j);
var id = executeActionGet(r).getInteger(p);
(r = new ActionReference()).putProperty(s2t('property'), p = s2t('visible'));
r.putIndex(s2t('layer'), j);
var visible = executeActionGet(r).getBoolean(p);
visiblity[id] = visible;
}
return {
selection: seletion,
visiblity: visiblity
};
}
function setLayersVisiblity(layersStateObject) {
// by jazz-y
var s2t = stringIDToTypeID;
for (var a in layersStateObject.visiblity) {
makeVisible = layersStateObject.visiblity[a] ? "show" : "hide";
(r = new ActionReference()).putIdentifier(s2t('layer'), a);
(d = new ActionDescriptor()).putReference(s2t('target'), r);
executeAction(s2t(makeVisible), d, DialogModes.NO);
}
if (layersStateObject.selection.length) {
var r = new ActionReference();
for (var i = 0; i < layersStateObject.selection.length; i++)
r.putIdentifier(s2t("layer"), layersStateObject.selection[i]);
(d = new ActionDescriptor()).putReference(s2t("target"), r);
d.putBoolean(s2t("makeVisible"), false);
executeAction(s2t("select"), d, DialogModes.NO);
} else {
(r = new ActionReference()).putEnumerated(s2t("layer"), s2t('ordinal'), s2t('targetEnum'));
(d = new ActionDescriptor()).putReference(s2t('target'), r);
executeAction(s2t('selectNoLayers'), d, DialogModes.NO);
}
}
function disableLayerStyle() {
var s2t = function (s) {
return app.stringIDToTypeID(s);
};
var descriptor = new ActionDescriptor();
var reference = new ActionReference();
reference.putEnumerated(s2t("layer"), s2t("ordinal"), s2t("targetEnum"));
descriptor.putReference(s2t("null"), reference);
executeAction(s2t("disableLayerStyle"), descriptor, DialogModes.NO);
}
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