How to Save a Workspace in Photoshop

Last Updated: February 28, 2021

Adobe Photoshop has many customization options, including the option to organize its panels, menus, and tools in your preferred manner. Once you find a layout that works for you, you can save it as a workspace and easily select it from the Window menu. This wikiHow teaches you how to save a custom workspace in Adobe Photoshop.

Steps

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Click the Window menu. Once you've arranged your workspace how you like it, click this menu at the top of the screen.
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Click Workspace on the menu. Another menu will expand.
- This is also where you'll find all of your workspaces, including those you save.
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Click New Workspace. A dialog box will appear.
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Enter a name for the workspace. This is how your saved workspace will appear in the list of workspaces.
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Select your capture preferences. The three options at the bottom are optional, but are helpful if you've made other customizations:
- Keyboard Shortcuts saves the keyboard shortcuts you've set for this session.^{[1]
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- Menus saves any menu customizations you've made.
- Tools saves all of the tool settings in their current states.
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Click Save. The next time you open Photoshop, you can select the saved workspace by clicking the Window menu, selecting Workspace, and then clicking the workspace name.
- You can also click the Workspace Switcher icon, which is in the upper-right corner of Photoshop—the icon looks like a square with a menu on its left side.
- The last workspace you use is the one that will automatically load the next time you open Photoshop. So if you close Photoshop with your new workspace selected, re-opening Photoshop will automatically load that workspace.
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Restore the original workspace. If you want to switch back to the regular Photoshop workspace at any point, here's how:
- Click the Window menu and select Workspace.
- Click Essentials. This restore the default workspace, although there's one more step you'll need to take to bring back the original panel layouts.
- Return to Window and select Workspace.
- Click Restore Essentials. Now you're back to the original workspace.