Today’s Question: I created a Photoshop workspace in the Beta version. Can I easily transfer that to the non-Beta version?
Tim’s Quick Answer: Yes, you can copy saved workspaces from one version of Photoshop to another or from one computer to another.
More Detail: When you save a workspace for the overall layout of panels and toolbars in Photoshop, a file is created that contains the information for that saved layout. The only real challenge is navigating to the right place for those files.
The first step is to save a workspace in Photoshop. To do so, arrange the panels the way you want them, including enabling additional panels from the Window menu or closing panels you don’t need in the workspace. Then go to the menu and choose Window > Workspace > New Workspace. Enter a meaningful name for the workspace and click the Save button. You can then copy the settings file for that saved workspace.
On Macintosh go to the Finder and hold the Option key while choosing Go > Library from the menu. If you don’t hold the Option key you won’t see Library on the menu. Then navigate to the Preferences folder, then the folder named for the version of Photoshop you used to save the workspace. For example, the current version folder is called “Adobe Photoshop 2026 Settings”.
On Windows open File Explorer and navigate to the primary internal hard drive (C:). Open the Users folder, then the folder for your username. You can then navigate to AppData > Roaming > Adobe, followed by the folder for the version of Photoshop, such as “Adobe Photoshop 2026 Settings”.
You can then open the Workspaces folder and copy the files for the layouts you saved with that version of Photoshop. They can be copied to the same folder structure for a different version of Photoshop, or for Photoshop on a different computer. When you launch that version of Photoshop, you’ll find the workspaces available on the Window > Workspace menu.
Note that I demonstrated this process of copying saved workspaces in Photoshop toward the end of my presentation on “Configuring the Interface” as part of the Photoshop Ultimate Live Learning series that is available exclusively to GreyLearning Ultimate Bundle subscribers. The course for that series can be found here:
https://www.greylearning.com/courses/photoshop-ultimate-live-learning
