How to get rid of auto-recovery PSB files in Photoshop

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I work with Photoshop all the time. This makes it particularly annoying when, for weeks on end, it kept auto-recovering an old PSB file I was working on, no matter how many times I closed (or saved) it.

The solution is actually quite simple and obvious:

Photoshop PSB file

Simply right click on the PSB file and selectย Reveal in Finder:

Right click PSB file

Now take that file (or if there’s more than one, all of them) and delete them. It should be fixed. Let me know if this worked for you!

About the author

Werner van Rooyen

Formerly Business Development and Marketing at Luno (where we went from eight nerds in a tiny office to hundreds of people spread over three continents) and before that Marketing at PayFast. Currently a full-time nomad, learning, running long distances and doing research, mostly in Mexico.

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About me

Werner van Rooyen

Formerly Business Development and Marketing at Luno (where we went from eight nerds in a tiny office to hundreds of people spread over three continents) and before that Marketing at PayFast. Currently a full-time nomad, learning, running long distances and doing research, mostly in Mexico.