Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 – How To Delete Watermark Presets

I’ve been using the Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 beta for about 8 months now. In that time I’ve created several different watermark presets but have not really had time to manage those watermarks. Now that the final release version is available, I’ve updated and installed the final version and deleted all beta version.

The nice thing I found out was that all my watermark presets transferred over to the final release version which was super nice. The only problem now was that I needed to do a little house cleaning and delete some of the watermark presets I created.

Here in-lies the problem… or at least I thought it was… continue on…

I don’t know if it’s just me but removing or deleting a watermark preset is not overly obvious in Lightroom. There are no delete buttons, you can’t ‘option’ click ‘OK’ to reset or anything like that. So what’s a person to do when they can’t figure something out on their own? Google!!

So I found a few forum threads talking about watermark presets but nothing particular to deleting them. So I posted a new thread on the NAPP forum, since I’m a member and rarely post anything. Several very nice people replied and told me that you have to select the watermark from the drop down menu, don’t change anything and then go back to the drop down menu and you’ll see either ‘delete’ or ‘rename’ options at the bottom of the menu…. not me of course!

So for me, if I go to Edit Watermarks… and drop down the menu to select a watermark, for this example the ‘SRP Nameplate’ watermark…

The watermark would display with the word (edited) in the drop down menu (like below), even though I did nothing but select it.

At this point my friends on the forums were saying that if I go back to the drop down menu that I’d see the option at the bottom of the list to delete the preset… not me, this is what I have… the only option is to ‘Update’ which I don’t want…

Well at least I didn’t think I wanted to ‘Update’ the preset when in all reality, that was the option I should have chosen. For some reason, and I’m thinking beta software, when I selected a preset the watermark preset manager thought the preset had been edited… well no kidding, it even told me that. So after selecting Update Preset, the Watermark editor looks like this… notice… no (edited) after the preset name.

So now, if you go back into the drop down list you will have a couple new options… one, Delete and the other, Rename. Awesome!!

Like I’ve said earlier, this was not obvious to me and I think the Watermark Editor needs a little work in making the process of deleting and renaming watermark presets easier… but then again, I should have found this while “testing” the beta… right?

My goal in writing this is to provide a little piece of information to an issue that was driving me nuts to others in case anyone runs into the same problem and can’t find the solution in a Google search.

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Michel GingrasJune 24, 2010 - 9:05 AM

Thanks very much
They should work on this, you save me a lot of time and effort

ScottJune 24, 2010 - 11:01 AM

Michel, No kidding… I was scratching my head for days on this one. Glad I could help you out. That was my main intention for the post!

JayAugust 1, 2010 - 11:25 PM

Tnx for the tip. This helped me a lot. ^^

SusanAugust 22, 2010 - 9:10 AM

Worked perfectly. Thank you.

ScottAugust 23, 2010 - 8:32 PM

Awesome!

John 'K;August 26, 2010 - 5:07 PM

So glad I found this – THANKS YOU for explaining. 25 years in IT and I couldn’t work this one out!

ScottAugust 26, 2010 - 5:10 PM

John, No worries… this one drove me nuts for a long time. I’m just spreading what I’ve found! :)

nicoleSeptember 2, 2010 - 7:33 AM

Hey … wonderful. Exactly what I was searching for. Thanx

SIpSeptember 5, 2010 - 11:36 PM

Thanks saved me a bit of time!

OmNovember 6, 2010 - 4:43 PM

Thank you very much. I found this really helpful!

Thanks for helping again

Om.

BrendaNovember 11, 2010 - 12:36 AM

Thanks so much for the information. I am new to lightroom and I just could not figure it out. Just decieded to google it and came across this information. Sure would be nice to find other tips for the use of this program.

RileyApril 29, 2011 - 6:39 AM

Hello. Except the Light Room version I have now, I go to Edit, and then drop down to the end where it says “edit watermark” but it doesn’t give me the present one that’s on there, it just has the option to create a new one over the existing one. Am I missing something?

XeniaMay 2, 2011 - 4:41 AM

Thanks!! You save my life in lightroom!

EmmyMay 11, 2011 - 12:43 AM

Thank you thank you! Yes this was driving me nuts and you saved the day. Though I wish it was easier.

ScottMay 11, 2011 - 9:26 AM

When I initially found this I had to post it online to help others. I know it’s kind of hidden and not well documented so I’m glad this helped you and everyone else that has taken the time to comment!

Alexandr-akwebstudiosMay 22, 2011 - 1:26 PM

Thanks a bunch Scott! Genius!

ScottMay 23, 2011 - 9:28 AM

I don’t know about genius but you’re welcome… just sharing the knowledge. :)

OMFGI812June 5, 2011 - 7:46 PM

This thread changed my life. Well, it DID make it a bit easier. Many thanks for posting this.

ScottJune 6, 2011 - 10:51 AM

lol… well I’m glad it made it a bit easier for you :)

RobJuly 4, 2011 - 7:14 PM

Thanks so much…i couldn’t figure that one out on my own!

MukeshJuly 6, 2011 - 8:18 AM

Really helped me…Thanks! :)

mike ellisJuly 8, 2011 - 12:09 AM

Thanks…something i could not find in a 65.00$ book D-65′s lightroom book…Cool beans

ScottJuly 8, 2011 - 10:39 AM

I take credit cards… :)

ScottJuly 8, 2011 - 10:40 AM

You’re welcome!!

ScottJuly 8, 2011 - 10:40 AM

I’m glad it helped!

SushJuly 13, 2011 - 11:35 AM

Thanks for helping! I was trying to figure this out for days! Finally.. phew! :)

donOctober 11, 2011 - 12:42 PM

thanks a lot!!!

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GregDecember 15, 2011 - 2:06 PM

Scott,
Thanks so much for your tip. When I was creating the watermark I had to save it to check things like position and opacity. I was quickly running out of file nicknames! Your info was spot-on! I really appreciate you sharing the info since Adobe thinks we should use osmosis to know it!

Mike McDermottJanuary 4, 2012 - 11:06 AM

Thanks, this info was SO helpful! I could not figure out how to delete old watermarks either. My issue is that as I was creating & experimenting with different watermarks that I have like 50 saved ones, so this is going to take time to delete them all. Wish they made an easier way to delete more than 1 at a time. Thanks again, this was just the info I needed.

ScottJanuary 5, 2012 - 12:49 PM

Mike, I’m glad I could help. This one had me for a while so I wanted to share what I found!

StacyJanuary 6, 2012 - 1:29 PM

Thank you so much, this was so helpful!

carlyJanuary 8, 2012 - 2:39 AM

Thank you!!

Kelsey K. AndersonJanuary 9, 2012 - 10:30 PM

agreed…not intuitive….thank you!!

ScottJanuary 10, 2012 - 9:23 AM

You’re welcome!

ScottJanuary 10, 2012 - 9:24 AM

Glad it helped Carly!

ScottJanuary 10, 2012 - 9:24 AM

Maybe this will be changed in LR4?

CarlJanuary 13, 2012 - 9:48 AM

Thanks! I really needed this info and it worked perfectly! Great post :)

AuraJanuary 23, 2012 - 8:46 AM

Thank you so very much! I was going crazy trying to figure out these changes. Thanks for sharing!

ScottJanuary 26, 2012 - 2:04 PM

You’re welcome Aura!

Swaranjeet SinghJanuary 30, 2012 - 8:57 AM

You have no idea how many non existent hair I would have pulled off from my clean shaven head but for this life saver. You are Santa Claus and the people who made the software for Adobe are . . . well I guess this might be a family sight so lets just leave that bit out . . . :-)

KittyJanuary 31, 2012 - 6:38 AM

You are my new favourite person *hands cookie*

Thankyou so much!

Bruce WellsFebruary 23, 2012 - 11:42 AM

Good article, Scott. As you so adequately pointed out, this functionality is anything but intuitive. Let’s hope there’s a maintenance upgrade.

Thanks.

Bruce

ScottFebruary 23, 2012 - 3:17 PM

lol… please don’t pull any hair out! Just keep it shaven! :)

ScottFebruary 23, 2012 - 3:18 PM

Mmmmmm… snicker doodle! :) You’re welcome!

ScottFebruary 23, 2012 - 3:19 PM

Thanks and I’m glad it’s been a help to you!

LeighMarch 10, 2012 - 1:15 AM

THANK YOU for your simple instructions and help!

Lance Pecchia PhotographyMarch 16, 2012 - 6:18 AM

Thanks Scott very much. I’ve been tearing my hair out trying to figure out how to delete or re-name Watermark Presets. What a lifesaver you have been.

Augustine PeterApril 1, 2012 - 12:00 PM

You’ve saved my day. Been pulling my hair out to find out how to delete or rename watermark presets in Adobe Lightroom.

Danielle DondersApril 29, 2012 - 7:22 PM

Thanks for this. I don’t suppose there’s a way to delete more than one at a time? I’ve created about 50 of them with varying degrees of “use this one” and “new and improved” and “no really use THIS one” now that I know how to delete them. Anyway, even if I have to dedicate half an hour to methodically deleting them all, at least now I know how! :)

Vladimir Gonzaga OrdenezaMay 29, 2012 - 4:48 PM

thank you very much. adobe should do something about this.

Rachel Davis McCauleyJune 4, 2012 - 2:26 PM

Thanks so much for posting this….i couldn’t figure it out myself. This was the ticket :)

AnonymousJune 30, 2012 - 12:49 AM

Thanks so much!

Dick Klein EgelinkSeptember 3, 2012 - 12:24 PM

Thank you very much you help me :-)

Alyse LiebowitzOctober 7, 2012 - 2:43 AM

Thank you, this was very helpful!

Elizabeth GoodwinNovember 10, 2012 - 10:12 PM

Thank you so much this little issue has been bugging me and am so glad you had the solution.

Peter HildebrandDecember 21, 2012 - 10:38 PM

thanks Scott for this post, I seeked everywhere trying everything without success. A pity, that Adobe doesn’t allow overwriting after security dialog.

Samantha PlettFebruary 9, 2013 - 5:54 AM

THANK YOU, haha.

Debbie WoodleyFebruary 10, 2013 - 5:30 PM

Thanks, I thought I was going mad!

Margaret PhilpottMarch 10, 2013 - 1:04 AM

Great! I seem to have the Dud one…. None of those options come up for me :( I get ‘Edit Watermarks’ as my only option.

Cynthia AhrApril 30, 2013 - 8:59 PM

Heaven sent tip!

Paul Rawlins PhotographyMay 14, 2013 - 11:55 PM

Not in the slightest bit obvious to find! Thanks for the tip, this was driving me crazy but now I’ve been able to delete old watermarks and rename the ones I’m keeping. Thanks so much!

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