Adobe Photoshop is the most popular photo editing and manipulation software. It caters to the needs of both casual and professional users.
If your Photoshop keeps crashing, it can waste hours of your work. However, you don’t need to panic. Such issues are usually a result of driver incompatibility or bugs in Photoshop. So, troubleshooting such issues should easily resolve Photoshop crashes.
Why Does My Photoshop Keeps Crashing
Here are the potential reasons for Adobe Photoshop to keep crashing:
How to Troubleshoot Photoshop Keeps Crashing
First, restart your PC and verify if Photoshop keeps crashing. If it does, apply the possible solutions we have mentioned below. you may also check for any known issues on a certain version of the app on theofficial Adobe platform.
Update to Latest Versions
Older Photoshop versions had many bugs. For instance, using magic selection on a low pixel area would lead to a crash. There were many other issues as well. So, it’s always better to use thelatest software version, where the developers have fixed most of such bugs.
If you already have the latest version, you should try reinstalling Adobe Photoshop. Doing so takes care of any installation issues as well.
If crashes start occurring after an update, report the issue to Adobe and wait for bug fixes. you may roll back to the previous version in the meantime.
Update Graphics Driver
Outdated graphics driver is another main cause of Adobe Photoshop crashes. you may verify if the driver is responsible by checking the compatibility or disabling GPU.
Go toHelp>GPU Compatibilityto check for conflicts. you may only do so on Photoshop 23.0 or beyond. If you detected compatibility issues, such as OpenCL not available,
If you may’t check compatibility, disable GPU and restart Photoshop. To do so,
Restart Photoshop and verify if the issue resolves. If it does, you need toupdate your Graphics Driver. We recommend installing the latest version from the official website to do so. you may also update the driver from Device Manager. Here’s how you can do so on Windows,
