In Bridge, navigate to Windows > Workspace > Edit Workspace.
Last updated on
Apr 7, 2026
Learn about Adobe Bridge workspaces and how you can customize the workspace for your needs.
An Adobe Bridge workspace is a certain configuration or layout of panels. You can select either a preconfigured workspace or a custom workspace that you have previously saved. By saving various Bridge workspaces, you can work in (and quickly switch between) different layouts. For example, use one workspace to sort new photos and another to work with footage files from an After Effects composition.
Adobe Bridge provides the following pre-configured workspaces:
- Essentials: Displays the Favorites, Folders, Filter, Collections, Content, Preview, Metadata, and Keywords panels. This is the default workspace.
- Libraries: Displays the Library, Preview, Folders, Content, and Metadata panels. Also, displays the preview of selected file(s) in the Preview panel.
- Filmstrip: Displays thumbnails in a scrolling horizontal row (in the Content panel) along with a preview of the currently selected item (in the Preview panel). Also displays the Favorites, Folders, Filter, and Collections panels.
- Output: Displays options for creating PDF contact sheet.
- Metadata: Displays the Content panel in List view, along with the Favorites, Metadata, and Filter panels.
- Keywords: Displays the Content panel in Details view, along with the Favorites, Keywords, and Filter panels.
- Preview: Displays a large Preview panel; a narrow, vertical Content panel in Thumbnails view; and the Favorites, Folders, Filter, and Collections panels.
- Light Table: Displays only the Content panel. Files are displayed in Thumbnails view.
- Folders: Displays the Content panel in Thumbnails view, along with the Favorites, and Folders panels.
Workflow Workspace
Here you can combine various tasks and stitch them together to create your workflows for repeat use. In Mac OS, pressing Command+F5 to load the Keywords workspace starts Mac OS voice-over by default. To load the Preview workspace by using the keyboard shortcut, first disable the voice-over shortcut in Mac OS Keyboard Shortcuts preferences. For instructions, see Mac OS Help.
- To select a workspace, choose Window > Workspace, and then choose the desired workspace. Or, click one of the workspace buttons in the Adobe Bridge application bar. Drag the vertical bar to the left of the workspace buttons to show more or fewer buttons. Drag the buttons to rearrange their order.
- To save the current layout as a workspace, choose Window > Workspace > New Workspace. In the New Workspace dialog box, enter a name for the workspace, specify options, and then click Save.
- To delete or restore a custom workspace, choose Window > Workspace, and then choose one of the following commands:
- Delete Workspace: Deletes the saved workspace. Choose the workspace from the Workspace menu in the Delete Workspace dialog box, and click Delete.
- Reset Standard Workspace: Restores the default settings for the Adobe pre-defined workspaces (Essentials, Output, and so on)
- Change Workspaces: Click on workspace names in the dropdown menu to access workspaces. You can also open a Workspace from the Window menu (Window > Workspace) or with keyboard shortcut Alt + Shift + 1 (up to 9) to open individual workspaces.
Edit Workspace
Bridge provides a separate dialog to change the order in which workspaces are displayed.You can also control which workspaces appear in the overflow menu or even hide a workspace so that it is not displayed in the Workspaces menu.
In the Edit Workspaces dialog box, drag the workspaces in the order you want and select OK.
Modify the order of workspaces or delete workspaces
You can change the order in which workspaces are displayed, or hide a workspace so that it is not displayed in the Workspaces menu. You can also delete custom workspaces if you no longer need them.
Choose Edit workspaces at the bottom of the Workspaces menu. The Edit Workspaces dialog is displayed. You can also access the Edit Workspaces dialog through Window> Workspaces> Edit Workspaces. Here you can reorder workspaces, hide them, or delete custom workspaces.
To revert any change that you made, click Cancel.
Create Custom workspaces
You can modify a workspace and save the most recent layout as a custom workspace. Saved custom workspaces appear in the Workspace menu, for future access.Arrange the groups and panels as desired, and then do one of the following:
Open the Workspaces dropdown menu and select Save as New Workspace. Or select Window > Workspace > Save as New Workspace.
If you make changes to the original default workspace and save the changes, the only way to recover them is to delete the workspace config file from your Layouts folder.
Reset a workspace
Reset the current workspace to return to its original, saved layout of panels.
Do one of the following:
Open the Workspaces dropdown menu and select Reset to Saved Layout. Or,
Choose Window > Workspace > Reset to Saved Layout.
Note
While Resetting the workspace, the Active Content panel will keep displaying the same folder and all the other Content Panel (if any) will switch back to display the folders that were open at the time of Saving the workspace. This behavior can be changed from the Preference/Content .
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