Manage measurement logs

Last updated on Oct 27, 2025

Learn more about displaying, selecting, organizing, and deleting data in the Photoshop Measurement Log panel.

Display the Measurement Log

Select Image > Analysis > Record Measurements.

Tip

You can also select Window > Measurement Log to display measurement log.

The measurement log table is highlighted at the lower-bottom of the Photoshop canvas.
The Measurement Log panel records the measurement data.

Select rows in the log

Select a row in the Measurement log table.

To select multiple contiguous rows, select the first row and then Shift-click the last row, or click and drag through the rows.

To select non-contiguous rows, selectthe first row and then Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (macOS) additional rows.

To select all rows, select Select all measurements .

To deselect all rows, select Deselect all measurements .

Select columns in the log

In the Measurement log table, select a column header to select it.

To select multiple contiguous columns, select the first header and then Shift-click the last header, or select and drag.

To select non-contiguous columns, select the first header and then Ctrl+click (Windows) or Command+click (macOS) additional headers.

Reorder, resize, or sort columns in the log

To reorder columns, drag the selected columns to a new position. A double black line indicates the placement.

To resize a column, select the column header and drag the separator.

To sort data in a column, do one of the following:

  • Select the column header to change the sort order.
  • Right-click the header and select Sort Ascending or Sort Descending.
Note

Rows cannot be manually reordered.

Export Measurement Log data

Select one or more rows of data in the Measurement Log.

Do one of the following:

  • Select Export from the Measurement Log options menu.
  • Select Export selected measurement
  • Right-click in a row and select Export from the menu.

Enter a filename and location.

Select Save.

Note

The measurements are exported to a comma-delimited, UTF-8 text file.