This Photoshop script is designed to streamline your layer organization workflow by automatically ungrouping all nested groups within a selected group and deleting any empty groups that remain. When you have complex documents with deeply nested layer structures, managing and cleaning up your layers can become cumbersome. This script recursively searches through the selected group, moves all non-group layers to the top-level of that group, and then removes any groups that become empty as a result. This results in a flattened, more manageable layer hierarchy, making it easier to work on your document and apply further edits. It’s particularly useful for preparing files for exporting or for improving performance in large projects.
Usage:
- Open your Photoshop document and navigate to the Layers panel.
- Ensure that your active layer is a group (LayerSet) that contains nested groups.
- Select the group that you want to clean up.
- Run the script (via File > Scripts or your preferred scripting environment).
- The script will ungroup all nested layers within the selected group and, if enabled, it will delete any now-empty group folders.