Remove error created Templates in GIMP 2.8.22

[JB10]

   

My preference for basic use, transferred from W10 PC.  How do I get rid of templates I have accidently made by clicking on ‘Create Template’, instead of  ‘Export As’.
Tried:
 - uninstalling  and removing every folder I can find, including any lurking file hiding in Roaming ‘containing settings’.
- deleted Templaterc file.
- Windows dialogues > Dockable Dialogues >Templates. None of the red highlighted files  show to be able to deleted, just 640x480 etc, A3 (300ppi) etc.
 
Thanks for any help.

How to add an attachment? Shows Untitled.jpg below but....

[rich2005]

(06-24-2026, 11:00 AM)JB10 Wrote: My preference for basic use, transferred from W10 PC.  How do I get rid of templates I have accidently made by clicking on ‘Create Template’, instead of  ‘Export As’.  

You are using Gimp 2.8 ?  Is that correct.

All Create Template does is add an entry in the templaterc file. It is text  and an entry is size in pixels + pixels-per-inch (ppi) +lots of other stuff.

An example

Code:

# GIMP templaterc
#
# This file will be entirely rewritten each time you exit.

(GimpTemplate "example.jpg"
   (width 400)
   (height 400)
   (unit pixels)
.....snip....
   (fill-type background)
   (comment "Created with GIMP"))ode

Quote:Tried:
 - uninstalling  and removing every folder I can find, including any lurking file hiding in Roaming ‘containing settings’.
- deleted Templaterc file.
- Windows dialogues > Dockable Dialogues >Templates. None of the red highlighted files  show to be able to deleted, just 640x480 etc, A3 (300ppi) etc.

Deleting templaterc should get rid of any user entries, gets back to the long list of standard sizes.

For the list of files in Documents, you put them in Documents, you can move or delete, up to you. Nothing to do with Gimp. Use Windows Explorer.

The untitled.jpg entry is a little different. It has to be a folder, not a file. You must have made it sometime by accident.

Something for you to try:

   

(1) Click on the untitled.jpg entry. Is it empty or does it contain any files ?
(2) Click on the \ to get back a level
(3) and (4) That should take you to folder containing the untitled.jpg folder. Might / might not be in yout Gimp folders list. You can delete that or rename it to something more suitable. Use Windows Explorer.
(5) To remove a user added entry - the + and - icons

[JB10]

(06-24-2026, 12:58 PM)rich2005 Wrote:

(06-24-2026, 11:00 AM)JB10 Wrote: My preference for basic use, transferred from W10 PC.  How do I get rid of templates I have accidently made by clicking on ‘Create Template’, instead of  ‘Export As’.  

You are using Gimp 2.8 ?  Is that correct.

All Create Template does is add an entry in the templaterc file. It is text  and an entry is  size in pixels + pixels-per-inch (ppi) +lots of other stuff.

An example

Code:

# GIMP templaterc
#
# This file will be entirely rewritten each time you exit.

(GimpTemplate "example.jpg"
   (width 400)
   (height 400)
   (unit pixels)
.....snip....
   (fill-type background)
   (comment "Created with GIMP"))ode

Quote:Tried:
 - uninstalling  and removing every folder I can find, including any lurking file hiding in Roaming ‘containing settings’.
- deleted Templaterc file.
- Windows dialogues > Dockable Dialogues >Templates. None of the red highlighted files  show to be able to deleted, just 640x480 etc, A3 (300ppi) etc.

Deleting templaterc should get rid of any user entries, gets back to the long list of standard sizes.

For the list of files in Documents, you put them in Documents, you can move or delete, up to you. Nothing to do with Gimp. Use Windows Explorer.

The untitled.jpg entry is a little different. It has to be a folder, not a file. You must have made it sometime by accident.

Something for you to try:



(1) Click on the untitled.jpg entry. Is it empty or does it contain any files ?
(2) Click on the \ to get back a level
(3) and (4) That should take you to folder containing the untitled.jpg folder.  Might / might not be in yout Gimp folders list. You can delete that or rename it to something more suitable. Use Windows Explorer.
(5) To remove a user added entry - the + and - icons

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Many thanks for your detailed reply rich2005. I have copied and pasted your reply to Word, as I need to follow it carefully. Basic user of GIMP and computer know how.

Yes, it is GIMP 2.8 I referred to. I'll let you know how I get on. Probably mixed page up a bit, trying to reply!!

[JB10]

Cracked it. C > Users > Owner > Documents. Deleted unwanted files. Cannot highlight circled Untitled.jpg to  remove using –  icon as you suggest, it merely shows No Selection in Preview when clicked on, not a jpg photo as before. Jobs a good ‘un’.
 
Many thanks rich2005.  
   

[rich2005]

Well, you have some success, which is good.

Gimp 2.8 is probably the last version where you can copy / paste the whole installation from one system to another.

The untitled.jpg has to be a folder, somewhere, probably on your old installation.
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It is just a bookmark, if it no longer exists, just remove the entry in Gimp using the " - icon as:

[JB10]

Interestingly, next time I went into GIMP it had disappeared. Thanks again.