Brush hardness has disappeared?

[shonnarenae]

I am using Photoshop CC 2017 and no longer see the Hardness setting when I use a brush, so I can't adjust the fuzziness of the brush. is this a "feature" of PS 2017? Did I accidentally change a setting? Is this a bug? How do I get it back, not having it is driving me nuts

[Trevor.Dennis]

What brush preset?  Not brushes have that option.   Try selecting one of the round brushes at the top of the panel.

[shonnarenae]

I've tried selecting all sorts of the brushes and tried multiple brush presets, I tried to hit "Reset Brushes". Nothing is making it appear.

[Barbara Ash · Accepted solution]

Try deleting the Photoshop preferences file.

1. Quit Photoshop.
2. Position your fingers over Ctrl-Alt-Shift (WIndows) or Cmd-Ctrl-Option-Shift (Mac), but do not press those keys yet.
3. Start Photoshop.
4. IMMEDIATELY after starting Photoshop, press down on those keys.
5. A dialog box will appear asking if you want to reset. Select Yes. If you don't see the dialog box, you didn't press the keys down fast enough.