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Constant freezing making editing next to impossible

Forum|Forum|4 months ago
April 19, 2026
23 replies
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Approximately every other edit, the application becomes unresponsive for 30 seconds to a minute. During this time:

The UI freezes completely
Playback may continue, but I cannot stop or interact with it
Menu interactions are extremely delayed or unresponsive
The system becomes partially unresponsive (e.g., Alt+Tab does not work until Premiere responds again)

This issue also occurs when pressing play, and when opening menus.

The problem began suddenly without any known changes to my workflow or system configuration. It occurs across all projects.

Troubleshooting attempts:

Updated GPU drivers
Cleared media cache multiple times (both “clear unused” and “clear all”)
Tested editing from different drives (including internal and external storage)

None of these steps resolved the issue.

This behavior is severely impacting usability and makes editing extremely frustrating.

Windows 11 25H2 (26200.8246)

Premiere Pro v26.2.0 Build 65

Gigabyte AORUS 15P XD

-Intel i7-11800H

-16GB DDR4-3200

-GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile

Ann Bens

Community Expert

I see unresponsiveness every time Premiere auto saves in the background.

As soon as auto save is done I can edit again.

Joe_wpi

Inspiring

Same problem, been a problem for a few weeks. If I alt tab for anything and then go back to premiere I have to wait 30-60 seconds for it to become responsive again. Its been totally distroying my editing time.
Whats the fix????

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Jarle Leirpoll

Legend

If you’re on Windows, this makes sense. The ALT key is the shortcut on Windows for Menu Acceleration (to put focus on the Menu bar, and make Key tips available). So hitting the ALT key is in practice the same as opening av menu.

Joe_wpi

Inspiring

To add further. It doesn’t just happen from Alt-tabbing. If i click into another program and then attempt to return to premiere, it freezes.

Amy the Stuv

Community Manager

Hello @wesley_0295 , @thebirdmann , @valeriiege , @DarthJarJar and @0xxl3

We have been tracking this issue and are still trying to narrow it down. I am sorry for the inconvenience.

So far we have noticed it primarily on Windows PCs that have the Magnifier active. We are wondering if the issues you are facing fall into this same category as the issue linked below, but would love if you would confirm, otherwise the search continues.

Thank you for your help and apologies for the ongoing frustration.

Amy

wesley_0295Author

Participant

It is extremely similar, however I never have the magnifier enabled so that cannot be my problem. But accessing top level menus will lock up the software for an absurd amount of time as well as some panels.

valeriiege

Participant

New version freezes less, that I can say, but it still, as Wesley says, locks up the software for an absurd amount of time. I have not upgraded my Premiere because everything after 26.0 has the same problem. Whatever has changed between 26.0 and 26.0.1 is causing the problem.

thebirdmann

Participant

Having this SAME issue as well after updating. Editing is literally impossible. I feel like I’ve tried everything

Uriel Plaza

Participant

Funciona cada vez peor. Hace semanas vienen estos problemas. Dejé de pagar la aplicación y me pasé a CapCut. Recomiendo que hagan lo mismo, Adobe nos hace perder dinero

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Reinaldo5FE9

Participant

I have the exact same issue after updating few days ago. Every two clicks becomes a frozen interface, specially trying to open the bar menus