P: Premiere Pro 26.2 UI lag and freezing, resolved by reverting to 26.0.1

Solution is downgrade to 26.02.

The latest Windows update seems to have resolved the issue; I’ve been working all day without any UI lag in 26.3.0 , and everything is smooth and stable.

Windows June 23, 2026—KB5095093

Thank you! It works! The solution is to downgrade to version 26.0.1, unfortunatelly.

I had the same issues in v 26.2 and 26.3 (also in Beta versions), the menu’s freeze, when I adjust the position or scale theres much lag.

I tried everything: clearing the cache, reinstalling Windows, updating all my drivers, and the lag continues. The only solution is back to 26.1 and now it’s works.

I switched from Windows to MacOS to avoid performance issues. But it turns out I should have switched from Adobe. I'm tired of working as a beta tester for my own money. It's a disgrace... Year after year, the same problems, glitches, freezes, and non-working versions. A year ago, EXACTLY A YEAR, we were solving a performance and hardware enhancement issue on the Windows version in one of the forum threads. It turned out the problem was with Cyrillic characters in the path to media files (check, maybe it's the same here???). Since then, I switched to Mac—and now, for three months, the app version hasn't worked. You're asking the client to check and perform some kind of manipulation to figure out the problem... On my Windows laptop, desktop, and my MacBook, this problem appears after 5 minutes of use... What are you doing there? Launch your program and run it for at least an hour. I have a feeling that none of the employees use their software.

A great pity that we have to roll back to a more stable (for which read useable) version of Premiere Pro at the very time Adobe is hiking its prices. 26.2.2 is hopeless. Extraordinary that it should be released in such a buggy form. 

Same issues. I can’t perform simple commands in the timeline, like trimming or moving or deleting clips. I’ve deleted cache, reinstalled software, restarted. When is the next update? Adobe? This bug is costing me so much time.

MAC M1 MAX

Tahoe 26.1

32GB

Premiere 26.2.2 Build 3

I got the same problem 1st i thought it’s a GPU problem or maybe my RAM was low, but I upgraded to a 5070 and 64 GB RAM, and it’s still lagging. Meanwhile, the after effect is super smooth and excellent 

I got the same problem again yesterday while doing training at a training facility. Every time it has happened has been outside my home office. I connected to a TV via HDMI, mirroring my laptop screen, as I always do.

In my home office I use a Dell Ultrawide, without the laptop screen, and I connect via Thunderbolt.

Here’s a link to a memory dump that I took while the problem was showing: 
https://leirpoll.filemail.com/d/ezrqjjjjqelifds

I really hope you can find a fix very soon, as this bug makes Premiere look like a very buggy piece of software. It’s embarrassing to have this happen with a room full of people who are new to Premiere. Their first impression is NOT good.

Thanks for the reply.  After finding this message board I saw that others were having success with rolling back.  I was skeptical since I felt like I tried everything else,  but... it worked!