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jaydeen99056735
Inspiring
February 9, 2026
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Option to Disable the Audio and Video Transition Handles

  • February 9, 2026
  • 15 replies
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Can we please have the option to disable these grey squares on each end of the clip on our timeline (the transition handles). They are incredibly irritating. I used to be able to click and drag clips with no problem. Now it’s so frustrating to move clips without accidentally engaging with the transition handles to create transitions between clips (which I don’t want to do).

We need the option to disable these, please and thank you.

And also trying to extend an audio transition doesn’t work. It often makes me trim the clip before of after. 

    15 replies

    joshb45366768
    Participant
    April 22, 2026

    Necroing this thread to upvote but IDGAF, Adobe please add this as an option to disable or remove these from clips as it is incredibly annoying and unintuitive. The transition handles get in the way making it difficult to adjust time remapping too. 

    Rikard Ekberg
    Participant
    April 17, 2026

    Hey all!

     

    I’m working on a music video and love the transition handles. But...they disappeared just now while I was working. I have no clue as to what happened and have restarted Premiere several times now.

     

    So apparently it is possible to get rid of them, I may have accidentally hit a button and poff...gone. Now I just have to figure out how to get them back!

    Peru Bob
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    April 22, 2026

    @Rikard Ekberg 

    Try increasing the track height.

    Inspiring
    April 7, 2026

    Remove it, please! this is super annoying. It’s not even a dissolve, it’s just fade to black. I need that twice a year.

    Community Expert
    April 13, 2026

    This isn’t correct as it can create a true cross dissolve. But still clunky and they get in the way so it’d be nice to be able to turn them off. At least for video. 

    Known Participant
    April 7, 2026

    PLEASE

    R Neil Haugen
    Legend
    April 7, 2026

    I’ll be off to NAB next month, and ... again ... I’ll ask about this and a number of other things.

     

    Being able to toggle this on/off would be so freaking handy.

    Everyone's mileage always varies ...
    Annabelle190
    Participating Frequently
    March 19, 2026

    I totally agree with this. Those transition handles can get very annoying when working on a tight timeline with multiple small clips. For now, the only way is to zoom in really close to avoid clicking them by mistake, but having a dedicated "Disable" toggle in the preferences would be a massive time-saver for editors.

    adaptable_artistry3404
    Participant
    March 18, 2026

    Does anyone from Adobe even read these threads?

    R Neil Haugen
    Legend
    March 18, 2026

    Apparently you’re new around here? Yes, there’s quite a number of staffers that have/are replying on different threads. Just not this one.

    And though you and I are annoyed at this, sadly, a ton of other users don’t care about it. Or they like it as is. Like a lot of usability parts of the UI.

    Yea, frustrating as that is ...

    Everyone's mileage always varies ...
    Participant
    March 15, 2026

    i am baffled at how these are here to begin with and there is no way to turn them off? Does adobe even use their software?

    Participant
    March 15, 2026

    I’ve been wanting to try something for a while, but my editing system is locked down so I can’t change anything. For the audio handles at least, go to:

    Program Files\Adobe\Premiere <date>\PNG

    And remove:

    SP_FadeIn_Md_N_D.png

    I think this is the graphic the audio handles use, I’d be curious to see what happens if it’s removed. My concern is that the handles would still be there, just now invisible, but at least the annoying little pop-up squares would go away.

    Community Expert
    March 15, 2026

    Yes please …. at least for video clips as the fade handles are much less useful for video and get in the way much more often. 

    Known Participant
    March 14, 2026

    For fox sake, please.  This is super annoying.  I am doing doc work where I’m dragging around tiny clips of interview.  I use only a handful of dissolves in the entire project.