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JonathanBuller
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February 9, 2026
Question

Disable upsell advertisements for mobile apps

  • February 9, 2026
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We deploy Acrobat with many registry keys from the Preference Reference page to disable features we do not want. Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be a way to disable these two features which advertise mobile apps to our users - which isn’t something we can have in our environment. 

 

This is on the latest version, 25.001.21184. 

 

The first option has a registry key, but it doesn’t seem to work. This is the “app center” at the top of the screen (https://www.adobe.com/devnet-docs/acrobatetk/tools/PrefRef/Windows/FeatureLockDown.html#idkeyname_1_11794). Setting the registry key here doesn't make a difference. 

 

 

The other ad is for the Acrobat mobile apps. We can disable this with an HKCU setting but there’s nothing lockable within HKLM which makes this difficult to package for our environment. 

 

Are there any methods to remove these from the interface? We can't deploy Acrobat without having these sorted. 

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    creative explorer
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    February 13, 2026

    @JonathanBuller I just looked at my Google Pixel 8, and my latest version is 26.1.0.42916 but your version 25.001.21184 appears its for the desktop. I am now looking on my MAC and PC, and I don’t see anything remotely in your screenshots. My PC is using Acrobat Reader, but my MAC uses Pro. In my preferences, I do have anything that says pop-ups, I have it unchecked. And I also turn off the ew Acrobat interface as I like the classic look too. 

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