How do I turn off the "Generative summary" banner in Acrobat Reader mobile?

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February 15, 2025
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I use Acrobat Reader for iOS, and I develop/publish mobile-friendly ebooks in PDF format. Lately, this "Generative summary" banner occupies prime screen space atop every page. Both in standard reading mode (no problem) AND in immersive reading mode (problem).

I have gone into User -> Settings -> Enable generative AI features in Acrobat and turned the slider to OFF.

It's still there.

Again, no problem if the banner is there in standard view mode, alongside other tools such as highlight, markup, and find text. But in immersive reader mode, I don't think there should be ANY interface buttons or tools. How do I get rid of this for myself, and can I tag our PDF ebooks so that this banner is default-off for our customers when they read our stories and comics?

Correct answer jasontyler-ems-dir

Click on the Profile - Preferences - Generative AI - Uncheck the boxes for Enable gereative AI features in Acrobat and Show AI Summary Bar on top of the document

This worked for me to clear all of the Generative AI Summary banners that I was seeing every time I opened a new pdf.

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josephs80192327

Participant

Agreed. Let us remove / hide that banner. You're wasting our screen space, Adobe.

Amal.

Community Manager

Hi there,

Hope you are doing well, and thank you for reaching out.

Our engineering team is aware of the issue and is actively working on a fix. We understand how important this is for you, and we appreciate your patience while we investigate and resolve the problem.

As soon as we have any updates or further information to share, we will let you know.

Thanks for understanding.

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josephs80192327

Participant

Thanks for the update. I'll look into coming back to adobe if/when this is resolved. For now, it's a dealbreaker as I need my full screen for sheermusic. The notes are tiny and I can't use a product that wastes space on forcing an ai feature on me.

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CrabbyFry

Participant

I'm looking for an answer as well. I attached a screenshot of what we're all talking about. The AI assistant is switched OFF in preferences. Yet this banner (see attached) still shows up when viewing a document.

ApertureXTC

Participant

I agree 100%. If I want to use AI, I want to select it from a menu. The easiest way for me NOT to use your AI is to force me to look at it all the time!