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May 3, 2019 6:05 PM UTC
Question

"Unable to delete" file in iOS Acrobat

I'm trying to delete a PDF in Acrobat on my iPhone and it says it's "Unable to delete" it. What's the problem? Thanks.

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Participating Frequently
Nov 17, 2023 6:34 PM UTC

I have the same issue. Adobe sure has it's share of bugs. Completely dumb ass bug if you ask me.

 

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Souvik Sadhu
Legend
Nov 21, 2023 4:59 AM UTC

Hi @DVH_1,

 

Sorry for the trouble. Would you mind sharing a few screenshots of the error you see or a screen recording of the issue for better understanding and assistance?

 

-Souvik

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Participant
Aug 3, 2023 11:53 AM UTC

I have had the same issue on my iPad, particularly with financial statements. I finally was able to delete using the iPad Files programs. Open files located the problem files which I found in the chrome folder not the adobe folder highlighted the file by holding on the file icon, went to the bottom of pop up list, deleted. 
I then had to go to recently deleted files and again delete from there.

files are finally gone!

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Aug 3, 2023 12:51 PM UTC
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Participant
Feb 8, 2023 4:58 PM UTC

Your files are already deleted. You're trying to delete files from the recent documents. Can you open them? No...

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ls_rbls
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 22, 2020 7:19 AM UTC

Hi,

 

you may also want to review this guidance as a reference: https://www.adobe.com/devnet-docs/acrobat/ios/en/openfiles.html#dropbox

 

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Technical Generalist
Participant
May 20, 2020 6:48 PM UTC

My issue is the same as SunilSh except that I downloaded a pdf file from Microsoft SharePoint to Files, then Acrobat for iOS - stored on my device only:  iPad Pro (3rd Generation), iOS 13.4.1

 

Files added to Acrobat on my iPad cannot be deleted. ((Unable to delete this file.")

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Meenakshi_Negi
Legend
May 21, 2019 7:47 PM UTC

Hi MatthewHutson,

Sorry for the delay in response.

You have mentioned that you get the message "Unable to delete" when trying to delete a file.

- Do you get this message on deleting a particular PDF?

- On which location the file is saved? On this iPad, Document Cloud or other location?

- Share the exact workflow you do and the screenshot of the error message.

- What is the application and OS version on the device?

Let us know if you need any help.

Regards,

Meenakshi

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Participant
Nov 25, 2019 4:37 PM UTC

Hello Meenakshi,

 

I have the same problem as Matthew Hutson. I saved a PDF document from WhatsApp to the Files app in iCloud on my iPhone. Then I opened the document in the Files app on my iPad. I copied the document to the Acrobat app on my iPad. I am not using cloud storage on the Acrobat app. I have deleted the document in the Files app. I am unable to delete the document in the Acrobat app on the iPad. I get the error message "Unable to delete documentname.pdf". All iOS versions are 13.x.x.

Please help me delete this document from the Acrobat app on my iPad so that I may free up storage.

 

 Thanks very much.

 

Sunil

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