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RichV2017
RichV2017
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September 6, 2017
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How to Disable "Add a storage Account" in Adobe Reader DC

  • September 6, 2017
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From a corporate standpoint, We do not want our users storing IP related documents on the web or cloud storage. This option would violate our internal ssecurity policy. We would like to lock this down in Adobe Reader DC and not give our user the option to do this.

Also, we will be deplying this to a large group of users so the package will need to be editied to do this.

I have already looked over the options in Admin Studio and haven't found a way to switch this off.

Any thoughts?

Correct answer AnandSri

Hi RichV,

As per the description above , you want to disable the Online features in the Adobe Reader DC, Is that correct?

Please follow the steps and instructions from the following thread: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1829808

You may also refer to the link: Online features — Acrobat Customization Wizard DC for Windows

Let us know how it goes.

Regards,

Anand Sri.

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AnandSri
Community Manager
AnandSriCommunity Manager
Community Manager
September 7, 2017

Hi RichV,

You may refer to the link: Permanently close the Tools pane in Acrobat Reader DC

To hide the toolbars permanently, you can use the Adobe Customization Wizard and can also refer to the thread: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1817184

Regards,

Anand Sri.

RichV2017
RichV2017Author
Participant
September 7, 2017

Wow, your fast..

Thank you.

    AnandSri
    Community Manager
    AnandSriCommunity ManagerCorrect answer
    Community Manager
    September 6, 2017

    Hi RichV,

    As per the description above , you want to disable the Online features in the Adobe Reader DC, Is that correct?

    Please follow the steps and instructions from the following thread: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1829808

    You may also refer to the link: Online features — Acrobat Customization Wizard DC for Windows

    Let us know how it goes.

    Regards,

    Anand Sri.

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    Atombomb99
    Participant
    October 20, 2025

    are there new links to this?

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    Community Manager
    Tariq AhmadCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    October 21, 2025

    Thanks for reaching out, Atombomb99.


    If you are doing Reader deployment, you can use this Acrobat ETK - Enterprise Toolkit: https://adobe.ly/4ou79am

     

     

     

    Disable “Add Storage Account” in Adobe Acrobat / Reader (Desktop)

    You can disable this feature using either Registry (Windows) or Preferences lockdown (Mac/Enterprise) methods.

     

    For Windows (via Registry)

     

    1. Close Acrobat/Reader.

    2. Open Registry Editor (regedit).

    3. Navigate to:

     

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\<version>\Preferences

     

    Note - Replace <version> with your Reader version (e.g., DC or 2025).

     

    4. Create a new DWORD (32-bit) Value:

         bDisableSharePointAndCloudStorage

     

    5. Set its Value data to 1.

    6. Restart the application.

     

    Let us know how it works

    Best regards,
    Tariq | Adobe Community Team

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