Turning off Auto Field Detect on Adobe Sign

This is Andy, I have spoken to the reps that worked on Adobe Sign at a past Adobe Max. 

This auto-place feature is creating more work for the users and adobe advocates like myself, since I can't use the old method any more, which was simpler and faster. This is frustrating my supervisors and others who have to get documents signed immediately due to end of the fiscal year budget deadlines. So Please revert back to the old method as soon as possible, or you may see a wave of Adobe Sign Subscription cancellations. Supervisors are looking for ways to save money, and I have advocates for other software signature solutions pushing for the Microsoft or Docusign solutions. 
I don't know if you have new leadership trying to push these changes on consumers, but if this signature change goes bad, it could result in many talented Adobe Leaders and staff getting laid off since this is happening a lot in tech due to the current recession. I know there are many smart and talented Adobe staff, So I would hate to see this happen, and thus, I am asking you to revert back for our benefit and for yours. 

Yes, I tried as well.  Doesnt work. So unprofessional.  Overlapping "auto-detection" of fields not to be signed.

This is a nightmare. My documents are suddenly filled with unnecessary fields, and I can't delete them--when I click on a field and hit the trash icon, the field vanishes for a nanosecond and then comes right back. Also can't turn off the auto-populate feature.

In addition, our signature blocks include lines for signature, date, and name, but this new interface lumps them all together into one line. And those are just the biggest issues--far from the only ones.

My organization also offers an e-signature option through our contract management application. I've stuck with Adobe Sign because it was much easier to use. But this new interface is awful, and it looks like Adobe has no interest in fixing these issues, so I'll be using the other e-signature tool going forward.

It's almost 2 years later, and Adobe still has no interest in making their product usable.  I will be submitting a request to my corporation to find a new e-sign service, as this is completely unacceptable.

I did find a work around that they haven't yet broken.  Legacy mode now does it too, and I got a message Legacy mode is going away in a few weeks anyway.  

The trick I just figured out is to open the document and do a "Print to PDF".  When I opened it in Adobe Sign the completed page was just one image of the completed document and all I had to do was add the signature blocks at the bottom, instead of an hour fixing all the fields Adobe messed up, and removing all the extra fields.  It is cumbersome, and now I have to have one extra file for everything I send out for signature.

I ONCE sent it out (the first time) with all of Adobe's extra fields and options because I didn't want to spend the time fixing all of that and had the client MAKE CHANGES after I sent it!  If I had not caught it, it could have cost me untold amounts. 

I have been having the same issue.  I right-clicked on one of the pre-filled text boxes and there was an option for "reset fields".  I clicked on that and it removed all suggested fields.  I hope this helps.

I reckon I have this sussed guys. I had the same issue tonight with a document with instructional steps. So.... switched to legacy mode and not more auto-recognised form fields. Give it a crack yourselves.

currently experiencing the same exact issue.

I am having the same issue it didn't use to do this. This is very annoying and needs to be fixed otherwise I'm going to have to start using a different e-sign service.

This latest build is pretty annoying, every time I try to delete an auto-detected field it re-adds it in the exact same spot. This feature needs to be fixed so we can disable auto-adding fields.