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March 26, 2018
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Brush tool disappeared in illustrator

  • March 26, 2018
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I have a problem with illustrator. All of the sudden my brush and pencil tool icon disappeared from the toolbar. I also can't activate them by using the keynote (b). I reset the workspace setting, quit en restarted illustrator and I'm certainly not in capslock mode. I can see the brushes menu though but by clicking on one of the options my pointer won't change. Where did it go??

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    Ton Frederiks
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    May 10, 2018

    Looks like you are using an older version of Illustrator.

    Which version and what System are you using?

    Did you try to update to a more recen version?

    Inspiring
    May 10, 2018

    https://forums.adobe.com/people/Ton+Frederiks  wrote

    Looks like you are using an older version of Illustrator.

    Which version and what System are you using?

    Did you try to update to a more recen version?

    There "CCLibrary" seems at the right panel.

    Is it possible to be on a CS version?

    Monika Gause
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    May 10, 2018

    "older" doesn't need to be a CS version. This one doesn't have the puppet warp, so it might not be the current version.

    twaritar3263062
    Participating Frequently
    May 10, 2018

    Hi Noor,

    As Monika suggested, preference reset should have done that. Here is more information on resetting preferences to defaults How to set preferences in Illustrator

    Kindly update the discussion if the issue is resolved or you need further assistance with it.

    Regards

    Twarita

    Anna Lander
    Inspiring
    March 26, 2018

    share please the screenshot, how it looks now

    Participant
    March 27, 2018

    Hi! This is how it looks now. Thanks for the reply!!

    Monika Gause
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    March 27, 2018

    You already restarted the computer?

    Can you try resetting preferences?

    If that does not work: uninstall, run the Adobe Cleaner tool, reinstall.