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Jun 19, 2024 2:35 PM UTC
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Huge Red Box around my artboard... what is it and how do i get rid of it?

Every time I open a new document/artboard (File > New), I have this huge red outline around my artboard.  Then, when I save things, it is saving it as the red box is my artboard edges, so everything I save ends up very small.  What is this and how do I get rid of it/keep it from populating when starting new?

Ares Hovhannesyan
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Community Expert
Jun 19, 2024 3:19 PM UTC

It seems that you have bleeds active. You can reset it when creating a new document in New document Panel or if you open a new document you can reset them from Document Setup.

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Thamarai
Participant
Jun 10, 2026 2:38 AM UTC

O MY GOSH THANK YOU!!! I wasted so much time trying to figure this out!!

10000 thank yous!

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Ares Hovhannesyan
Community Expert
Ares HovhannesyanCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
Jun 19, 2024 3:19 PM UTC

It seems that you have bleeds active. You can reset it when creating a new document in New document Panel or if you open a new document you can reset them from Document Setup.

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Participant
Jun 19, 2024 3:32 PM UTC

This fixed it!  I have no idea how the settings got changed.  Thank you so much!  

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