Symbols breaking apart when moved in Illustrator

Forum|Forum|6 months ago
October 30, 2025
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Subject says it all. I use symbols OFTEN for tech pack creation. When moving these symbols, all the elements break apart. I have been using a 1+ year old version of Illustator that seems to be OK, but that version is no longer available to download in the CC options.

Please focus less on Ai, and fix these core bugs in your expensive software.

Anubhav M

Community Manager

Hello @Too_Many_Words

I’m sorry to hear you’re having similar trouble with Illustrator. I was able to replicate the problem with the provided sample file. Kindly allow me some time to check this with the team.

Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have more questions or need assistance. We’d be happy to help.
Anubhav

Monika Gause

Community Expert

Is that still happening after rebooting the computer and resetting the Illustrator preferences?

Is that also happening in a new file with new symbols?

If so, can you please post a test file?

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Too_Many_Words

Participant

Yes, it keeps happening all the time with symbols from a lot of files and origins. Also with new ones. Only when I move them with alt and shift pressed, it seems not to occur, but that is random.

Test file too many words.ai

Kurt Gold

Community Expert

Based on your sample file I can reproduce the unusual behaviour.

Probably a bug, not easy to inspect.

Can you share a newly created file that contains only one (nested) symbol suffering from the shifting?

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