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How to Hide 'T' Icons on Frames in Adobe InDesign 2026

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I understand what they're there for, but Its really distracting when Im trying to layout a page. I know I can hide them when I hide my guides - but I need my guides to work with. Thank you.

Dave Creamer of IDEASCorrect answer

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You can hide frame edges (View > Extras menu) if you just want to hide the icon.

The icon indicates that alternative text has been automatically added to the photo. If you don’t want that feature, turn off the Generative AI preferences.

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The automatic Alt Text ‘feature’ serves no valuable purpose as far as I can see.

To remove all Alt Text from all frames (ungrouped), you can use this AppleScript:

tell application id "com.adobe.InDesign"

tell active document

set mgFrames to every page item

repeat with j from 1 to (count of mgFrames)

set mgFrame to page item j

set custom alt text of object export options of mgFrame to ""

end repeat

end tell

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Great script. Worked like a charm. The problem with the (T) icon is that, once it’s in your document, turning off AI generation in your prefs, doesn’t remove them. But you script does. 👍

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Dave Creamer of IDEAS

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The latest version of InDesign has a feature to remove all AI generated alt text.

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Dave Creamer of IDEAS

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You can hide frame edges (View > Extras menu) if you just want to hide the icon.

The icon indicates that alternative text has been automatically added to the photo. If you don’t want that feature, turn off the Generative AI preferences.

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Hi Dave,

Thanks for replying so quickly. Hiding frame edges worked.

I tried turning off the AI generative selections bu that didn't seem to do anything. I restarted etc, no difference.

Im on iMac Pro Sequoia,15.7.4, Indesign 2026 if that helps.

But you gave me a solution so I can live with frames hidden. Thanks again!

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Dave Creamer of IDEAS

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Turning off the preference won’t affect the existing images, just new imports. You will have to remove that alt text from the Object > Object Export Options menu/dialog box.

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