InDesign only allows one undo

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January 28, 2026
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The latest version on InDesign was not working on our Windows 11 systems: it either wouldn’t launch or when using it, text will disappear in text boxes (even though it is still there) and the Undo action only performs one or two undos. Uninstalled and went back to InDesign version 20.5.1 which appeared to work fine until today: now I am having the same undo problem. Tested in a brand new document.

It should be noted that coworkers with Macs are not having this issue.

I saw a previous post that said this could be fixed by unchecking the GPU option in preferences, but that is NOT checked in mine (it is greyed out because it says it does not detect a compatible device).

It is almost impossible to work knowing you only have one undo, please advise how to fix this!

Mejor respuesta de Abhishek Rao

Hi @jessicah0316,

Sorry to hear you’re running into this. I understand how disruptive it can be when Undo stops working properly.

If the expert suggestion didn’t help and you’re still seeing the issue, could you please check this similar thread and confirm if the behavior matches what you’re experiencing:
https://community.adobe.com/questions-671/indesign-21-2-undo-greyed-out-and-history-panel-blank-on-macos-tahoe-and-ventura-1551926?postid=7543173#post7543173

If it does match, please note that we already have a bug logged for this and the product team is actively working on a fix. In the meantime, the following workarounds have helped some users on macOS: reverting to InDesign version 21.1.0 and restarting InDesign or the system temporarily restores the Undo functionality.

To help move this forward, it would really help if you could share the requested information in the response here:
https://community.adobe.com/questions-671/indesign-21-2-undo-greyed-out-and-history-panel-blank-on-macos-tahoe-and-ventura-1551926?postid=7543173#post7543173

Your help in sharing the requested details would really help us investigate this further.

Looking forward to your update.

Abhishek