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Mishbetzet2522743849pn
Jan 18, 2026 7:16 AM UTC
Question

unhide spread alert followed by crash in indesign

I experienced this alert and crash of Indesign during the last days and I can't work with thos files again.

I tried to open them in another computer with another Indesign version - but faced the same result: "unhide spread" followed Indesign crash

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    leo.r
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    leo.rCommunity Expert
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    Jan 18, 2026 2:19 PM UTC

     

    In addition to other suggestions:

     

    This seems like a known bug, here are some other threads that discuss it:

     

    https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/indesign-quot-unhide-spreads-quot-button-causes-crash-when-opening-file/m-p/15654052#M646359

    https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/unhide-spreads-button-crashes-on-opening-a-file/m-p/15423077#M631409

     

    You may find additional suggestions here, in particular to try the recent pre-release version.

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    Eugene TysonCommunity Expert
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    Jan 18, 2026 10:57 AM UTC

    In some cases you can bypass it by opening with Shift to disable scripts/plugins and immediately exporting to IDML. If you can briefly access the file, deleting the affected spread or forcing an IDML round-trip sometimes removes the corruption. If it crashes instantly across machines and versions, the file is likely unrecoverable without a backup.

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