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Inspiring
February 19, 2026
Question

How do I revert the ripple edit tool back to how it worked before the recent 2026 updates?

  • February 19, 2026
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It used to be the case that if I wanted to trim something out from the start of a clip that was already on the timeline, and not have to lock any of the other tracks, I could just move my playhead to where I wanted the clip to start, then Ctrl/Cmd+Click on the current in-point of the clip, and then drag it to the playhead, where it would snap. Everything would stay exactly where it was until I’d let go of the mouse button. At which point the gap would close and everything on those tracks would ripple along. 

But now, since updating to 26.0.1, for some unknown reason, when I try to use the ripple edit tool in the same way, everything ripples across in real time, which makes it almost impossible to see where my desired in-point is, unless I first put a marker on the footage first (which even then sometimes doesn't work, because sometimes the markers disappear when the ripple tool is in use). Or, I just move the in-point to where I want it, then click the gap and delete it.

I just don’t understand why this needed to change? It worked perfectly fine as it was. What problem was being solved here? 

Yes, I know there are half a dozen other ways to work around this. But they invariably involve having to lock tracks, or do added steps, like setting in and out points, or cutting clips and ripple deleting unwanted sections, adding unnecessary markers to the clips. Why should I have to do any of this? Why have you taken a process that worked perfectly fine and pointlessly made it more convoluted?

9 replies

kre57
Inspiring
March 16, 2026

I’m in complete agreement. I often trim using the audio waveform as my guide. This change makes it much more difficult, especially with the gray time/duration box hiding the waveform. How do the employees who allow these changes keep their jobs?

Participant
March 14, 2026

This was one of the most useful tools in my workflow - I’ve been using Premiere for over 20 years - but now it’s completely useless.  There is no longer frame-accurate precision and using the split-screen monitor to try to determine the new in point instead of the main monitor is impossible for detalied work, especially on small screens.  

 

I won’t go so far as to question the sanity of offering this new functionality. But getting rid of the existing functionality was a terrible decision and is a huge step backward. 

 

If Adobe is going to continue to raise subscription prices while industry rates are falling, they are going to have to do better than this or loose market share.  

Michael Elmkjær Madsen
Known Participant
March 12, 2026

Completely messed up my workflow the other day. The level of absolute incompetence by UX team (or probably their “management”):
 IF you want to implement such AN ABSOLUTE GIGANTIC CHANGE THAT COMPLETELY RUINS DECADES OF MUSCLE MEMORY FOR THOUSANDS of editors - you make a quite anouncement when you open the app - saying: “heres something new” want to try it? And you can so “no” im quite content with the way things work. Or just making a god damn unchecked tick box in the preferences. 
This-is-so-basic. 
How can you EVEN BEGIN TO contemplate COMPLETELY change CORE behavior in a professional app without spending 30 secs discussing getting basic groundrules for deployment? 
This is not the first time - Adobe, why cant you get the most basic simple stuff right?
What a dumpsterfire of incompetence by people with no real life long time professional experience using this as their playground for their ill concieved whimsical ideas of ux “improvements” .
So me and every other tech writer will rightfully scream “bloody murder” and make a stink about it in all the professional forums and at some point Adobe fix their oversigt. 
“If it aint broken, Dont fix it” 
and
“if you dont know how to do something, you probably shouldn’t be doing it” 
So pretty please, with sugar on top 
THINK BEFORE YOU BREAK CORE FUNCTIONALITY IN YOUR OWN APP 

 

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Community Expert
March 13, 2026

But the core functionality isn’t broken. You can achieve the same result. 

Participant
March 4, 2026

Yep. I have wasted an awful lot of time on this unheralded change, with no workaround. V annoying !

lflegg
Inspiring
February 26, 2026

a LOT of us are over in Reddit sharing our frustrations over this horrible change to Premiere, which I’ve not seen anyone (except Adobe staff) excited about. 

I really hope they have the humility to change it back. It’s all the most experienced and professional editors who are most bothered by it:

https://www.reddit.com/r/premiere/comments/1qv6kpi/the_ripple_edit_action_sucks_now/

Participant
February 21, 2026

I am also struggling and it is quite annoying to use ripple edit tool now. Earlier I used to place my playhead from where I want to ripple delete using ripple tool and clip used to shift along side and snap to the playhead but not now. Please fix this adobe. 

Community Expert
February 20, 2026

I don’t understand why they didn’t document this change as it is a big one. I think it’s better as you can see in real time exactly what is happening as you Ripple trim. 

lflegg
Inspiring
February 26, 2026

May I ask - are you a professional editor, or you just dabble in it a bit for a hobby?

Not implying anything, I’m just interested to know, as 95% of the negative reactions to this change have been more experienced, professional editors.

Community Expert
February 27, 2026

I’ve been doing it awhile if you must know. It’s the feature changes that people don't like is what they take to the internet to talk about it and often complain. I would say that most professional editors don't click and drag to do precise trimming in the timeline. They use keyboard shortcuts and dynamic trimming. Like many big feature changes, it's the shock of the change that is most frustrating, but as I said before, seeing the trim move in context of the whole timeline is how every other modern editor works. Relying on making a trim by dragging your mouse to a waveform peak, while it can be useful, is not the only way to trim. 

I would encourage you to make use of the Trim Forward, Trim Backwards, Trim Forward Many, and Trim Backward Many keyboard shortcuts as another way, and perhaps more precise way, to trim. 

Ann Bens
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 19, 2026

Don't like this new behavior either.

mraven92
Participant
February 19, 2026

I’m wondering the same thing. Absolutely horrible change.