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Acrobat Pro unable to delete or cut in edit mod, starting Aug 26, 2026

  • August 27, 2026
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Acrobat Pro stopped being able to remove anything from a page either using delete or cut yesterday. It does not give any error message, the object just doesn’t go away; when deleting (either with keyboard key or with right-click menu) it acts as if you never gave the command, and when cutting (either with ctrl-X or with right-click menu) it copies the object to the clipboard but doesn’t remove the original. This is only for trying to delete objects, the delete pages function is still working fine. I noticed this starting yesterday afternoon, and a Reddit thread was started this morning where five other users (at the time of my writing this post) are complaining of having the same issue today.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Acrobat/comments/1vztnqq/unable_to_delete_objects_using_edit/

I use the edit function of Acrobat Pro nearly everyday at work and have done so for many years, this is a brand new problem as of yesterday afternoon. I am running Acrobat Pro version 2026.001.21789 | 64-bit on a Windows 11 machine, and this started around 2-3pm Pacific time yesterday (Wednesday August 26).

    Correct answer Meenakshi Negi

    Hi fierce_Hero29da,

     

    Thank you for reaching out, and sorry for the trouble this may have caused.

    This has been fixed. If you are still experiencing the issue, please try relaunching the application twice, then keep it open for approximately one minute. This will apply the backend changes and resolve the issue.

    Also, try to update the application to the latest version 26.002.21869 released today. In Acrobat, go to Menu  > Help > Check for updates. For more information, refer to the following help page: 26.002.21869 Planned update.

     

    If you still experience the same, let us know.

     

    Thanks,

    Meenakshi

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    August 27, 2026

    We must have posted the same question at the same time! I too am having the issue!