Adoba Acrobat Reader: How to remove permanently Bookmarks and Tools

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Hi @Rahzel 

Hope you are doing well and thanks for taking the time to share your feedback.Having panels you didn't ask for pop open every single time is genuinely disruptive, especially if you just want to quickly read a document.

This is actually controllable, and a few users miss this setting because it's tucked away. Before you fully switch, here's how to stop the Bookmarks and Tools panels from auto-opening:

To prevent the Bookmarks panel from auto-opening:

1. Open any PDF in Acrobat Reader.

2. If the Bookmarks panel is currently open, click the Bookmarks icon on the left sidebar to close it.

3. Go to Preferences (Ctrl,Cmd+K).

4. Select Documents from the left-hand category list.

5. Under "Open Settings," find the option "Restore last view settings when reopening documents"  make sure this is unchecked if you don't want it remembering panel states per-document.

6. Click OK.

To collapse the Tools panel on the right:

1. Click the small arrow/chevron on the right edge of the Tools panel to collapse it.

2. Once collapsed, Acrobat should remember this state for subsequent opens.

3. If it keeps reopening, go to View > Show/Hide > Tools Pane and toggle it off.

One more thing worth knowing: Some PDFs are saved by their authors with certain panels set to open automatically this is baked into the file itself, not Acrobat's default behavior. If it only happens with specific PDFs, that's likely why.

If you've already tried these and it's still not sticking, could you let us know:

• Which version of Acrobat Reader you're on? (Help > About Adobe Acrobat Reader)

• Windows or Mac, and which version?

That'll help us to further investigate the issue.

Regards

Amal