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Disable "Bookmarks" Side Panel whenever opening a PDF

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I would like the "Bookmarks" panel to NOT open when I first open an Adobe PDF. How do I accomplish this?

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Right click on right bar where you see bookmark with other icons and select “UNPIN BOOKMARK”, and close bookmark pane manually. it wont open bydefault again when you open pdf. Problem solved.

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Afraz

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Dave Creamer of IDEAS

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Your preference setting will affect documents that have their settings at default.

If the PDF is set to open the bookmarks pane, it will open. As long as the document does not have password protection, you can close the panel, change the Document Properties, and save the PDF. You should you be able to set up an action for this if you deal with a lot of PDFs.

If you have control over the PDF settings in the original program, turn off the option to make bookmarks or at least, not to open the pane by default.

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lilbitx_9544

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I can’t fill the forms out

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Dave Creamer of IDEAS

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By @lilbitx_9544

Is this post even connected to the original problem of disabling the bookmarks pane?

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VladNJ

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As requested by Tariq, I am attaching a screenshot of the Bookmarks example and the About (to show you the Reader

Your operating system ==> Windows 10 Pro
Does this happen with all PDFs or only specific ones? ==> Most of them

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thanay_1780

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Hi,

Any update on this, I spend half of my day on this only to realize it cannot be done.

Regars,

Thanay

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Tariq Dar

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Hi, @thanay_1780 - currently, there are no updates.
I have reported this issue to our product engineering team as a bug. However, Acrobat is, by design, built to open the Bookmarks panel if it is set to open the panel in file properties > Initial view settings.

Also, I have considered @VladNJ and @Gregg36436373lk5u's comments that even if they close the Panel, it will still launch next time, considering "Restore last view settings when reopening documents" is in place. This preference will be overridden if the document "Initial view" is set to launch the Bookmarks panel.

Could you shed some light on whether your documents have "Initial View" set to launch the Bookmarks panel?

To know more about the Initial view, please visit this page: https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/viewing-pdfs-viewing-preferences.html

Thank you for your patience and support

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VladNJ

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I appreciate your suggestions @BarlaeDC @Tariq Ahmad but this inquiry is to disable Bookmark window from appering for all documents and not just one specific document.

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Tariq Dar

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Thank you for sharing the feedback, @VladNJ.

Please ensure your copy of Adobe Acrobat is updated, to check for any pending updates, launch Acrobat > Help > Check For Updates.

You may try resetting Acrobat Preferences, ensure Acrobat is closed: https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat-discussions/how-to-reset-acrobat-preference-settings-to-default/m-p/4792082

If possible, please record your screen while trying to reproduce the issue upload the recording to any Cloud drive, and share the link with us.

Also, Help us with the Acrobat version installed on your machine: https://adobe.ly/4jLLoBu

Thank you for your continued feedback, patience and support.

~Tariq

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Nasib36431047rban

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1. open one pdf document
2. View>show/hide>Tool pane
3. click "restart" application

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VladNJ

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This recommendation does not turn it off permanently, but only for that instance (might as well click on the x box)

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Tariq Dar

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Hi @VladNJ,

Thank you for reaching out with your question.
Sadly, it can be turned off permanently. This panel is driven by app preference and document property.

Here is the app preference you may want to check:

Launch Acrobat
Go to Preferences> Documents. Keyboard shortcut (Cmd + K) Mac and (Ctrl+K) Wins.
Select "Restore last view settings when reopening documents"
Click "OK"
Open a PDF file.
Close the bookmarks panel.
Save and close the PDF file.
The next time you open the same document you should have the bookmarks panel closed

Let us know if you have further questions.

~Tariq

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