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Paul2020
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March 10, 2026
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Disable "Fill and sign PDFs for Free" Windows notifications

  • March 10, 2026
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How do I disable the windows 11 notifications like “Fill and sign PDFs for free”? I know I can go into Settings and manually disable any Adobe apps in notifications, but how do I do this for all users preferably with a registry FeatureLockDown of some kind. 

I’m unsure if its only happening during updates or not, as I have autoupdates turned off. I update the app through intune.

I have Upsell and other similar features turned off, so its not that. 

Correct answer pmsrodrigues

To anyone affected by this new fresh hell brought on us by Adobe, you should be able to disable it by adding (or setting) the registry key Enabled (DWORD) to 0 in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Notifications\Settings\Adobe.Acrobat.Notification.Manager

 

Deploying this via a GPO as we speak.

 

 

 

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pmsrodrigues
pmsrodrigues
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March 11, 2026

I joined to say that I also saw this notification just now on one of my hospitals computers while servicing it. It is in Swedish, but it is the same notification:

 

 

 

    AnandSri
    AnandSri
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    March 10, 2026

    Hello @Paul2020

     

    I hope you are doing well, and thank you for reaching out.

    Could you please share a screenshot of the message or notification related to Fill and Sign PDFs for free? Are you using the paid version of the Acrobat desktop app or the free Acrobat Reader desktop app?

     

    If this is a Windows system-level notification, and not in the product, then there is no registry to disable the notifications. We're here to help; just need more information.

     

    Regards,

    Anand Sri.

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    Paul2020Author
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    March 10, 2026

    It is a windows notification, but Adobe Acrobat is the one generating it. Microsoft doesn’t just advertise third party apps on their own. 

    This is using Reader, though not sure it matters given the ad doesn’t exactly ask you to subscribe. 

    There needs to be a way to disable this without every user having to manually go into settings. 

     

     

    pmsrodrigues
    pmsrodriguesCorrect answer
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    March 11, 2026

    To anyone affected by this new fresh hell brought on us by Adobe, you should be able to disable it by adding (or setting) the registry key Enabled (DWORD) to 0 in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Notifications\Settings\Adobe.Acrobat.Notification.Manager

     

    Deploying this via a GPO as we speak.

     

     

     

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