How do I move or delete text boxes in Acrobat DC?

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September 15, 2022
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I'm trying to edit the layout of a PDF in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC on Windows 11 and have spent DAYS trying to figure out how to move or delete text boxes. No matter what I do, the only thing Acrobat seems to allow is editing the text within a text box.

Let me be crystal clear: I am not asking how to edit text within a text box; every tutorial I could find on the subject seems only to talk about editing the actual text. What I'm asking is how to select a text box and either move it to a different position or delete it altogether. Photoshop, for example, has the text edit tool and the object selection tool; if Acrobat has a similar object selection tool, I'll be damned if I can find it.

Thanks in advance.

Correct answer alexander_duerregger

Hi! You can do that with the edit PDF Tool. You need to grad the box at the border to move it. I attached a Screen Recording where you can see what i am doing. (The software is in german but you should be able to find it)

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Daniel McIntosh

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its 2023 and I have the same question. acrobat has turned into the worst unusable bit of software. shocking

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alexander_duerreggerCorrect answer

Inspiring

Hi! You can do that with the edit PDF Tool. You need to grad the box at the border to move it. I attached a Screen Recording where you can see what i am doing. (The software is in german but you should be able to find it)

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J_lovestolearn

Participating Frequently

Gosh, Alexander, THANK YOU, though thats not working for me.
While Ive used Adobe things since 1985ish, this vers of Acrobat is driving me bonkers.

- I opened a PDF, used the edit function to create a text box with one character.
Then Im ABLE to get/see the move cursor, yet EVERY time I touch the text box I created, the cursor changes to the text cursor.
- I can EDIT the darned text, but cannot find a way to KEEP the cursor in its MOVE function with the dots on its corners, to MOVE the text box.
*Theres got to be a way. Any help, Very Appreciated --tyia!!!
Cant post a pic due to confidentiality, 😞

Amal.

Legend

Hi @EdTCS

++ Adding to the discussion

If its a PDF form and you have editing rights, open the PDF file > go to Tools > Prepare form and then you would be able to move or delete the text box.

Hope it will help

Regards

Amal