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How to disable "recommended tools" and "Get inspired…" banners on launch?

Forum|Forum|8 months ago
September 26, 2025
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How do I stop Acrobat from displaying these annoying and instrusive banners whenever I open Acrobat on my Mac?

I feel like I'm running crappy adware…

Modern Acrobat

Correct answer Tariq Ahmad Dar

Hi @Studio GAAR,

This is as designed behavior.

If you are not interested in any of these new features.
You may choose to disable New Acrobat. To disable, go to View > Disable New Acrobat to revert to the classic interface.

Note that this will turn off some newer features, so it's worth weighing the trade-off.
More details here: https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/desktop/get-started/preferences-and-settings/switch-new-acrobat.html

Feel free to let us know if you have further questions.

~Tariq

yagerman

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How do I remove this annoying content (.e, Curated spaces). I did not pay to be bombarded with unwanted content. I am considering cancelling my subscription.

Jamison64

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Whoops.. miss that one. It was already stated. Cudos Pkeshtgani

Jamison64

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You can remove 'Get Inspired..' via Preferences / Generative Ai > Untick Show Ai Video cards

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pkeshtgani

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you can remove it by going to perference > generative ai > uncheck it all!

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kirk_3387

Participant

In continuous release version 2025.001.20756 there does not appear to be a preferences entry for Generative AI. However, while looking for that (again) I did find a way to get rid of this visual pollution. In Menu, under View, select "Disable new Acrobat". Et viola!

https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/desktop/get-started/preferences-and-settings/switch-new-acrobat.html

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kirk_3387

Participant

Our Acrobat was installer was modifed by the Customizarion Wizard. Our IT department may have removed the Generative AI options in the app. Regardless, disabling "New Acrobat" does the trick, as long as you won't miss any of the other features.

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Klaus35396149iu92

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I am paying for Adobe Acrobat; but it feels like it is finaced by advertisements. I have never seen so many annoying popups.

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kirk_3387

Participant

I have this request too. I would really like to disable the "Get inspired by curated PDF Spaces" banner. It smacks of MS putting Solitaire on enterprise licensed Windows 11.

Meenakshi_Negi

Legend

Hi rcostain,

Thank you for reaching out, and sorry about the trouble caused.

There is no default option in Acrobat to remove these banners. We will check with the team to see if they can be removed and share the correct information.

We appreciate your response.

Thanks,

Meenakshi

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Studio GAAR

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Hi Meenakshi, any update on this?

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Tariq Ahmad Dar

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Hi @Studio GAAR,

This is as designed behavior.

If you are not interested in any of these new features.
You may choose to disable New Acrobat. To disable, go to View > Disable New Acrobat to revert to the classic interface.

Note that this will turn off some newer features, so it's worth weighing the trade-off.
More details here: https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/desktop/get-started/preferences-and-settings/switch-new-acrobat.html

Feel free to let us know if you have further questions.

~Tariq

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