Is it possible to completely customize Adobe Classic toolbars?

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August 30, 2025
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I have been using Adobe Pro for 20 years. I'm currently using Adobe Pro 2017 but I'm getting a lot of error messages lately which could be due to the fact that Adobe no longer supports this product. So I purchased Adobe Classic. I tried Adobe DC and I hate it for the very reason that I cannot customize it to MY needs whenn working with PDFs.

I need complete customization of the toolbars and the appearance. I need the bookmarks panel on the left side. I do not need most of the pre-set tools currently in the toolbars. Is this possible?

try67

Community Expert

I don't have direct experience with Acrobat Classic, but in the Subscription version you can turn off the new UI via Menu - Disable New Acrobat. That brings back the old UI, with the bookmarks panel on the left, customizing the toolbar, etc. Do you not have this option?

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kaattieAuthor

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No, and I saw that solution inside the discussion boards. No option to disable New Acrobat.

But why can't you customize the toolbar in general? None of the apparently permanent (cannot delete when customizing) are things I use regularly. I tried moving them to trash when customizing but it's not possible to get rid of them. How does that equal customizing??

try67

Community Expert

I can't answer that. I can customize my version of Acrobat just fine.

I do know that Adobe disabled this option in the free Reader, though, which is a big mistake, in my opinion, but that's their call.

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