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Moving Toolbars and Other Tools around on the Screen in Adobe DC

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
May 14, 2025
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In my new experience of Adobe, my All Tools toolbar is on the left side of the screen and the Zoom in/out feature and the Rotate page features are in the bottom right hand corner of the screen. I want to be able to move these. I want the All tools back on the Right side of the screen and I want the Zoom & Rotate features back at the top of the page. Is there anyway to do this? I see how to customize the toolbar, but I don't want that small toolbar. let me know if this is possible. Pics are attached in the word document below. thanks in advance.

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Correct answer Tariq Dar

Hi @louis_2454,

Thanks for reaching out, I understand the New Acrobat experience is a big change in terms of tools alignment.

If you want to learn more about this experience, you may visit this help page: https://adobe.ly/43lA3AR

Sadly, moving toolbars from left to right is not possible. To get to the existing experience, you need to disable the new experience. Please follow:

1. Go to the hamburger menu (Windows) or View (macOS) > Disable new Acrobat.

2. Select Restart to launch the new experience.

3. To return to your current experience, do one of the following:

Windows®: Select the hamburger menu, and then choose Disable new Acrobat.
macOS: Go to View > Disable new Acrobat.

Note: All new features and additions, like Acrobat AI assistant, will not be available to the classic experience.

~Tariq

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Christopher36834951ic72

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Most people are right-handed, moving the controls to the left is simply thoughtless. Personally, I prefer my menu of controls at the top, like just about every other desktop app. If I disable the new “experience” am actually disabling the new app? Will I lose other improved functionality?

Anand Sri Bhattacharya

Community Manager

Hello @Christopher36834951ic72

I hope you are doing well, and thanks for reaching out. We're sorry for the trouble.

Are you turning off the "new app"? No. "Disable new Acrobat" only switches the interface back to the classic experience, the traditional menu bar with tools on the right rather than the new left rail. It is the same installed Acrobat, same version; it does not uninstall anything, does not roll you back to an older build, and is fully reversible (hamburger menu on Windows, or View on macOS, then Enable new Acrobat). It only changes the layout and navigation," so you are toggling the UI, not downgrading the app.

On functionality: core features all stay, editing, comments, forms, sign, export, and printing work the same in the classic UI. The one trade-off is that some of the newest, redesigned features are being built to live only in the new experience (the AI Assistant), so those specific new-experience-only additions are not available while you are in classic.

On your actual point about the controls: in the new UI the toolbar sits on the left and there is no option to move it to the right. Disabling the new experience is the way to get the top menu bar and right-side tools back.

To learn more, please check this article: https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/learn-new-acrobat.html

You can use the Adobe Wish form to file a feature request with the product team as well about the controls: https://acrobat.uservoice.com/

I hope this helps, and please reach out if you need any assistance.

Regards,

Anand Sri.

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Christopher36834951ic72

Participant

Interesting, because Tariq Dar “Legend” stated (further down the chain):

Sadly, moving toolbars from left to right is not possible. To get to the existing experience, you need to disable the new experience. Please follow:

1. Go to the hamburger menu (Windows) or View (macOS) > Disable new Acrobat.

2. Select Restart to launch the new experience.

3. To return to your current experience, do one of the following:

Windows®: Select the hamburger menu, and then choose Disable new Acrobat.
macOS: Go to View > Disable new Acrobat.

Note: All new features and additions, like Acrobat AI assistant, will not be available to the classic experience.

MarieB82A

Participant

Thank you, but what the heck is the “hamburger” menu???

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stitchsds

Known Participant

That’s the three horizontal lines stacked like a hamburger.

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stitchsds

Known Participant

Adobe needs to stop moving tools around just to be moving stuff around. Why would anyone think the contents/menu/bookmarks should on the right side?

michelle_7777

Participant

Agreed! There was nothing wrong with the “old” setup, why does Adobe have to go and change things that are working perfectly fine for us?? If you are going to implement dramatic changes like this, at least allow us to move the screen back to the way we feel most comfortable working with the program, instead of forcing us to change just for the heck of it. Don’t forget, we pay you big $ for this application.

leo.r

Community Expert

@michelle_7777 see the correct answer here — you can disable the “new Acrobat”:

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Tariq DarCorrect answer

Legend

Hi @louis_2454,

Thanks for reaching out, I understand the New Acrobat experience is a big change in terms of tools alignment.

If you want to learn more about this experience, you may visit this help page: https://adobe.ly/43lA3AR

Sadly, moving toolbars from left to right is not possible. To get to the existing experience, you need to disable the new experience. Please follow:

1. Go to the hamburger menu (Windows) or View (macOS) > Disable new Acrobat.

2. Select Restart to launch the new experience.

3. To return to your current experience, do one of the following:

Windows®: Select the hamburger menu, and then choose Disable new Acrobat.
macOS: Go to View > Disable new Acrobat.

Note: All new features and additions, like Acrobat AI assistant, will not be available to the classic experience.

~Tariq

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louis_2454Author

Participant

Thanks Tariq. Going back to old experience isn't an option. New Work laptop so I guess I will have to get used to the new view. thanks for the response.

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