Adobe Acrobat pro - 2024 - how to remove stupid floating tool bar

[Alexandra37567304iyx7]

I have just been FORCED to install the most updated Pro version of Adobe.  IT IS THE PITS.

I am using version 2024.002.20759 Windows desktop version.

How can i remove this ridiculous floating tool bar?  It's so frustrating and gets in the way of working with a document.  It's pure distraction and frustration and completely distracts you from getting your work done because you have to keep moving it.

A few other things i'd like to see if can be mitigated:

1.  Bookmarks panel back to the left hand side

2. Tools panel back to the right hand side

3.  display contrast - grey on grey is the least visually friendly and excludes people with low vision

4.  stop the stupid pop up when you scroll over a picture or object in a PDF doc - why is this needed?

This is just one hour of using this, i can only imagine what other annoying 'upgrades' are yet to be found.

Any advice on how to fix these nonsensical features will be greatly appreciated!

Thank you community!

[try67 · Accepted solution]

Menu - Disable New Acrobat

[Alexandra37567304iyx7]

YOU ARE MY HERO!  Thank you so much!  HURRAH!  life is good, and efficient again 🙂

You have saved my sanity try67

[Scott3651392730al]

Thank you so much!  I was getting very frustrated with the new layout and it was holding back my productivity.  I wish software designers would consider end users.  It seems to be a growing trend that software companies change things just to change things which can actually degrade software.  As we say in the automotive industry, you just cannot move the steering wheel to the oppisite side of the car just because you think it looks better.

[wcalesso]

Saved the day, thanks!

[lizm29655412]

Thank you @try67! I am rescued! WHY why why did Adobe make this product sooo much worse with this dumb update??  Grateful for the rollback option. Phew.

[SHLMemphis]

Absolutely annoying, Thank you, this answer made my time in front of my computer so much easier, my ADHD was in Hyper Drive trying to figure out how to get rid of it.

[megan_8066]

Same ! Me too! Like who does not make it possible to move it back to the top or the side. And the new commenting... that needs fixed too!

[probo_kan]

Thanks for this tip!

Just in case I do want to go back to New Acrobat, how would I go about it?

[try67]

View - Enable New Acrobat

[eddie_7746]

So obvious but so hidden. Thanks a million. They must have known that the stupid "updated" version would NOT be popular to have included a "Go back to the good version" menu option. What were they thinking ? ? ?

[Emma28881026bdis]

Absolute Genious!. ..Thank you. That program was a pain and a half..

[runwell2017]

Thank you, 1000x.

[laura_8157]

I recently upgraded to this horrible version but your solution isn't available to me. Do you access online or on your desktop?

[Lettysh]

I cannot understand why this toolbar was placed without an option to remove it. It is really a pest to deal with. I guess uninstalling the new Acrobat will have to be the solution until Adobe listens to its clients.

[Stacey254319821n0p]

Thank you!  New Adobe is sooooooooo irritating.