Delete auto fill data in Acrobat

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July 12, 2021
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When I'm filling out a fillable PDF, Acrobat automatically suggests info I've filled out before. Is there a way to delete some of the more sensitive info (ex. Social Security #) from Acrobat's memory?

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Correct answer jl203

None of these steps worked for me. I went to Menu -> Preferences -> Forms & deselected Automatically calculate field values, Show field preview when creating or editing form fields & Automatically detect Form fields. No past entries are showing up...at this time

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ProSidian

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I'm trying to send a adobe sign document and it has auto populated form fields for me to use, they are in the wrong place and incorrect. How do i remove the populated form fields and add my own?

Amal.

Community Manager

Hi @ProSidian

Hope you are doing well and thanks for reaching out.

Your issue is different from what is being discussed in this thread. Please start a new discussion here https://community.adobe.com/t5/adobe-acrobat-sign/ct-p/ct-adobe-sign?page=1&sort=latest_replies&lang=all&tabid=all

~Amal

Amal.

Community Manager

Hi Kazut

Hope you are doing well and sorry for the trouble.

The Auto-Complete feature stores any entries that you type in an interactive form field. Auto-Complete then suggests or even automatically enters responses that match your typing in other form fields. The suggestions appear in a pop-up menu, from which you can select a match. The Auto-Complete feature is off by default, so you must enable it in the forms preferences if you want to use it.

To remove an entry from the Auto-Complete memory, such as a misspelled entry that you found and corrected later, edit the list in the preferences.

Go to Edit (Win), Adobe Acrobat (Mac) > Preferences
Select Forms on the left.
Click Edit Entry List under Auto-Complete.
In the Auto-Complete Entry List dialog box, do one of the following, and then click Yes in the confirmation dialog box:
i) To remove all of the entries, click Remove All.
ii) To remove some of the entries, select the entries and click Remove. (Shift-click to select multiple adjacent entries; Ctrl-click to select multiple nonadjacent entries.)

Note: When you select an option in the Auto-Complete menu, a description of how it affects the Auto-Complete behavior appears in the text area below.

For more information please check out the help page : https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/filling-pdf-forms.html#auto_complete_forms_interactive_forms_only

Regards

Amal