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August 8, 2023
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Disable Auto Update of Acrobat Reader on a Mac

  • August 8, 2023
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How do I disable the Auto Update for Acrobat Reader on my Mac. There is no option for this under Preferences.

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Known Participant
October 12, 2023

One related issue is that the new version of Adobe Reader has a major scroll bars problem (https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat-reader-discussions/how-to-enable-scroll-bar/td-p/7307609), and one workaround is to keep the previous version in place, for now. But this inability to turn off auto-update means we users are having to do manual reversions on an ongoing basis. Adobe really need to get a handle on both of these issues. 

AkanchhaS8194121
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August 8, 2023

Hi @Julia31541172rzli 

 

Hope you are doing well.

Adobe Acrobat Reader is set up for automatic updates by default. It does not provide any UI option in the preferences to control this setting.

IT Administrators can control the update settings using the Adobe Customization Wizard or the Windows Registry.

 

Thanks,

Akanchha

Participating Frequently
August 15, 2023

Sorry, not getting it. I am talking about my own Mac, I don't have an administrator. Is there any way I can stop the updates myself?

AkanchhaS8194121
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August 18, 2023

@Julia31541172rzli customization wizard has a Mac installer as well.

https://www.adobe.com/devnet-docs/acrobatetk/tools/Wizard/basics.html 

 

~Akanchha