How can I manage or delete the text suggestions in a text box? (English)

[arne-steffen_6034]

Hi,

I am using Acrobat 2024.002.20964 on the MAC.

When I insert a text box and enter a text, I get text suggestions through a dropdown, which were probably used in the past. (see picture).

I have the following problems with it:

• There is an x to delete an entry but, when I click on it, the suggestion is there again the next time.
• if I make a new entry that does not exist in the list, it is not saved in the drop-down list
• So I constantly have the same suggestions that are no longer useful to me, I can neither delete them permanently nor add new ones.
• The problem persists when I uninstall and reinstall Acrobat using the uninstaller.

Where can I manage these entries?

Within Acrobat or by editing or deleting a library file?

I look forward to your help!
Steffen.

[try67 · Accepted solution]

Go to Edit (or click the Menu button if you're using the new UI) - Preferences - Forms and click the Edit Entry button under Auto-Complete. You can also disable it entirely from there:

[arne-steffen_6034]

[try67 · Accepted solution]

Go to Edit (or click the Menu button if you're using the new UI) - Preferences - Forms and click the Edit Entry button under Auto-Complete. You can also disable it entirely from there:

[try67]

I'm seeing now the screenshot you posted... This does not look like a text field. Is this a static text box? A comment? Something else?

[arne-steffen_6034]

I use this box (for a comment while signing invoices).

The Auto-Complete is Off and, when I activate it, 'Edit Entry List' remains disabled.. In the Box, no suggestions are listed... 😞

[Bernd Alheit · Accepted solution]

Open https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/home/ in a web browser and change the settings of your account:

[arne-steffen_6034]

Thank you for your hint, but, unfortunately, it doesn't help. 

[GreenBeanCounter]

It didn't help at first after saving the changes to my online account Settings, but then I signed out of my Adobe account on my local device (not my Internet browser), signed back in, and those annoying popups had stopped. So far, so good.

Been looking for a solution to this problem for months.