How can I turn off permanently the bookmarks panel in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC 2021

[default65jmig9yzaom]

How can I turn off permanently the bookmarks panel in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC 2021?

I cannot find any solution that work for this newest version on google.

Thank you for your help.

[David322883973tin]

It is incredibly annoying, why "Restore last view settings when reopening documents" was removed in the latest version stumps me.

[David322883973tin]

I have the bookmarks bar opening every time on every PDF including PDFs that have nothing in the bookmarks. 

[Mandy5D22]

1. Open a PDF
2. Right click in that open PDF document
3. Choose bottom item in dropdown menu _ “ document properties”
4. Select “Initial view” tab
5. Then in “Layout and magnification – navigation tab”
6. Select “Page Only”
7. Confirm “OK”

This appears to have cleared/turned off the Bookmark Panel totally!

[jane-e]

Select Initial view tab

By @Mandy5D22

@Mandy5D22 

The settings in Initial View are only for the current document — not for all future documents

Jane

[Mandy5D22]

this worked for me, I opened multiple PDFs in different locations in the last 3 days and all have opened without the bookmark pane. 

[Exciting_precision5E86]

THANK YOU @Mandy5D22! These steps worked for me 12Feb24. This had been driving me bonkers!

[David37922481ybb4]

Just installed latest Adobe Acrobat Reader, 6/08/24, there is NO  "Initial View" tab.

[try67]

Correct. You need Acrobat for that, not the free Reader.

[Georgios38003402lfrn]

Same here... Adobe is getting more complicated and less user friendly every time there is an update...

[Vicky38413659qqv0]

When the opening a PDF file and it's secure that option won't be available. So the solution people are posting isn't working for me either. I work with a team which everyone is annoyed by the bookmark panel always opening because we don't need it. We look at more than 100 of documents a day which non of them require us to look at the bookmark. Our PDF file is secured by our employer for different reasons. I've been reading on how to close, hide, turn off the bookmark tab futur documents that's always opening but no option is done for us and believe me the users NEED THIS. You have no clue how frustrating this is! Just to be more precise the document we are opening has about 20 to 30 pages so option of remembering in preferences what the -document -open setting(-restore last view settings when reopening documents) check box is not an option that works for us because we need every document to open on the First page and this remembers what EVER page you close or left the futur document will open that page. User wants max screen page without all the panels right or left to be opened when all we want to see is the document information. I work with Acrobat reader and Acrobat Pro and both have the same issue of not having the bookmark panel hidden when opening futur documents.

[Russ37952282plf6]

Option is not present in my PDF.

[anthony_5738]

This DID work.  Any document I now open doesn't have the bookmarks opening!    Why I don't know.  Thank you Mandy

[Balakrishna]

Click on bookmark icon on the right hand side panel. Bookmark panel will not open next time you open any document.

[Peter33629042hkj0]

Oh yes it does!  This doesn't work.  Very anoying! 

[Peter33654008hure]

Is it possible to open pdf documents stored on hard drive in Read mode (Ctrl+H) by default? That would turn off all panes at once.

I need to review a lot of pdf documents and having to press Ctrl+H every time I open a pdf document is just annoying. There should be a way to set this for all pdf documents by default at once.

Thanks for help.

[J34538704dm2b]

Try Steve's reply above + my reply for tools

[danf67557821]

None of this works.  The only reason the PDFs are opening up without the bookmarks is because you've already saved them without the bookmarks.  Jane is correct above.

[danf67557821]

Looks like a registry hack might work.  Good luck with that, as Obama said to Lin-Manuel Miranda for Hamilton!

[Michael26670610oel2]

I would like to get a chromosome count on these app developers. They certainly don't know how to use them or they wouldn't keept putting in these stupid features.

[tim36836707u1gm]

This is such an annoyance, yet so easy for Adboe to fix for us, they clearly do not care. Why should I have to "print" the PDF just to get this idiotic bookmake pane to stop opening. Please, Adobe, FIX THIS. I cant do anything about what program my employer provides or I would drop Adobe immediately over this. 

[David37922481ybb4]

With what ever version was current on 6/08/24, I could NOT get bookmarks to stay closed on any document.   Under preferences I "disabled New Acrobat experience" (disabled the disaster) ...... and now bookmarks can be hidden.

Good grief.

[David37922481ybb4]

Spoke too soon ....... I have to disable bookmarks for every single document I open ... but that is remembered.   Good grief.   I wish Adobe developers would be forced to read these complaints each time they opened any application on thier PCs. 

[Tammi L]

Thank you for this,  it worked on mine.  Try asking a tech and that was painful.  Thanks!

[andrei_3865]

Worked for me, Thank you! They just change things for the sake of changing things. I hope their coffee is always cold and their computers always laggy 

[CalmBlueSkies]

Go to File and click on Disable New Acrobat. The All Tools and Bookmarks no longer display when I open PDFs. I should note, however, I canceled my subscription awhile ago. For subscribers, I don't know whether you'll experience any adverse effects. I don't see an option to Enable New Acrobat. That's another can of worms.