How to remove the standards icon in the navigation pane for a document?

[leosantare]

I have a document that displays the standards icon in the navigation pane. How do I remove it from the navigation pane? Please see screenshots below. One document does not have the standards icon in the navigation pane and the other one does.

[leosantare]

[try67 · Accepted solution]

Don't save it as a PDF/A file (or something similar).

[Test Screen Name]

There are a number of icons which appear only if they are relevant. In this case, if the file claims conformance to PDF/A or PDF/X standards, the icon appears. It's a time saver to save needing to click to check.

[leosantare]

How do I edit the document so that the standards icon does not appear?

[Test Screen Name]

Sorry, this makes no sense to me. Saving a PDF to a standard shows care and attention to detail, a commitment to making a good quality PDF. What specifically do you dislike about the standards icon?

[leosantare]

Is there a way to remove the standards icon from the document? If so, how do I do it?

[Bernd Alheit]

This icon is not part of the document!

Why want you remove it?

[leosantare]

The icon is showing up because of the document. All my other documents don't have the standards icon, which is why I want to remove it from this particular document. 

How do I remove it?

[leosantare]

Does anyone know how? Where else can I get support?

[try67]

Use the Preflight tool to run the "Remove PDF/A Information" profile, then save the file under a new name.

[Test Screen Name]

Better to just learn what it's for. Or accept that it sometimes appears and ignore it. Can't imagine Adobe would give an option to remove such a valuable tool. 

[leosantare]

Thanks for the help try67. 

When I verify the conformance, it fails.

How exactly do I "remove the PDF/A information profile" in the Preflight tool?

[leosantare]

Don't ask me how or why, but I just re-downloaded the document and it no longer has the standards icon in the navigation pane. Problem solved! 

[try67]

I don't think you used the right profile...