Open documents in separate windows.

Report · Apr 17, 2023

My Acrobat Pro must've just updated, and I am no longer able to choose to open documents in seperate windows. This option appears to have disappeared from the preferences. Does anyone know how this can be switched back on? I cannot stand having to view docs in tabs within the same window. the version is 2023.001.20143 for MAC.

Report · Jan 17, 2025

Hi all,

This is to update you that the feature is available in Acrobat now. If it is disabled, please check this preference.

The preferences settings control how the application behaves whenever you use it; they are not associated with any particular PDF document.

1. To access the Preferences dialog, choose the hamburger menu(Windows) > Preferences or Acrobat / Adobe Acrobat > Preferences (macOS).
2. In the Preference's dialog box's left pane, select General, then uncheck the "Open documents as new tabs in the same window(requires relaunch)"

3. Click Ok

4. Relaunch Acrobat

To know more about opening documents: https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/opening-pdfs.html

Let us know if that helps.

~Tariq

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Report · Apr 18, 2023

Hi Aaron29456127wk5g,

Thank you for reaching out and reporting this.

The team is aware of this issue and working on the fix.

We will update you once the fill is available.

We appreciate your patience.

Thanks,

Meenakshi

Report · Apr 18, 2023

Following, thank you.

Report · May 01, 2023

Also following. Hope this is fixed A.S.A.P.

Report · Aug 13, 2023

Any news on the fix for this ?

Althought the new UI is better than the previous one, the absence of the possibility to automatically open new documents in separate windows is a real show stopper.

Report · Aug 14, 2023

I have not heard of any progress on this.

Report · Dec 07, 2023

Adobe Acrobat 2023 ("New Acrobat") needs the option to open each document in a new window.

This should be possible without disabling New Acrobat.

Report · Dec 15, 2023

I can't open in different windows either and the option that "used to be there" has vanished. Adobe has known about this problem for over a year now and I still don't see a fix.

Anyone got a fix yet?

Report · Jan 04, 2024

Is there a fix for this yet? Opening files in tabs is a pain in the ...

Report · Jan 16, 2024

Why isn't being fixed?

Report · Jan 18, 2024

Same question, why take such an obvious and desirable choice away from many users. Frustrating as a better interface but multitab is too annoying so going back to the "old" version.

Report · Apr 18, 2024

Any update on this? Why is such an obvious feature removed in the first place? When will it be back?

Report · Apr 18, 2024

I am wasting so much time without this necessary capability.

It has been 1 year today since you said that a fix was coming. There have been no updates here. Please fix this.

Report · Jun 16, 2023

I need a fix for this as well. It's very cumbersome to have the PDFs tabs in the same window. Please fix this quickly!

Report · Jun 16, 2023

So on a whim, I clicked and dragged one of the tabs to the desktop and that created two separate PDFs...! See if this works for you.

Report · Jun 16, 2023

Thanks. I know about this one. I just want them to create a default or a setting to open pdfs in separate windows.

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Report · Jun 26, 2023

Has this been fixed yet? It has been the biggest reason I keep reverting back to old Adobe. Its annoying to drag and drop to a new window when most of my days are spent working between multiple documents at a time.

Report · Jun 26, 2023

I have not gotten any notification that they've fixed this yet, although they said they would update us once a fix is available. Don't you just love it when software designers remove a feature upon which you have relied (sometimes for years)?

Report · Jun 26, 2023

You can disable the new UI.

Report · Jun 26, 2023

The problem (for me) is that, except for a couple of things, I LIKE the new UI. This thread is about one of the things I don't care for. The other thing is the different sequence of steps to SAVE a document. I'm slowly getting used to that one :-). I do hope they add back the open PDFs in separate windows very soon.

Report · Oct 31, 2023

How do you do that?

Report · Dec 10, 2023

I am supporting the request from @d3s1gnjet

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Adobe Acrobat 2023 ("New Acrobat") needs the option to open each document in a new window.

This should be possible without disabling New Acrobat.

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Opening documents in tabs, depending on your workflow is extremely cumbersome.

Report · Jan 06, 2024

My Acrobat Pro must've just updated, and I am no longer able to choose to open documents in seperate windows. This option appears to have disappeared from the preferences. Does anyone know how this can be switched back on? I cannot stand having to view docs in tabs within the same window. the version is 2023.001.20143 for MAC.

By @Aaron29456127wk5g

Any luck with this? I can't believe how badly Adobe has stuffed this up.

Report · Jan 18, 2024

It's now January 2024 and the version it just made me upgrade to in order to continue working is STILL doing the same thing. REALLY don't like working this way.

Report · Jan 21, 2024

I am also supporting the request from @d3s1gnjet

"Adobe Acrobat 2023 ("New Acrobat") needs the option to open each document in a new window.

This should be possible without disabling New Acrobat."

How come it's been SO LONG without Adobe fixing it? Seriously thinking about SUSPENDING MY MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION PAYMENT while this VERY IMPORTANT and LARGELY REPORTED issue doesn't get fixed!