Turn off the bookmark tab permanently

[gusmuh]

I would like to turn off the bookmark tab permanently that automatically opens for every pdf I open in Acrobat. It takes up a large chunk of my screen with every file I open, and I don't use the bookmarks. I want to do this for ALL pdfs I ever open. Not just for one file at a time.

As far as I can tell, this is something the developers will need to make possible. There's a discussion about it, but no request to make this change that I am aware of.
How can I turn off permanently the bookmarks panel... - Page 2 - Adobe Community - 12992518

Please upvote so we can get this change made!

[Nancy OShea · Accepted solution]

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Bookmarks can be disabled in paid Adobe Acrobat Pro, but not in FREE Acrobat Reader.

Change your "Initial View" so that the bookmarks pane is no longer shown by default. You do this by opening the document properties (Ctrl-D or Cmd-D), then go to the Initial View tab. You can now turn off bookmarks by changing the "Navigation Tab" setting.

Hope that helps.

[gusmuh]

@Nancy OShea thank you for your post. This is not what I am hoping to achieve. This only works for a single pdf document. I want this to be a global Acrobat Pro setting for all pdfs I open.

[gusmuh]

@Nancy OShea Can you please move this to a place where developers can see this post and people can upvote?

[Nancy OShea]

@Nancy OShea Can you please move this to a place where developers can see this post and people can upvote?

By @gusmuh

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No need to move it.

• Acrobat has no sub-forums for Bugs/Ideas. 
• Your post is available for all to see here. 
• Users can UPVOTE this topic if they wish to.

[document_3282]

Thats not true I have pro and it still pops up

[irgumus]

I agree with @document_3282 I also have a paid Acrobat Pro and it always pops up again and again. Frustrating. This is not what I am paying for. 

[baojing_c]

Agree, very disgusting setting, I believe they know that, but they don't wanna change

[irgumus]

@gusmuh Were you able to find a solution to this bug? Seems they really do not care. 

[Nancy OShea]

@irgumus,

It's not a bug. There is no global setting for this. It's a document setting.

Feel free to submit a new feature request below.  If enough other users agree, Adobe may add it to a future release version.

https://www.adobe.com/products/wishform.html

Happy holidays!