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Acrobat Reader asking to sign in

New Here ,
Oct 15, 2025 Oct 15, 2025

Since July Acrobat Reader has been asking our end users to sign in to use the app. these guys just need to read PDF. 

for some  If they click cancel on the sign in prompt, it closes the application.  

for others as soon as they open Acrobat Reader they get a prompt to "Verify your prompt Acrobat subscription" this then open a broswer and ask them to sign in. in this instance, they can close the prompt and carry on working.  but pops up everytime they open crobat Reader.  

Has anyone seen this or know a fix?

Thanks in advance. 

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General troubleshooting , PDF and browsers , Windows
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Community Expert ,
Oct 16, 2025 Oct 16, 2025

@wale_2079 It sounds like some of the end users have downloaded a trial version of Acrobat Pro. They should uninstall the trial version (maybe try using the Creative Cloud desktop app and the Adobe Cleaner); and then go back to download the free reader as is from the official site.

When the application is running in the Acrobat Pro mode (even without an active license), it often requires a sign-in for activation. For some users, clicking "Cancel" on that mandatory sign-in prompt is treated like a failure to activate, causing the application to crash or close completely. This is a common symptom of the software being in a forced trial/subscription state. For the users who can close the prompt but see it every time, this is often the software attempting to verify an account or subscription that doesn't exist or is in an ambiguous state (like an expired trial).

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New Here ,
Oct 16, 2025 Oct 16, 2025
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hi @creative explorer  thank you for the info, i have seen this happen with Adobe reader install and not Acrobat Pro. 

Acrobat Pro needing a license or actiavation makes sense, this is why we have license for those users.  

i have tried a few differnt Acrobat Reader install, and they still give the same issue.  Also how do we get an offline version of Acrobat Reader 64bit?  i can only find the 32bit offline installer. 

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