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Disable Signature Panel

Community Beginner ,
Mar 07, 2023 Mar 07, 2023

Hi All,

 

Is there a way to disable or hide the Signature Panel for documents that were digitally signed?

 

 
 

Adobe Signature Panel.png

 

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How to , Security digital signatures and esignatures , Windows
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Adobe Employee , Sep 15, 2025 Sep 15, 2025

Hello @april_d._7962

 

I hope you are doing well, and thanks for reaching out.

 

The blue bar you see at the top (“Certified by Adobe Sign …”) is part of Acrobat/Reader’s signature validation information. It appears automatically whenever a PDF has a digital signature or certification applied. Currently, there is no option to permanently disable or hide the Signature Panel bar for signed/certified PDFs. This is by design, since the app must show the document’s trust and authenticity status. For

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Community Beginner ,
Mar 09, 2023 Mar 09, 2023

Hello? Is there anybody home? 🙂

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New Here ,
Sep 12, 2025 Sep 12, 2025

Same question

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Adobe Employee ,
Sep 15, 2025 Sep 15, 2025
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Hello @april_d._7962

 

I hope you are doing well, and thanks for reaching out.

 

The blue bar you see at the top (“Certified by Adobe Sign …”) is part of Acrobat/Reader’s signature validation information. It appears automatically whenever a PDF has a digital signature or certification applied. Currently, there is no option to permanently disable or hide the Signature Panel bar for signed/certified PDFs. This is by design, since the app must show the document’s trust and authenticity status. For more details, please see this Adobe article: Validating digital signatures.

 

Thanks,

Anand Sri.

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