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March 19, 2019
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downloading free acrobat reader keeps asking for sign in for trial paid version

  • March 19, 2019
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I had the paid Reader and recently cancelled that version.

I am now trying to download and install the free reader on a Mac.

After dowloading the Acrobat Reader I get the window to sign in for a free trial for the Pro version.

Any ideas on how I can just download the free version?

Have tried several times to download the free version and run into the same issue every time.

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    There isn’t a paid version of Reader (it’s called Acrobat) and there isn’t a free version of Acrobat. My guess is you stopped using Acrobat but it is still installed. Since these are two different apps, downloading one doesn’t get rid of the other. So, uninstall Acrobat.

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    Legend
    March 19, 2019

    There isn’t a paid version of Reader (it’s called Acrobat) and there isn’t a free version of Acrobat. My guess is you stopped using Acrobat but it is still installed. Since these are two different apps, downloading one doesn’t get rid of the other. So, uninstall Acrobat.

    Participant
    June 13, 2021

    What happened to the Acrobat (Reader) that was installed and working fine on my iMac before I tried the free trial of Acrobat Pro?  Formerly, with the old Reader I had it would let me type into a form and save/print the results.

     

    Did Adobe destroy my older version when the free trial happened?

    Bernd Alheit
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    June 13, 2021

    No.