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Toke28748572o2wo
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March 7, 2023
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Hide 'All Tools' Pane permenatly 2023

  • March 7, 2023
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How can users permanently hide the 'All Tools' pane? 

Older guides do not work. 

 

Using a free version. 

 

Please don't force trail periods and pop ups on your uses 

    Correct answer Lisa33080249y9kc

    1st ANY design behavior can be changed or modified.  It's called code... look it up! 
    2nd SHAME ON YOU for "fixing" something that wasn't broken, just so you could break it and screw people out of hard earned money in this economy.
    3rd To go back to the OLD VERSION click on Menu, Click on Disable New Acrobat Reader (4 options above Preferences), click Restart and enjoy what we all are used to.
    Oh, and BTW, I didn't create an account just to upvote, I signed in with Google.  (Removed)
    Peace Love & Happyness!

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    hasu99
    New Participant
    September 27, 2023

    I just got new HP Zbook which has no preinstalled Foxit anymore as last couple of them has been, and didn't want to purchase Foxit, and so I installed Adobe Reader. But after seeing all tools and try7days trial too many times so far, (meaning I have been working today 4 hours), I decided to uninstall Adobe and buy license for Foxit. Thank you and goodbye, it was your own choice.

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      Han32048944ywyk
      New Participant
      October 15, 2024

      Foxit is free (like Acrobat Reader), so you don't have to buy it. Unless you need specific features that are not in the basic product.

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      Eight0Eight
      New Participant
      September 6, 2023

      New layout is nice, but stop using dirty tricks to get subscriptions. Frustrating! Back to old version.

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        patricia9876543210
        New Participant
        August 25, 2023

        Completely agree!  This should not open everytime - extremely annoying and time consuming.  Do they not test these programs before rolling out???

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          Jack31817887whyp
          New Participant
          August 22, 2023

          I had the new Acrobat UI and there was the option "Remember current state of toolpane" which was checked, but still the tool pane was opened when opening a document! Why have the option if it doesn't do any difference? Insane. Good thing you can go back to the old UI. Let's hope they don't take that away from us.

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            TheGalantMAN
            New Participant
            May 5, 2024

            Because if they don't explicitely remove it, they can pretend that woopsie, it just mysteriously doesn't work anymore!

            Then eventually they're forced to admit it in this thread, but not many people read this thread compared to the vast majority of users. So they maintain a cleaner facade.

             

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            Chris316481888iz9
            New Participant
            August 13, 2023

            Hi. Going out of my way to log in and reply to this thread to iterate how much I value this feature in the Old UI. Please apply this to the new one.

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              Kim299355837o53
              New Participant
              May 17, 2023

              Hi

              This was annoying me on the version I user at work.  I found the answer was to tick a box under the Accessibility settings under Preferences.  'Always use page layout style'.

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                CDinside
                New Participant
                May 26, 2023

                Which one?  I tried some but no result. Please give more details.

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                AkanchhaS8194121
                Brainiac
                June 8, 2023

                @CDinside 

                On the New UI of Acrobat, navigate to View>Disable New Acrobat. Once reverted to the old UI then, navigate to 

                Acrobat Reader>Edit >Preferences>General> Documents> Check "Remember current state of toolpane">OK then Hide tool pane to keep it close for next time. 

                 

                Thanks,

                Akanchha 

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                  Binoy22462746ggwa
                  Participating Frequently
                  April 17, 2023

                  There is only one solution available which is "got to old UI". Then follow the method available for old UI. Thanks.

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                    cjsawaia
                    New Participant
                    June 7, 2023

                    it worked for me... running the latest version and using the "old" interface. Now the "remember tool pane state" flag works

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                      Alberto32957509o5p4
                      New Participant
                      October 16, 2023

                      Edit--> Preferences --> Documents --> Open Settings

                       

                      Note to myself and everybody here...

                      AkanchhaS8194121
                      AkanchhaS8194121
                      Brainiac
                      March 13, 2023

                      Hi @Toke28748572o2wo 

                       

                      Thanks for reaching out.

                      You can hide the Tool pane of Acrobat by clicking on the (x) icon next to it (as shown in the screenshot). However, the functionality to hide or remove it from the Home view permanently is not possible. 

                      It's a design behavior and cannot be changed or modified.

                       

                      You can write your suggestion to our engineering team by filling out this feature request form here: https://www.adobe.com/products/wishform.html 

                       

                      Thanks,

                      Akanchha 

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                      Han32048944ywyk
                      New Participant
                      September 3, 2023

                      This horrible, user unfriendly behaviour is exactly why I canceled my Adobe subscriptions and will never use any of your products again.

                       

                      There is only one reason why you have this 'design behavior' and that is to irrirate your customer until they reach the point where they give up and purchase a license. Well guess what, that ain't going to happen. Shame on you Adobe.

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                        Chalana32100957cc6v
                        New Participant
                        September 6, 2023

                        @Han32048944ywyk Wellsaid. What you said is 100% correct. Its a horrible and very cheap design practice. I had to let my subscription canceled too.   

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