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Nicholas28208919nasf
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November 5, 2024
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Make Search Bar Go AWAY

  • November 5, 2024
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I just did ANOTHER fresh install of Adobe, because, ya know, it's Adobe. And now I can't get the search bar to go away. It's taking up too much space on my open documents tab and I want to boot it from this earth. How do I make the search bar disappear? It wasn't there 20 minutes ago before I reinstalled. So why can't I find a way to get rid of it now?

 

Used to be a check box, used to be easy, used to like Adobe too, but that was year and years and years ago now.

Correct answer S_S

Hi @JESSICA375665053vaj,

 

Hope you are doing well. 

 

Thanks for sharing what worked for you.

Marking this as a correct answer for future users to use as a reference.

 

In case you need further deep-dive in to how to remove the search features, you can refer to this link for more: https://adobe.ly/4jRm9gu.

 

Hope this helps.


Regards,
Souvik.

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JESSICA375665053vaj
Participant
February 28, 2025

Here's how I got the search box to go away. Not sure why it worked, but it did. Click Edit + Advanced Search. When the new windo popped up, I clicked arrange windows and then closed the pop-up. Hopefully this helps someone!

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S_SCommunity ManagerCorrect answer
Community Manager
April 24, 2025

Hi @JESSICA375665053vaj,

 

Hope you are doing well. 

 

Thanks for sharing what worked for you.

Marking this as a correct answer for future users to use as a reference.

 

In case you need further deep-dive in to how to remove the search features, you can refer to this link for more: https://adobe.ly/4jRm9gu.

 

Hope this helps.


Regards,
Souvik.

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fire_frog
Participant
September 22, 2025

Hello,

 

Thanks for reaching out. 

If you are talking about a floating search bar, you may try the preference: launch Acrobat, press Ctrl or Cmd + K > Preferences > Generative AI, try unchecking "Show AI query bar on document," and click OK.  Re-launch Acrobat.

 

Let us know how it works. 



Best regards,
Tariq | Adobe Community Team


I'm happy to report that there is no "Generative AI" submenu in my preferences. It's all about the normal search bar you use by pressing CTRL-F.

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