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January 3, 2024
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Cannot download PDF files

  • January 3, 2024
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I cannot seem to download PDF versions of my project. PNG and JPG are working just fine, but PDF will get to 90% and stop. It never finishes downloading.

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New Participant
September 25, 2025

I am also facing the same issue. I have tried everything and I cannot get my project to download as a PDF. Please help!

Amitej S
Community Manager
Community Manager
September 25, 2025

Hi @LaFF61181, Welcome to our community! Can you please share the troubleshooting steps you've taken that didn't help you? Were you able to export in other file types like PNG, JPG, and MP4? Is it just the PDF version that is showing this error message? Have you tried exporting from any mobile device?

Sometimes, changing the internet connectivity also resolves such errors. Ensure that there isn't any active firewall or VPN. 

 

Do share your observations, we are here to help!

 

Best!

Amitej

New Participant
September 25, 2025

Hi! I tried using a wired connection, logging out of my VPN, incognito mode in Chrome, using Edge, and I tried clearing my cache and cookies. I even logged out and back in and all that did was make me lose my files. I can download individual pages to PNGs and convert to PDF and combine, but then the file size becomes an issue and compressing makes images look terribe.

I have been using this program for a little over two years and have never run into any issues before and I don't think I'm doing anything differently than normal.

New Participant
June 30, 2025

This issue appears to still exist over a year later? PDF of multiple pages says it downloads in Safari, but doesn't. Individual page PDF attempt hangs at 90% then fails. 

Tarun Saini
Community Manager
Community Manager
June 30, 2025

Hi 

@kerry_ann

,

Thanks for reaching out! Could you please share the project URL with me via private message and share the edit access to investigate the issue further? Private messages should be accessible from the envelope in the top right corner. This should be the direct URL-  https://adobe.ly/4l9yEVD

 

Regards,

Tarun

 

 

New Participant
July 3, 2025

I am facing the same problem tried cleaning the cache and cookies it didnt work

New Participant
January 3, 2024
I have been trying to download PDFs through Adobe Express for a couple weeks. At first, every time I would try to download a project as a PDF, the download would get to 90% and then eventually tell me the download failed. I am now getting the error message "Download Failed: A network connection error occurred while downloading your file. Please check your internet connection and try again" despite my internet connection being fine.
New Participant
February 1, 2024

Hi there – the issue seems to be resolved this morning, although downloading was still a fairly slow process. It took about 20-30 seconds, but the PDF did download successfully!


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New Participant
March 20, 2024

I am still having this issue using Microsoft Edge, unfortunately. 

New Participant
January 3, 2024
Will not allow download of PDFs currently (only allows you to download as individual pages and not as one cohesive document).