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PDF settings in Illustrator

New Here ,
Jul 22, 2025 Jul 22, 2025

Hello everybody! Where can I change or delete settings for PDF in Illustrator? I´m talking about the settings you can choose or also create and save while creating a PDF in Illustrator (like f.e. PDFX4)? Thanks for help!

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Community Expert , Jul 22, 2025 Jul 22, 2025

If you click in Illustrator on Edit > Adobe PDF Presets... you can add, edit and delete presets.

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Community Expert , Jul 22, 2025 Jul 22, 2025

In Illustrator, go to Edit menu > Adobe PDF Presets.

 

There you can find and edit / delete your custom presets.

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Community Expert ,
Jul 22, 2025 Jul 22, 2025

User-created settings files will be in Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe PDF\Settings (on Windows).

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New Here ,
Jul 22, 2025 Jul 22, 2025

Thank you Dough, I found the standard ones (on Mac), but not the self created.

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Community Expert ,
Jul 22, 2025 Jul 22, 2025

On Mac the path will be similar but from User/Library/Preferences

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Jul 22, 2025 Jul 22, 2025
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In Illustrator, go to Edit menu > Adobe PDF Presets.

 

There you can find and edit / delete your custom presets.

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Jul 22, 2025 Jul 22, 2025

If you click in Illustrator on Edit > Adobe PDF Presets... you can add, edit and delete presets.

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