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Luke38678566vzli
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October 30, 2025
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Preserve Illustrator Editing Capabilities no longer working since last 2 updates!

  • October 30, 2025
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Usually when unticking this box when saving a pdf, the file size would greatly be reduced. A 1gb file down to 200mb ish.  Or a 50mb file down to 5mb meaning its easy to send to customer by email. This is no longer the case, it make zero difference to the size.

I'm having to use Illustrator 2024 to do this as the last update to 2025 stopped it working and 2026 doesnt work either.

 

Luke

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Monika Gause
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Monika GauseCommunity Expert
Community Expert
November 7, 2025

If "Save in background" is still turned on in the preferences, try and turn it off.

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Luke38678566vzli작성자
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November 12, 2025

Ok just tried this on a batch and it seems to work! I'm going to try on other files just to make sure.  Thank you!!

Doug A Roberts
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Doug A RobertsCommunity Expert
Community Expert
October 30, 2025

What do you see when opening the exported PDF in Illustrator? Is your layer structure still there, or is it comprised of clip groups?

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Luke38678566vzli작성자
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October 30, 2025

Hi,

Compramised like it should be. Random groupings and other things.  All the layers are gone too. 

Anubhav M
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Anubhav MCommunity Manager
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October 30, 2025

Hello @Luke38678566vzli,

Thanks for reaching out. Could you share a link to a sample AI and PDF file along with screenshots of the export settings used after uploading it to a file-sharing service, so I can check it further with the team?

Looking forward to hearing from you.
Anubhav

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