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chris_4118
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August 6, 2025
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Thicker Artboard Border After Illustrator Update (29.7.1)

  • August 6, 2025
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I just did an update for Illustrator and the artboard box has a much thicker stroke/border. Any solutions to this? Its very distracting to have a thicker art board outline.

 

 

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    nathanima1
    Participant
    August 20, 2025

    same problem! The border visually distracts from the overall design layout. Terrible idea!

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    ALBERTO17489663ixjd
    Participant
    August 18, 2025

    Tras la última actualización, aparece un marco negro realmente grueso para indicar la mesa de trabajo en la que estas en ese momento. Es muy molesto y incomoda para trabajar. ¿Hay alguna opción ya para modificar ese marco?

    Gracias

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      matt5EAD
      Participant
      August 8, 2025

      Hi - I've noticed the artboard is drawn with a thicker line in v.29.7.1, than before. Can this be edited to be made thin again? Thanks 

        Anubhav M
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        Anubhav MCommunity Manager
        Community Manager
        August 8, 2025

        Hello @18517563,

        Thanks for reaching out. This was introduced as part of the latest Illustrator update. Would you mind upvoting this UserVoice (https://adobe.ly/4fuWA3B) and adding your comments there? Doing this will help us prioritize this request, and you will be notified of any updates.

         

        Feel free to reach out if you have more questions or need assistance. We'd be happy to help.

        Anubhav

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          AliHarwood
          Participating Frequently
          August 16, 2025

          You should absolutely NOT be requesting your paying clients to waste their time to basically upvote this issue - Adobe should take responsibility and prioritize this correction on your own! It is clearly a horrible UX (or rather lack of UX) decision that should be reversed (or modified to allow for users to choose the original setting). You have enough feedback - and it's overwhelming.

            Abhishek Rao
            Community Manager
            Abhishek RaoCommunity Manager
            Community Manager
            August 8, 2025

            Hi @chris_4118 and everyone,

             

            Thanks for your patience. I checked with the product team, and this change to the artboard border was introduced intentionally in the latest update. However, based on user feedback, the team is already exploring alternative options to make it less distracting. I'll share more updates here as soon as they become available.

             

            Abhishek

              KHugg
              KHugg
              Participant
              August 12, 2025

              Thank you for letting us know there will be an alternative, hopefully one that allows you to simply use what was there previously. I've been an Illustrator user for 20+ yrs. The artboard line is distracting at this thickness.

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                matt5EAD
                Participant
                August 8, 2025

                Hi - just opened my Illustrator 2025 & the art board has a thick black outline? It wasn't there yesterday. Can I edit the thickness? Thanks 

                  Ton Frederiks
                  Community Expert
                  Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
                  Community Expert
                  August 7, 2025

                  You may want to comment here: https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657-illustrator-desktop-feature-requests/suggestions/38253112-allow-to-change-color-width-of-border-edges-fo

                    Abhishek Rao
                    Community Manager
                    Abhishek RaoCommunity Manager
                    Community Manager
                    August 7, 2025

                    Hi @chris_4118 and everyone,

                     

                    Thanks for bringing this up. I can see how the thicker artboard border after the update can be distracting while working. I'm currently checking this behavior with the product team and will share an update here as soon as I hear back from them.

                     

                    Appreciate your patience in the meantime!

                    Abhishek

                     

                      nicolee88367504
                      nicolee88367504
                      Participant
                      August 7, 2025

                      I'm having this issue too, it's so thick after the update that it's distracting me while I work.

                        jane-e
                        Community Expert
                        jane-eCommunity Expert
                        Community Expert
                        August 6, 2025

                        @chris_4118 

                         

                        I've moved your post from Creative Cloud desktop to the Illustrator forum.

                         

                        Do you mean the non-printing border around the active art board or something else?

                         

                        Jane

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                        chris_4118Author
                        Participant
                        August 6, 2025

                        I just did an update for Illustrator and the artboard box has a much thicker stroke/border. Any solutions to this? Its very distracting to have a thicker art board outline.

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