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Thicker Artboard Border After Illustrator Update (29.7.1)

Forum|Forum|7 months ago
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.

luism60854862

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Is there any update on why this isn't a feature that can be adjusted by the user? This update is so pointless. Stop ruining your products.

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Suggested GFX

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my fix was just going back to the previous version of illustrator the unwanted thick border was instantly awful and and OCD wouldnt let it slide.

nrdstudio

Participant

Hello guys,

I agree - the latest artboard edge line is way too thick and very distracting

The solutions coming up are to hide artboards, but I think Adobe should revert back to the old thickness of view
OR
Allow users to adjust that artboard edge thickeness themselves

suprmllr

Inspiring

Do Adobe test their software before rolling it out? This is not a feature; it's a bug—so please fix it. If you can’t do that, roll back to the previous version.

Is this an issue that only affects macOS and Retina Displays?

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masterkool.@

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I completely agree with this. It's far too distracting.

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beautiful_Enchantment3220

Participant

Has this ever been updated? I feel like I'm gonna lose it checking every artboard closely to make sure all my images are actually bleeding to the edges/any black strokes I DO add are correct in weight....when I was first forced to update and saw the black strokes on the artboard, I rolled back to the last version and that worked for awhile until it forced me to update again. Rolled back again and turned off automatic updates, but it somehow still forced it's way upon me. I can't escape the madness.

luisb84542886

Participant

I concur. Thicker artboard board is clunky and distracting - never has a problem identifying active artboard before.

Ares Hovhannesyan

Community Expert

UX/UI Suggestion> Please dimm other artboards when the main artboard is selected. No border needed!

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senacan

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Hi everyone,

I have a problem in Adobe Illustrator that I couldn’t solve. There is a black border/outline showing around my artboard (screenshot attached). I don’t want this border, but I couldn’t find any setting to turn it off.

I’ve searched the forums and tried different view settings, but the black frame is still there. It doesn’t appear when exporting, but it’s distracting while working on the design.

Does anyone know how to remove or disable this black border around the artboard in Illustrator?

Thanks in advance!

Ton Frederiks

Community Expert

Please read the messages above your message.

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Anderson263208931h9t

Participant

Depois que atualizei meu Illustrator percebi que a borda da prancheta ficou muito grossa, tem alguma configuração para deixar como sempre foi? Isso me causa incômodo pois parece que é realmente um traçado como objeto.

Obrigado.