how do I set number of undos to 1 in Adobe Illustrator 24.0

[b squires]

how do I set number of undos to 1 in Adobe Illustrator 24.0

[carlosgarro · Accepted solution]

Hi:

This is not possible.

We only have 50, 100, and 200.

Undo numbers

[Bill Silbert]

Why would you want to limit the number of undos? Having a large number of undos was something that it took years to get and significantly changed the way one can work in these programs.

[Kurt Gold · Accepted solution]

You can decrease the number of Undos by modifying the Adobe Illustrator Prefs file manually, but the lowest possible setting is 5, even if you set it to 1.

- Quit Illustrator
- Open the Adobe Illustrator Prefs file with a plain text editor
- Search for maximumUndoDepth
- Set it to maximumUndoDepth 1 (for example) and save the file

Open Illustrator. You now have only 5 Undos.

Notice that it may be a good idea to first make a backup of the original Prefs file (in case something goes wrong).