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November 22, 2024
Question

InDesign 2025 can't delete

  • November 22, 2024
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Beware of InDesign 2025 - everyday a new problem. Today, CAN'T DELETE ANY BOXES - select any TEXT BOX, IMAGE BOX , press delte - it just beeps at me. The items are NOT locked, nothing on the page is locked. InDesign 2025 is GARBAGE. BEWARE, and keep InDesign 2024 Installed.

 

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Robert at ID-Tasker
Legend
November 22, 2024

@smithjenny

 

Can you share your affected document? 

 

Is the problem with only one document - or all documents? 

 

Participant
November 22, 2024

ALSO --- can't delete Text - select text in a box, press delete - program just beeps. WTF.

Abhishek Rao
Community Manager
Community Manager
November 22, 2024

Hi @smithjenny,

 

Thanks for reaching out. I understand this must be frustrating, but we can try a couple of troubleshooting steps to resolve this issue:

  1. Reset Preferences: Sometimes, corrupted preferences can cause unexpected behavior like this. Here's how to reset them:

    • Quit InDesign.
    • Hold down Shift + Option + Command + Control (Mac) or Shift + Ctrl + Alt (Windows) while restarting InDesign.
    • When prompted, confirm to reset preferences. For more details, you can refer to this link.
  2. Create a new user account on your system and check if the issue persists there. This will help determine if it's specific to your current user profile. Reference: https://adobe.ly/4eFBo93
    https://adobe.ly/3AGOO72
     

  3. Boot your system in Safe Mode and launch only InDesign 2025. This will help identify if any third-party apps or plugins are interfering with InDesign's functionality.
    Reference: Win: https://adobe.ly/4eG6w8r
    macOS: https://adobe.ly/3Z2IsGV

  4. If the issue continues, could you share a screen recording of the problem? This will help us better understand the issue.

Also, could you please share the details of your operating system version? It will help us provide more accurate guidance.

Looking forward to hearing back from you!

 

Best,
Abhishek

Participant
November 22, 2024

Thanks for the suggestions @Abhishek Rao  - I did #1 Reset Preferences, and had the same problem, can not delte ANYTHING - not boxes, not images, not text. I think the best solution is to DELETE INDESIGN 2025 and return to using 2024. I am on a brand new Macbook Air - Mac OS Sequoia. For the amount that is paid to Adobe every month, your programs keep getting worse and more buggy.