InDesign 2026 App Removed Extensions Panel

[Chase33635940qwag]

I noticed that after downloading the InDesign 2026 app, it removed the extensions section out of the Window panel. Has this been moved? It is critical for my company to have access to this panel. This extension isn't available on Exchange. 

[Abhishek Rao]

Hi @Chase33635940qwag,

Thanks for sharing this. I checked InDesign version 20.5 on my end, and the Extensions panel isn't available under the Window menu there either. It seems this might be a mix-up with Illustrator, as InDesign hasn't included that panel in recent versions. Could you please check one of your older versions where you remember seeing it and confirm which version that was? That will help me better understand the issue. 

Looking forward to your update.

Abhishek

[Chase33635940qwag]

On the 2025 app, the version is 20.5. 

[leo.r]

On the 2025 app, the version is 20.5. 

By @Chase33635940qwag

Interesting. All I know is that I don't have the Extensions menu in InDesign 2025 either.

And what are the submenus in your version?

[Barb Binder]

I noticed that after downloading the InDesign 2026 app, it removed the extensions section out of the Window panel. Has this been moved?

There's no Window panel so you must mean the Window menu?

Here are screenshots of the Window menu in InDesign 2025, InDesign 2024, InDesign 2023 and InDesign 2022:

         

Following up with @Abhishek Rao logic, here is Illustrator's Window menu in 2026. 

~Barb

[Manan Joshi]

I have Extensions menu in my 20.5 version on a MAC and I have my CEP extension loading in it as well. It does happen that this menu is not displayed, I have noticed this in past versions as well. What I would suggest to do is install some extension that should load in 2026 version and it should pop up. Try it and let us know, I will try installing as well as soon as I get time

-Manan

[Abhishek Rao]

Hi @Chase33635940qwag,

I tested this behavior on my end and noticed that the Extensions option under the Window menu becomes visible only after installing a plugin or extension. I tried this on versions 19.5.5, 20.5, and 21.0, and they all behaved the same way.

Could you please try downloading and installing any plugin or extension and check if the Extensions option appears afterward?

Let me know how it goes.

Abhishek

[cindia63843767]

It still does not work. I do not have Windows Extension and Adobe Createive Cloud does not recognize that I installed a Plugin

[cindia63843767]

I and my IT department have uninstalled and reinstalled the Plugin. have exited InDesign 2026 and Restarted. I have shut down and rebooted my laptop. The Window>Extensions does not exit whether I have a document open or not. 

[Dirk Becker]

Could be that the extension is not compatible, maybe it's just a version number in a manifest.

I don't know whether CEP uses such numbers, and whether CEP itself had a version bump.

@Manan Joshi ?

[Manan Joshi]

I tested on a MAC and the extension menu option is visible and my CEP extensions are loading fine. No version update was needed. In my hostlist defined in the manifest.xml i have kept the version like following

<HostList>

<Host Name="IDSN" Version="[0.0,99.9]" />

</HostList>

-Manan