InDesign 2026 - Links Palette is empty. Links not showing up.

[richard_3226]

Ever since I updated to InDesing 2026, my links palette is empty - even though I have files linked to my document. See attached. Document has several items linked, and one is selected, but the "links" pallet is empty. Is this an issue with ID2026 or did I accidentally turn something off?

[Bill Silbert · Accepted solution]

Try trashing your InDesign cache files. This process is different from trashing preferences. It is usually the best way to bring back missing elements from the InDesign interface.

To trash InDesign cache files:

For Macintosh Users: The User Library folder in which InDesign’s cache files are stored is hidden by default on most Macintoshes. To access it make sure that InDesign is closed and click on the desktop to launch a Finder Window (Command-N). With this window in column view follow the path User>Home folder (it’s the folder with an icon that looks like a house—it may have the user’s name rather than “Home”) and click on the Home folder. With the Option Key pressed choose Library from the Finder Go Menu. “Library” will now appear within the Home folder. Within the Library folder find the “Caches” folder. Within the Caches folder find and delete the entire folder “Adobe InDesign”. I find that deleting the InDesign cache folder completely leads to a lasting change.  

For Windows Users: On Windows 7 and above the caches files are hidden. To find them go to the Control Panel and open Folder Options and then click the View tab. Then select “Show hidden files and folders” or “Show hidden files, folders or drive options” in Advanced Settings. Then delete (or rename) the folder at the end of this path: C:\Users\[User Name]\AppData\Local\Adobe\InDesign\Version [#]\<Language>\Cache.

[richard_3226]

Thank you, Bill. This completely worked! I truly appreciate your help on this.

[Bill Silbert]

Happy to help.

[Eugene Tyson]

I've had it in Illustrator with the Symbol panel - it would show empty. I closed the panel and repopened it and everything was there. Dunno what causes it. Could help here, close the Links panel and reopen it and see if it behaves normally.