InDesign 2026 Text Disappears While Editing Text Frames on Windows

[FlyDutch23]

First, the latest InDesign update installed "2026" on my Win 11 box, but did not remove/update the "Start", or the "Taskbar" shortcut links ...

After sorting out the "Can't open this InDesign file - it was created in a newer version" roadblock, I have been working on simple, no linked art, etc. 8.5x11" documents and running into a BIG problem ...

Creating & saving a single-page document, then creating an additional text frame, adding formatted text, thinking about "what's next" \, etc ...

I will have the "text cursor" involved, tap the intended frame to enter SOMETHING/ANYTHING text-related & the existing content disappears ...

The text frame remains, nothing is flashing, no warning/error box appears - nothing ...

Going to the edit drop-down menu shows "undo clear" (not my initial reaction destination) ...

The "undo clear" desire returns the affected text, but in a previous iteration - the last save has resolved to "somewhere" in the run-up to said "save" ...

The backspacing of text, "enter" for a new paragraph > gone ...

Previous "before back-deletion" characters, no new paragraph break - whatever "accomplished since "SAVE" does not exist ...

Windows has been updated a few times recently (not sure of an update happening between an "OK" InDesign build & this latest workflow re-direct) ...

     I'm just a remote Prepress/Graphic Designer who's getting older & more invisible (boo-hoo) ...

          Would be nice if my $59.99/month subscription wasn't also an unscripted walk in the woods ...

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[grahamf71544212]

I tried to download and install a prerelease build from the Creative Cloud desktop app. I went to Apps but could not find  Categories  or Prerelease. 

Graham 

Australia

[Anubhav M]

Hello @grahamf71544212,

Thanks for reaching out. Could you try the suggestions shared in this help article (https://adobe.ly/4sGJ3Mr) and let us know if they help?

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Anubhav

[Klaus_InoTec]

Hello Anubhav,

it seems that the Pre-Release has fixed the issue of the disappearing text. 
Is there any planning when this changes will be implemented in the official release?

Thanks,

Klaus

[Mike Witherell]

The imminent 21.2 patch promises to cure this problem and the History panel problem.

[Abhishek Rao]

Hi everyone,

Thanks again for your patience here. I wanted to share a quick update from the product team.

The fix for this issue is included in InDesign 21.2, and the latest pre-release build available now is 21.2.0.27, which is newer than the 21.2.0.25 build mentioned earlier. If you are still seeing the text disappearing behavior, please update to 21.2.0.27 from the Creative Cloud Desktop App under Apps > Pre-release > InDesign and test the same workflow there.

Once you've tried the update, please let us know if the issue is resolved on your side. Your confirmation will help us close the loop and move this fix forward to the public release.

Looking forward to your update.

Abhishek

[ireneuszm44262668]

In the Polish version, there is no InDesign version 21.2.0.27 available. The latest version that can be accessed is 21.1…

[katja_4367 · Accepted solution]

Hi

The issue seems to be resolved in pre-release build 21.2.0.27. I was able to work for a whole hour without the text disappearing. Thanks for that! When will you release InDesign 21.2?

KR Katja