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InDesign Running Slowly After 2025 Upgrade

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October 15, 2024
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InDesign works slowly after installing 2025 upgrade. Any solution?

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Correct answer balanced_knight4563

Hi A.Rao

Thank you for your message. I was able to solve the problem with the help of the community. The reason was the contextual bar. As soon as I deactivated it, everything ran smoothly again.

(MacPro 2019, MacOS Ventura)

Regards,
Arturo

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zbulaja

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I had the same problem, Indesign would slow down insanely after a few hours of work, and I had to restart the computer to make it work. For me, the reason was this:
On blank screen go to Edit - Preferences - Type - Enable in-menu font previews - switch off.
Same thing was slowing up Illustrator, also insanely.. Now both programs run as they should.

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Federico BorsellaAuthor

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go to Preferences>GPU Performance>turn off GPU Performance

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zbulaja

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No, il problema sono i font. Questo non aiuta molto.

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Federico BorsellaAuthor

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FIXED THE PROBLEM

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petitchoufleur

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Finally!
This has been the most painful 4+ months of using InDesign I've ever experienced.
It crashed 15 times yesterday alone.

Let's hope this works.

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Claire39005769fhuq

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Same thing here. Nver seen that in my graphic life...

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Federico BorsellaAuthor

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Have you noticed that there have been no InDesign updates for a while now? Hopefully they are fixing the problem we are discussing

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m.e.long

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I have the same problem, InDesign 2025 is extremely slow and almost unworkable. I have deactivated the context bar, deactivated pre-flight, and have restarted my preferences at least 10 times (it usually works alright for about half a day and then I need to redo it again.) I can't go back to the previous version because some of the files I work on with co-workers are already updated to the newest 2025 Indesign (for some reason they do not have the same issue.) I have a MacBook Pro running Sequoia 15.2. Please help Adobe! This is essentially an unusable product!

leo.r

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By @m.e.long

did you update to InDesign 20.1?

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Joshua25389404vh14

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Latest version of InDesign 2025 is unusable. I am reverting to the last version of InDesign 2024 now. This is a major f'ing problem.

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Federico BorsellaAuthor

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Dear ADOBE, would like to know if you has understood the problem and is trying to fix it! Thank you very much

Tobi Jäggli

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Hi there

i tried it Yesterday again. No chance. When i start working an clicking in a textfield i get the delay. When i Click on another Element another delay.
i also had a two hour session with Adobe Support. Did not solve the problem.

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Federico BorsellaAuthor

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same here, unsolved, I'm using version 2024, hope Adobe team is looking into it

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grafikerebru

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Is your problem solved? I have the same problem. I installed version 2024 again. I can never work on version 2025. It's extremely slow.

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Federico BorsellaAuthor

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same here, unsolved, I'm using version 2024, hope Adobe team is looking into it

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Federico BorsellaAuthor

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I'm very sorry but I tried to install the latest version again and it doesn't work, very slow, impossible to work, I installed version 19.5 again. Adobe team must absolutely do something otherwise we are in trouble

balanced_knight4563

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Here's a message for the Adobe Community in English:

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Same problem here! InDesign 2025 is running incredibly slow. Just to give one example, when I try to select text in a text box, it takes – and I timed it – a solid 5 seconds for the action to complete. This delay of about 2–5 seconds happens with nearly every click on a new element. It’s absolutely unusable! I downgraded to the 2024 version, and now everything runs smoothly again.

Abhishek Rao

Community Manager

Hi everyone,

Thank you for sharing your experience. I’m sorry to hear that you’re encountering these performance issues with InDesign 2025. To help us better understand the situation, could you please provide the details of the operating system you're using? This information can help us identify potential compatibility or system-specific issues.

Additionally, let us know if you’ve tried any troubleshooting steps, such as resetting your preferences or checking for potential issues with font management, as these can sometimes affect performance.

We’re here to assist and ensure you can work seamlessly.

Best,

Abhishek Rao

balanced_knight4563Correct answer

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Hi A.Rao

Thank you for your message. I was able to solve the problem with the help of the community. The reason was the contextual bar. As soon as I deactivated it, everything ran smoothly again.

(MacPro 2019, MacOS Ventura)

Regards,
Arturo