How to Hide the Tools Pane in Adobe Reader DC

[@cacus2344]

I love how "Pane" and "Pain" are pronnounced the same. Its very representative on this case

[@SolidMikeP]

BY GOD, I HAVE been dealing with this for a yr now, thanks.

[@asclv1]

omg where have you been ? thank you so much for coming to my aid, thank you !!!!!!!!!

[@Philippino82]

Thanks mate. Can't believe I clicked away the tools pane for years as being too lazy to find a tutorial in 20 seconds :-D

[@elgringoyanqui]

Thank you so much for making this video, with both the closed captioning and very helpful instructions! Having the Tools Pane open was driving me batty!

[@mattrefghi]

Sure, happy to help. And you're the first to specifically mention the captions... very boring task but I kept doing it - glad to hear it's appreciated!

[@McBeth.]

Matt, what can I say? Today - you are my favorite!!!!!! Thank you times 10,000

[@jfoart]

the best tutorial on youtube!

[@kokshenfoong]

TQ for showing this trick, it has been a nuisance for ages

[@fantasminha.camarada]

Thank you Matt. You saved me a lot of time and patience.

[@Ioganstone]

Every time I reinstall adobe reader I am coming back to this topic

[@glenntonge7144]

Thank you this has annoyed me for way to long. Worked perfectly :)

[@ZE0XE0]

Quick, to the point, and very helpful. Thanks a lot! That toolbar was really annoying since i can’t use anything there without a paid subscription anyway.

[@ahmadblueeyes]

thank you so much. i have been sick of this for long time as i never use those tools ever.

[@aradagalmish4549]

that option missed in new update

[@shubhamgomase9056]

not working

[@josepromedio]

Useful as it is, that toolbar is terribly annoying. Thanks for the tutorial. :)

[@bdkane721]

That didn't work for me. I get the Bookmarks pane, comments pane AND tools bar every time no matter what I do in the preferences. Any thoughts?

[@kevinloravillarreal]

Cool, you earned a like. Greetings from Peru.

[@dejanjelic4822]

YEEEEAAAH YOU ARE THE KING! Thank You for the video!

[@orysiastanchak8154]

Thanks so much. You made it easy peasy!!

[@rafiurislam27]

Thank you. It helped a lot. love from Bangladesh

[@MakSz2345]

You're a hero we don't deserve! Thank you!

[@swapnil_jain1]

Thanks bro.. this tool pane was really annoying coz nothing is usable unless it is a paid version.

[@martinlvp87]

thanx!! you've saved me an entire year of my life clicking mouse's right click for hiding this piece of sh#/t

[@gustavobonanni1810]

Thanks a lot for this invaluable help. Now, how about the NAVIGATION PANE? How do I permanently hide that? It's still driving me nuts, and there isn't a "Remember current state of Navigation Pane" button.

[@billjuss5331]

I Love your video, however, for some reason Adobe Reader won't let me check the box next to "Allow the documents to hide the menu bar, roolbars, and window controls" I noticed on your utube it is checked. Is there a way to get that to work on my PDF Files?

[@jaimelawrence5377]

Any updates to this? It's not working for me and I wondered if they changed it since your video was posted?

[@mattrefghi]

Hm, it might have. I'll take a look today and will plan for another video if it changed.

[@mattrefghi]

Confirmed, on the latest version of Adobe Reader it works the same way, you can still find the setting. Which version are you running?

[@dogufo]

Hi from Italy! thanks a lot for this video! could you do also a video on how to avoid the pop up of the "black bar" (save, arrow up,down, etc.) which everytime appears on the page when scrolling it. so disturbing from concentration in reading! thanks; ;)

[@kabalemama]

Unfortunately, the little arrow on the side does not exist in my Adobe Reader, so I can NEVER collapse it in the first place. Any ideas?

[@mattrefghi]

Hi! Which version are you using? When it's open, click Help -> About Acrobat Reader, and then you'll see a Version near the top. Let me know and I'll see if I can find a solution.

[@bruceburnes3305]

Thanks so much, I close that toolbar a couple times per day... Driving me nuts and figure out how to default it closed... And I'm close enough to walk... Two nuts that is :-)

[@wajdihusain696]

Thank you very much for this tip, it was annoying me for a long time.

[@mattrefghi]

Glad it helped

[@chouetttte]

You're literally a life-saver! Thanks!

[@mattrefghi]

Happy to help!

[@ntustzeus]

that is better, but when I read pdf file, I like to click the scroll bar, drag down to the part I want.
I often misclick because I used to move mouse to right most and start to drag, it is common in other software, but should do very carefully in adobe reader...

[@kokshenfoong]

Btw, how do you close the bookmarks permanently ?

[@mastrammeena328]

How can I make the Adobe reader remember the zoom percentage?????

[@anoid3433]

Thanks. it was an extremely annoying "feature".

[@DonnaGHarris48]

Can we turn the side tool pane off when creating a bonus pdf or does each person control the pane? I hate that thing. HELP

[@mattrefghi]

Donna Harris Unfortunately, I think it's a client-side thing - I don't think you can disable the tools pane when creating a pdf.

[@DonnaGHarris48]

thank you Matt

[@vaseemym]

you are the man........bravo 💎💎💎

[@mattrefghi]

Happy to help

[@DanielFihlen]

Thank you Matt

[@tiltonmotorco8516]

Thanks. Quick and easy.

[@attardesir]

Hey it worked, thanks bro

[@oldfatgeezer7770]

Thanks. Very clear.

[@generalbelisarius8103]

Guys idk if this is simply because of the new feature, but now they removed the OK button. But don't worry all you have to do is to just press enter

[@TheJewel006]

great video ! thanks

[@mastrammeena328]

Forgot to save it on playlist
Had hard time finding it again

[@Mitunasathurich]

Thank you very much. 😊

[@martindye]

It's a strip of icons now and the icons remain.

[@mattrefghi]

I'll take a look later today and see if my steps need to be updated.

[@m.rezaandalibi3065]

Amazing! thank you very much...

[@bryantracy7906]

nice guy from Canada

[@debbiegroves2649]

Thanks you!!! worked perfectly

[@marilyngordon888]

Very helpful! Thank you!

[@MrEkoFromHun]

Thanks, you are a GOD, I drive to mad due to this I can't see the pdf documents due to these S#ITS.

[@Pradeep-pb3kj]

Thanks a lot
Its worked...

[@JackyZhang69]

Good job

[@sagarsagu7316]

thank you 😊

[@jayakrishnan27]

Thanks a lot 😍

[@Jmfatiga]

Thanks man, that panel is really annoying!!

[@junbongzz0523]

you saved me bro

[@ReinhardvonLohengramm]

Thanks a lot!

[@treetom77]

Thank you for this.

[@realNaniByte]

quick and true

[@carmenamezcua669]

Gracias!

[@parthsaluja125]

cheers mate

[@kylehanners5149]

Thank you!!!!!

[@poppy945]

thank god! i don't understand why this function is so secretive from adobe!

[@PapaJoy80]

Thanks

[@annettemonty7350]

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[@ruskindebbarma2698]

Thank you.

[@jollyroger6411]

Thank You

[@henriklg]

Thanks!

[@harixh4900]

Good

[@DaPlys]

Thanks man.. Fuck that shit was annoying.. And i was looking for a tick box everywhere.. >_

[@tunthagornnanchotipong8509]

Thank You /|\

[@UpperVIP]

At long LAST! Someone tells us HOW to do it. A visit to Adobe is like a visit to the Brexit committee. Lots of questions. Zero frikkin answers. Adobe? If someone asks you how to do something can you PLEASE answer the frikkin question. And as for all the people that said “You go to preferences documents and click on the box” or something like it. You can’t. It doesn’t solve the problem. If you are writing instructions on how to do something can you PLEASE check your instructions before you actually post on any forum and make sure that you can actually do what you say you can do - don’t just lift it out of your head and expect people to have the ability to interpret your wrong answers into right ones.
Adobe get your act together. This product is absolute rubbish and has been since the 80s.
I e been using Adobe since then and MOST even simple issues have never been looked at let alone resolved. Case in point: Printing booklets that rotates pages without being asked to!!!!!!!
Will someone PLEASE invent an alternative and take this useless, greedy, poorly supported corporation out.

[@dlambert2333]

Two minute video on how to CLICK THE FUCKING ARROW KEY. thanks

[@mattrefghi]

That'll hide it temporarily only (unless something changed in a new version)

[@stefanob3980]

not present that checkbox on adobe reader pro

[@gustavobonanni1810]

Thanks a lot for this invaluable help. Now, how about the NAVIGATION PANE? How do I permanently hide that? It's still driving me nuts, and there isn't a "Remember current state of Navigation Pane" button.

[@agent363]

are you find some solution, at me is the same problem.

[@gustavobonanni1810]

@@agent363 No, not yet, but it looks that when you hide it once in a certain document, it won't appear again ON THAT DOCUMENT. It will be coming out on new documents, but I guess there is no other way.

[@KhuleshSahu]

Thanks

[@def__luisAM95__]

Thank you so much.

[@sofcys]

Thank you!!!!

[@shyamagarwal5779]

Thanks

[@kctsp6631]

Thank you!!!

[@TheKaaTeeR]

thank you!!!!!