Remove Adobe Acrobat As Default

If you have an Acrobat question, ask questions and get help from the community. My documents How do I remove Acrobat as the default reader? My documents are all coming up in acrobat as a default. Feb 21, 2019  In Adobe Acrobat Reader DC, version 2019.010.20069, how in the world do I permanently turn off the task pane and navigation panes? I want the default view to be my PDF document at 100% zoom and neither of those stupid panes on either side.

Acrobat X Pro ships with a number of default Actions to help you automate various processes.

While useful, you might wish instead to create some extra room in the Actions Wizard panel so that more of your own custom Actions will appear.

Unfortunately, you cannot delete the default Actions, at least from Acrobat itself.

However, if you have Administrator rights on your PC or Mac, you can remove them.

Removing Acrobat X Pro’s Default Actions

Remove Adobe Acrobat As Default

Windows 7 or Vista

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  1. Quit Acrobat if it is running
  2. Navigate to: C:Program Files (x86)AdobeAcrobat 10.0AcrobatSequencesENU
  3. Delete all the files inside this folder
  4. Restart Acrobat

Windows XP

  1. Quit Acrobat if it is running
  2. Navigate to: C:Program FilesAdobeAcrobat 10.0AcrobatSequencesENU
  3. Delete all the files inside this folder
  4. Restart Acrobat

Mac OSX

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  1. Quit Acrobat if it is running
  2. Open your Application folder
  3. Locate the Adobe Acrobat X Pro folder and open it
  4. Right-click on Adobe Acrobat Pro.app and choose Show Package Contents
  5. The Contents folder will appear
    • Open the Resources folder
    • Scroll down to find the Sequences folder and open it
    • Open the ENU folder
    • Delete all the files inside
  6. Restart Acrobat

Remove Adobe Acrobat As Default On Mac

Playing Safe
You might wish to copy the Default Actions rather than delete them.

Remove Adobe Acrobat Reader Dc As Default

Troubleshooting

Remove Adobe As Default

  • When I try to open the folder, the system says I don’t have access rights (or similar message).
    You need to be an administrator on your machine to make these changes. Contact your IT staff for help.
  • Can’t Find Acrobat in the Application Folder
    The instructions below are for Acrobat in the default location by the Acrobat installer. If you or your IT staff installed Acrobat in an alternate folder it may not be in this location

  • Can’t Find the Sequences Folder
    An Acrobat Action needs to be run at least once after installation before the Sequences folder is created
  • I found a Sequences folder, but none of the standard Actions are inside.
    You are looking at the User directory which contains your custom sequences. Instead, navigate to the proper directory above.