A new year has brought new changes to how Adobe Acrobat Reader DC’s settings and preferences work, which means relearning how to tweak things to get the UI setup you prefer. With that in mind, today’s SuperUser Q&A post shows a reader how to get rid of that pesky sidebar.
Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites.
The Question
SuperUser reader MonkeyZeus wants to know how to stop Adobe Acrobat Reader DC’s sidebar from opening by default:
How do you stop Adobe Acrobat Reader DC’s sidebar from opening by default?
The Answer
SuperUser contributor Run5k has the answer for us:
Have something to add to the explanation? Sound off in the comments. Want to read more answers from other tech-savvy Stack Exchange users? Check out the full discussion thread here.
Before you make changes via Preferences, open Adobe Acrobat Reader DC, go to the Menu Bar, and navigate to View -> Show/Hide -> Tools Pane to hide it accordingly.
Once that is done, return to the Menu Bar and navigate to Edit -> Preferences. In the subsequent open window, highlight Documents in the upper-left corner and tick the box to Remember current state of Tools Pane, then click the OK Button.
Image Credit: Run5k (SuperUser)
