This new interface is ****. I will be looking for a different software. I WILL be cancelling my subscription service with these idiots. Why would they break their own simple interface. Fools.....

I agree completely. Acrobat used to be my favorite software for functionality and ease of use. Each forced "upgrade" has made it worse. I hate having a valuable tool getting harder to use and slowing me down.

These options do not appear to be available in the Acrobat Pro version I have.

"you can SWITCH between the OLD user interface and the NEW user interface. If you are in the new version, go to the 3 lines, click down under View, and click Disable New Acrobat."

That procedure does not work for me.

Reposting from below, THANK YOU:
MFlemming commented · May 22, 2023 12:39 · Report
Mustafa Aljabal commented (below) · March 28, 2023 19:45 · Report
I found an option where you can SWITCH between the OLD user interface and the NEW user interface. If you are in the new version, go to the 3 lines, click down under View, and click Disable New Acrobat. The same way in the old version. See my screenshot.
Thank you Mustafa!

New interface just force updated in the middle of my workflow and my entire workspace is gone. Entire sections have been moved around for seemingly NO SENSIBLE REASON. This is ridiculous, whoever thought upending the entire UI was a 'fresh' idea should be fired.

New interface is ****, get back old one

Hi @bob kaster,

Thanks for penning down your concerns regarding the usage of Quick Toolbar in Reader.

We are elated to announce that this has been taken on the upmost priority and we will be shipping Quick Toolbar as a draggable toolbar in both Acrobat and Reader.

Feel free to share the feedback for the same after revised version.

Hamburger > Disable New Adobe

I love the fix that Mustafa Aljabal identified, to switch to the old UI from the current one (with screenshots). And MFlemming highlighted Mustafa's post at May 22, 2023 15:39.

And I agree wholeheartedly with Concierge's comment April 10, 2023 16:49. I have worked with UI design/build teams. I can't believe how fragmented the current Acrobat interface is.

The new Adobe Acrobat Reader Interface is terribly dififcult to use, it is very bad indeed. After using Adobe Acrobat Reader for many years, I will now have to use another pdf reader.

100% Agree. The absolute worst interface. I dread having to deal with any PDFs now.

Wow, so glad I found this page and everyone is calling out the Flemming / Mustafa way to revert to the old UI. New UI is absolutely horrendous. Hard to believe if there actually was any beta testing. Basic things like being able to set and easily scale zoom are difficult to find or missing. Even when functionality is available, I find I often need multiple clicks to achieve the same result as a single click on a button in a menu bar in the old UI. "Disable New Acrobat" FTW!!!

I created an account for this forum just to comment in agreement with this sentiment. This update is absolutely horrendous and was clearly NEVER tested by any actual user at any point. THANK YOU to M Flemming for his posting of a solution to revert to the old version where functions were actually organized, clearly labeled and I could actually be productive at my job without wasting half an hour just to find BASIC functionality.

Well said- could not agree more. Most frustrating program I HAVE to use

AGREE - THANK YOU M FLEMMING!!! ❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️

"MFlemming commented · May 22, 2023 12:39 · Report
Mustafa Aljabal commented (below) · March 28, 2023 19:45 · Report
I found an option where you can SWITCH between the OLD user interface and the NEW user interface. If you are in the new version, go to the 3 lines, click down under View, and click Disable New Acrobat. The same way in the old version. See my screenshot.
Thank you Mustafa!"

THANK YOU M. Flemming. You are the greatest!

I'm pretty open to change, but this new interface is by far the worst update I've experienced with just about platform. The functions are not easily accessible, or easy to locate for that matter. The lag and time to do anything is horrible. All around awful. So thankful I found this forum though so I could see @MFlemming's comment on how to change it back to the old version. LIFE SAVER!

@Mflemming's suggestion was a big plus for me. Happy to have the old UI back. By the way, the Disable New Acrobat was on the main hamburger menu, not under View so Adobe made it even easier to get back to the more functional interface.

Mustafa Aljabal commented (below) · March 28, 2023 19:45 · Report
I found an option where you can SWITCH between the OLD user interface and the NEW user interface. If you are in the new version, go to the 3 lines, click down under View, and click Disable New Acrobat. The same way in the old version. See my screenshot.
Thank you Mustafa!

I agree, scaling is missing, and the interface is the worst organized mess I have ever seen. The old interface had everything at your fingertips, now everything is a small picture and they are scattered everywhere. I am going to have to use some other system just to read my pdf's. I try to scroll down for the next page and it takes FOREVER and I have a heavy duty fast computer with mega memory.