Microsoft released Edge 1.44 on March 16, 2023, and integrated two new Adobe policies into it. The button, thankfully, does not open on hover, but it may still be seen as a distraction. Microsoft Edge users who do not want to upgrade their account to a paid subscription may want to hide the Try Acrobat button in Edge. How to remove the Try Acrobat icon in Edge The browser shows a small Adobe icon on the right side of the browser window to indicate that Edge uses Adobe's PDF viewing engine to display the document. Microsoft Edge 111 is the first version of the web browser that comes with Adobe's PDF viewer. Subscribers get access to text and image editing, PDF converting and the combining of files. A 7-day free trial is offered and an option for Acrobat subscribers to sign-in to unlock the new features. The new Try Acrobat button is placed in the rightmost location of the main PDF viewer toolbar in Edge.Ī click on the button displays information on Premium features that users can unlock when they subscribe.

Adobe's solution offers 'higher fidelity for more accurate colors and graphics, improved performance, strong security for PDF handling, and greater accessibility - including better text selection and read-aloud narration' according to Microsoft.Īlong with these improvements comes a button to buy an Acrobat subscription to access advanced features. Microsoft highlighted the advantages of the change in the announcement.

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