I am having this issue as well. VERY VERY frustrating.

I am having this issue too and it's becoming horrible to work with losing info and then having to redo everything. I also tried reinstalling to old versions but now it doesn't work in those either. I also keep getting the issue where the text box becomes blank.

The bug is still present with version 21.1.
It is sad that a bug like that is not found by Adobe's Development / Testing Team prior rolling it out to paying customers. This issue is really not good for Adobe's reputation, even though I do have a certain understanding that it can be difficult to find and resolve software bugs.

I'm having this issue as well.

Hi, I have the same problem. I’ve noticed that InDesign has lost the ability to go back more than a few steps in the undo history. I think this started after updating to InDesign 2026 – in version 2025 it worked without any issues. It’s very frustrating to work like this, it feels like going 20 years back to the QuarkXpress era.
I’ve tried resetting preferences and even going back to an older InDesign version, but nothing helped. I’m currently working with InDesign 21.0.1 x64, Windows 11 Home 25H2, and my graphics card does not support GPU acceleration.
Please let me know when this issue is fixed.
Thanks,
Martin

Having this issue for the past couple of weeks here. Tried all the normal resets, tried reverting back to the previous major InDesign release, and even in desperation a Windows reinstall. No go.

Subject: Undo History Vanishing Automatically in InDesign v21.x (2025)
Description:
I am reporting a critical bug regarding the Undo/History feature in the latest version of Adobe InDesign.

The Issue: Recently, the Undo function has stopped working correctly. Upon checking the History panel, I noticed that the history is being cleared/vanished automatically. As a result, I can only undo one or two steps, and then the option becomes unavailable. This is causing significant data loss and workflow disruption.

Observations:

I previously used InDesign v20.x (2025) on both Windows 10 and 11 without any issues.

The problem started occurring on InDesign v21.x (2026/Latest version).

Due to this instability, I have been forced to downgrade to InDesign v17.x (2022), which works perfectly.

I am currently having to export my modern files to IDML just to work in the older, stable version, which is very frustrating and time-consuming.

My System Specifications:

OS: Windows 11 Pro (24H2/25H2)

CPU: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-12400 (2.50 GHz)

RAM: 16 GB 6000MHz

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (8GB)

Sometimes the text area is blank but has text, but when I zoom in or out, it backs.

Please investigate this as many users are experiencing similar issues. I would like to be notified when a fix or workaround is available.

This is impossible and really frustrating to work with. I can’t keep up with all the work, and clients are getting upset. Still, we’re paying for the subscription like everything is fine. It honestly feels disrespectful—to users in general, and to customers in particular. Is there anyone else we can turn to?

There were number of UNDO steps available earlier but recently it has stopped to 3-4 UNDOs at times and sometime even 0. It varies but doesn't increase beyond 3-4. This is happening in the latest version of InDesign. Hope this is resolved immediately, as it's very frustrating to work without this feature working properly.

I was reading a thread about this issue where the user said they have 16GB of RAM and people at their office who have more RAM are not experiencing this issue. To confirm - I also have 16GB of RAM.

We seriously need this to be addressed. I know someone is working on it but it is maddening and messing up everyone's workflow.

Wait - is Adobe's undo broken too? Is that why we can't go back to an earlier version? I joke, but for real. This is rough.

Undo not working, I lose my whole file.

This is crippling to using the program and has caused a lot of frustration the last few weeks.

See also users comments here -

https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/indesign-undo-history-clears-itself-without-user-action/td-p/15631507

I updated the software today (12/23/2025), hoping the issue would be resolved, but it remains the same :/

Anu updates on the bug? It is impossible to work, and the previous version 2024 that was reported as functional is unavailable. I had to put a lot of important projects on standby and it is directly affecting my business.

Seit dem 16.12. kann ich in Indesign nur einen einzigen Schritt rückwärts gehen. Bitte unbedingt und asap fixen.
Windows 11, Indesign 20 und 21, neu installiert.

my indesign is doing the same thing... just started a week ago. had an agent remote in and remove all adobe programs and reinstall indesign, this seemed to fix it. however it started doing it again today, I did notice that I done the version update and then it started. I had another agent remote in he said it could be my GPU Driver, so we unchecked that setting in indesign, however it is still doing it. need to know a fix as it is very inconvenient.

I started having this same issue and a couple of weeks ago and even, coincidentally, had a laptop upgrade and InDesign software updated to the newest version last week and it's still happening.

…first noticed last week…commenting to get updates

Whatever the issue is, InDesign seems to be deteriorating a little bit each day, between history disappearing, text disappearing, and now objects disappearing and unable to select them. Hoping for a fix soon, as these issues are pushing me past deadlines.

This has been a problem for about a week now. At first I believed the issue was not being on a 2k+ resolution for GPU performance, but that was obviously ridiculous and now I see that the issue is becoming common for everybody.