Illustrator: Disable Object Snapping

November 2, 2017

How to completely disable object snapping in Adobe Illustrator.

First try setting your Keyboard Increment to something really small like .1 pt.

low keyboard increment

If you are having a problem with objects jumping or snapping, even after you have set your keyboard increments to a low number, this will probably fix your problem.

still snapping

If you are still experiencing object snapping, select the object and then go to View>Snap to Grid and make sure it is disabled.

snap to grid disable

If you are still experiencing unwanted object snapping restart your computer.

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