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How to use macOS Customization Wizard Tool

Explains how to use the macOS Customization Wizard Tool to configure Foxit PDF Editor before deployment.

Answer

Support for Foxit PDF Editor v11 and v12 has been discontinued as of August 13, 2025. Upgrade to v14 to continue receiving support.

 

Foxit Customization Tool provides the simple configuration options for IT professionals to configure the Foxit installer prior to organization-wide deployment, and quickly install and activate Foxit PDF Editor for MAC V11.x and greater versions ( and Foxit PhantomPDF for Mac V4.0 to V4.1) and Enterprise Foxit PDF Reader for Mac V2024.4 and greater versions, on all the devices across your organization without any user interaction. This article introduces how this tool works, following are the steps:

1. Install and Run Foxit Customization Tool

Please access here to get the Foxit Customization tool which matches the major version of your Foxit application. For example, Foxit Customization Tool 11.0 can work for all the Foxit PDF Editor for Mac V11.x versions. Then double click on the downloaded .dmg file to bring up the “Foxit Customization Tool” window, double click on Foxit Customization Tool option to run the Foxit Customization tool.

2. Configure and Output an Installation Pack

In Foxit Customization tool, you could configurate the following options and output a new installation pack as you want:

  • Locate installer: Choose an appropriate installer package of Foxit PDF Editor for MAC.
  • Add License Key File: Choose the license key file.
  • Add Code: Copy and paste your registration key code of Foxit PDF Editor into the Add code field. (This option is not available in Foxit Customation tool for V4.x.)
  • Set as the default PDF viewer: Check this option if you need to set Foxit as the default PDF viewer. (This option is not available in Foxit Customation tool for V4.x.)
  • Server Address from Admin Console: Add On-premise Foxit Admin console server address.
  • Internal update server: Add internal update server address if Foxit PDF Editor will be configured to update from internal server on the on-premise Admin console. (This option is not available in Foxit Customation tool for V4.x.)
  • Show Start Page: Change the settings of Start Page. (Applicable to Foxit PDF Editor for Mac V12.x V13.0 and V2023.x)

  • Remove Advertisement: Change the settings of Advertisement. (Applicable only to Foxit PDF Editor for Mac V2024.1 and later.)

  • Hide Specific Plugins: Select corresponding plugin item(s) from Plugin List to hide. (Applicable only to Foxit PDF Editor for Mac V12.0 and later.)

Plugins supported to be hidden include Box, Comments Summary, ComparePDF, Dropbox, Foxit Account Managment, Google Drive, iManage 10, License Manager, OneDrive, OneDrive For Business, Page Editor, RMS, Ruler, Share Review, Sharepoint, Speech, U3DBrwoser and Updater.

  • Customize feature buttons on Ribbon and Quick Access Toolbar:(This feature is only supported starting from V2025.2 and V14.0)

  • Configure Login Domain (Applicable only to Foxit PDF Editor for Mac version 2025.3.0 and later)

This setting lets you configure login domains using whitelist and blacklist options. Enter a domain (e.g., @foxitsoftware.com) in the input field and click 'Add' to allow or block it for login access.

3. Configure License Type

Click OK to specify an output folder and then generate a new PKG file.

Change option from 'Add License' to 'Add Admin Console' in order to set PKG to use online Foxit Admin Console. Leave fields for 'Server Address' & 'Internal update server' blank. Choose OK.

 

For Site License Deployments

Set the Customization Wizard to 'Add License' and attach .txt license.

 

4. Deploy with the New Installation pack

Deploy Foxit PDF Editor for Mac into the environment with the newly configured .pkg package.

For example, we run Terminal and use the command line to apply the new PKG file during deployment:

sudo installer -pkg “packagepath” -target /

Note:

The options of "Add code" "Server Address from Admin Console" "Internal update server" in Foxit Customization tool are newly added options since version 11.

Since Foxit PDF Reader version 2024.4, the Foxit Customization Tool (FCT) now includes the "Foxit PDF Reader" option, enabling enterprise users of Foxit PDF Reader for Mac to customize their software by disabling features such as AI and eSign functionalities.