topic Re: "Loading locators..." pop-up window in ArcGIS Pro Questions

"Loading locators..." pop-up window

RasheedKhaleel — Fri, 01 Jan 2021 13:40:28 GMT

I am running ArcGIS Pro 2.7

I walked away from my computer, no geoprocessing events running, just a dormant moment.

When I returned, this window had popped up

Loading Locators

Don't know what it is or what triggered it, but can't make it stop without breaking the program. I don't think I would lose too much work, if any, but I'd like to identify what caused it and how to not repeat this interruption. Thanks in advance

Re: "Loading locators..." pop-up window

BenClark — Fri, 01 Jan 2021 19:56:16 GMT

Do you host any previously used locators on a different machine? Wondering if a temporary service disruption there would cause some kind of automatic refresh in an otherwise dormant client session.

Very strange though!

Re: "Loading locators..." pop-up window

Robert_LeClair — Mon, 04 Jan 2021 22:42:54 GMT

One question - how many Locators have you (or your administrator) set up for your ArcGIS Online/Portal? For my Locators in the Catalog, I have 3 by default I believe.

Re: "Loading locators..." pop-up window

Nathan_T — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 00:52:16 GMT

I'm having the same problem. Pro 2.7, with the latest patch installed today. Loading locators randomly popped open and I cannot close it, or do anything else in Pro. I'm 30 points in to a very challenging georeference and having to kill the program will be very very painful.

Re: "Loading locators..." pop-up window

RasheedKhaleel — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 14:47:16 GMT

I did not have any Locators running except the default ArcGIS Online one. I was not even doing locator work at the time, but I did have to kill Pro unfortunately. I have not had this same problem again, though. Nathan_T I feel your pain!

Re: "Loading locators..." pop-up window

MarkJennings — Tue, 26 Dec 2023 17:46:25 GMT

Everytime I do something this comes up and slows things down. How do I remove the Locators so this doesn't happen?

Re: "Loading locators..." pop-up window

Joel — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 19:24:10 GMT

Pops up constantly while editing. Hideous

Re: "Loading locators..." pop-up window

Robert_LeClair — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 20:25:44 GMT

Joel - sorry to hear that you're experiencing this pop-up. It's definitely not expected behavior. I would recommend running a Soft Reset of ArcGIS Pro as documented here to see if this fixes the issue - How To: Perform an ArcGIS pro Soft Reset