Few modern Windows apps are as difficult to uninstall as the Adobe Creative Cloud (Adobe CC) suite. However, with the right approach, you can remove Adobe CC and all traces of it in about 10 minutes. Here's how.
Uninstall all Adobe applications
To uninstall Adobe Creative Cloud, you first need to uninstall all Adobe applications, such as Photoshop, Lightroom, InDesign, Premiere Pro, etc., that you installed using Creative Cloud. Otherwise, you may see the error "Couldn't uninstall Creative Cloud for desktop".
While you can uninstall Adobe apps from the Settings app, it’s best to do it from the Adobe CC desktop app. This way, the desktop app can keep track of all the Adobe apps you’ve removed from your computer and prevent any escalations when you try to remove Creative Cloud.
To uninstall your Adobe applications:
If you can't access your Adobe CC account, try uninstalling Adobe apps from the Settings app. To do this, press Win + I on your keyboard to open Settings , select Apps from the left sidebar, and click Installed Apps on the right.
Locate the Adobe app you want to remove, click the three-dot menu, and select Uninstall . Click Uninstall again to remove the app. If you still can't uninstall the apps, use the Adobe CC Cleaner tool as described in the last section of this guide.
Uninstall Adobe Creative Cloud using its uninstaller
You can easily uninstall any Windows app from the Settings app, except Adobe Creative Cloud for desktop. Any attempt to remove the app ends with the error “Couldn't uninstall Creative Cloud for desktop”. Instead, you can use Adobe CC Uninstaller, a dedicated uninstaller from Adobe, to uninstall desktop apps.
https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/help/uninstall-creative-cloud-desktop-app.html
Clean up leftover junk software with Adobe CC Cleaner
Thanks to Adobe’s deep integration with Windows, you still need to clean up some leftover Creative Cloud junk. To remove junk and leftover files, we’ll use the Adobe Creative Cloud Cleaner tool.
https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/cc-cleaner-tool-installation-problems.html
If it completes successfully, press Enter to exit. If you see any errors, run the tool again to remove any remaining files.
Manually delete Adobe Genuine Service and folders
The final piece of this puzzle involves removing the Adobe Genuine Service (also known as Adobe Client), which is designed to detect pirated Adobe tools on your computer.
To remove Adobe Genuine Service:
You can then delete the Adobe folders in the following locations:
C:\Program Files\Adobe
C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Adobe (replace Username with your computer's username)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\AdobeOpen the Adobe folder, select all the files inside and select Delete . Do this for all the folders above. Also, remember to empty the recycle bin to free up space on your drive.
Adobe makes it unnecessarily difficult to remove the Creative Cloud desktop app. While Adobe provides some tools to clean up your installation, you still need to manually clean up all the files.
Few modern Windows apps are as difficult to uninstall as the Adobe Creative Cloud (Adobe CC) suite. However, with the right approach, you can remove Adobe CC and all traces of it in about 10 minutes.
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