Adobe does not recommend that you uninstall the Adobe Creative Cloud desktop app. If you must uninstall it, download the given uninstallers to uninstall the Creative Cloud desktop app. Adobe strongly recommends that you do not uninstall the Creative Cloud desktop app. However, in certain scenarios like a corrupted Creative Cloud desktop app, or problems installing some Creative Cloud apps, you can uninstall the Creative Cloud desktop app. For example, you may receive the following error message while updating the Creative Cloud desktop app:.
If you are seeing this error, follow the steps below to uninstall and then reinstall the Creative Cloud desktop app :. If you need to uninstall the Creative Cloud desktop app, download and run the uninstallation tool appropriate for your operating system. You will need administrative privileges to complete the uninstallation. Ensure that all your files are already synced before you run the uninstaller. Files that are not synced to your Creative Cloud account could be potentially lost.
You may be prompted to allow the uninstaller to proceed. The installer prompts you to confirm that you want to uninstall the Creative Cloud desktop app. Review the message and select Uninstall. The uninstaller removes the app from your computer and displays a confirmation message. Select Close. Download and install the Creative Cloud desktop app. Double-click the installer file Creative Cloud Uninstaller.
Depending upon your security settings, you may receive a warning to open the uninstaller from the mounted DMG file. Select Open to continue. You can pick the executable from any machine which has the latest Creative Cloud desktop app installed. The executable is located at:. Create a program and use the Creative Cloud Uninstaller.
Run this program from distribution point on all the client machines where you want to uninstall the Creative Cloud desktop app. The Creative Cloud desktop app can only be uninstalled if all Creative Cloud apps such as Photoshop, Illustrator, and Premiere Pro have already been uninstalled from the system. There are various reasons why you might want to remove the Creative Cloud application. A corrupt installation or corrupt setup files might be one.
Another is related to getting errors when installing some Creative Cloud applications or when updating either Creative Cloud or one of the installed Adobe products.
Such situations require you to uninstall Creative Cloud and re-launch the updated package. The Creative Cloud Uninstaller is very easy to use. At first, you are prompted to confirm your intentions to remove the file. Once you do so, the uninstaller allows you to monitor its progress and displays a notification message to let you know that everything ran smoothly and that Creative Cloud is no longer present on your PC.
Using Creative Cloud is not mandatory, but if your software editors of choice are part of the Adobe family, you will just have to keep it on your PC. And if for whatever reason you want to remove it at some point, you can use Adobe's dedicated uninstaller named, obviously, Creative Cloud Uninstaller.