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A guide to uninstall Adobe AIR from your PC

This web page contains detailed information on how to remove Adobe AIR for Windows. The Windows release was developed by HARMAN International. More information on HARMAN International can be found here. Adobe AIR is normally installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe AIR directory, depending on the user's decision. You can uninstall Adobe AIR by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe AIR\Versions\1.0\Resources\Adobe AIR Updater.exe -arp:uninstall. Note that you might get a notification for admin rights. The program's main executable file is called Adobe AIR Updater.exe and occupies 384.70 KB (393928 bytes).

The following executables are incorporated in Adobe AIR. They occupy 934.74 KB (957176 bytes) on disk.

  • Adobe AIR Application Installer.exe (410.20 KB)
  • Adobe AIR Updater.exe (384.70 KB)
  • airappinstaller.exe (53.35 KB)
  • template.exe (86.50 KB)


The current web page applies to Adobe AIR version 51.2.1.1 alone. Click on the links below for other Adobe AIR versions:

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Some files and registry entries are regularly left behind when you remove Adobe AIR.

Folders left behind when you uninstall Adobe AIR:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe AIR
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Design&Print\Adobe AIR
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Adobe\AIR
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\AIR

The files below remain on your disk by Adobe AIR when you uninstall it:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe AIR\sentinel
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe AIR\Versions\1.0\Adobe AIR Application Installer.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe AIR\Versions\1.0\Adobe AIR Application Installer.swf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe AIR\Versions\1.0\Adobe AIR.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe AIR\Versions\1.0\Resources\Adobe AIR Updater.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe AIR\Versions\1.0\Resources\Adobe Root Certificate.cer
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe AIR\Versions\1.0\Resources\airappinstaller.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe AIR\Versions\1.0\Resources\digest.s
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe AIR\Versions\1.0\Resources\setup.swf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe AIR\Versions\1.0\Resources\stylesNative.swf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe AIR\Versions\1.0\Resources\template.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe AIR\Versions\1.0\Resources\template.msi
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe AIR\Versions\1.0\Resources\Thawte Root Certificate.cer
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe AIR\Versions\1.0\setup.msi
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Design&Print\Adobe AIR\Versions\1.0\Adobe AIR.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Design&Print\Adobe AIR\Versions\1.0\Resources\Adobe AIR.vch
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Design&Print\Adobe AIR\Versions\1.0\Resources\adobecp.vch
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Design&Print\Adobe AIR\Versions\1.0\Resources\CaptiveAppEntry.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Design&Print\Adobe AIR\Versions\1.0\Resources\NPSWF32.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Design&Print\Adobe AIR\Versions\1.0\Resources\WebKit.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Design&Print\Adobe AIR\Versions\1.0\Resources\WebKit\LGPL License.txt
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Design&Print\Adobe AIR\Versions\1.0\Resources\WebKit\Notice WebKit.txt
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Adobe\AIR\logs\Install.log
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\AIR\eulaAccepted

Generally the following registry keys will not be cleaned:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Adobe\Adobe AIR
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\F4712BEA1D8233144A4AC000999A8B06
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Adobe AIR

Open regedit.exe to remove the registry values below from the Windows Registry:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe AIR\Versions\1.0\Resources\Adobe AIR Updater.exe.ApplicationCompany
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe AIR\Versions\1.0\Resources\Adobe AIR Updater.exe.FriendlyAppName
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\F4712BEA1D8233144A4AC000999A8B06\ProductName


How to remove Adobe AIR from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Adobe AIR is an application by HARMAN International. Sometimes, users decide to remove this program. Sometimes this is hard because performing this by hand takes some advanced knowledge regarding Windows internal functioning. The best SIMPLE practice to remove Adobe AIR is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around tool to maximize the performance of your Windows PC.

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  • visit Download Link
  • download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system utility.

3. Click on the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the programs installed on the PC will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find Adobe AIR or simply click the Search field and type in "Adobe AIR". The Adobe AIR app will be found automatically. When you select Adobe AIR in the list of applications, the following information about the program is made available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have about Adobe AIR, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information about the app you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. Confirm the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Adobe AIR.
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8. After removing Adobe AIR, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of Adobe AIR which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Adobe AIR with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your system.

Your system will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall Adobe AIR by HARMAN International from your PC, nor are we saying that Adobe AIR by HARMAN International is not a good application. This text simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall Adobe AIR supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2025-04-17 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2025-04-17 10:43:57.597