Adobe Acrobat

How to uninstall Adobe Acrobat from your PC

This page is about Adobe Acrobat for Windows. Below you can find details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It is developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated. More information on Adobe Systems Incorporated can be seen here. Detailed information about Adobe Acrobat can be seen at http://www.adobe.com. Usually the Adobe Acrobat program is placed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC folder, depending on the user's option during install. You can uninstall Adobe Acrobat by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line MsiExec.exe /I{AC76BA86-1033-FFFF-7760-0C0F074E4100}. Note that you might receive a notification for administrator rights. The program's main executable file occupies 4.70 MB (4933024 bytes) on disk and is labeled Acrobat.exe.

The following executables are contained in Adobe Acrobat. They occupy 244.61 MB (256487192 bytes) on disk.

• Acrobat.exe (4.70 MB)
• AcrobatInfo.exe (32.91 KB)
• acrobat_sl.exe (36.91 KB)
• AcroBroker.exe (2.54 MB)
• acrodist.exe (485.91 KB)
• AcroRd32.exe (3.86 MB)
• AcroShareTarget.exe (69.91 KB)
• AcroTextExtractor.exe (50.91 KB)
• acrotray.exe (5.92 MB)
• ADelRCP.exe (331.41 KB)
• ADNotificationManager.exe (270.41 KB)
• Adobe Crash Processor.exe (945.41 KB)
• AdobeCollabSync.exe (8.47 MB)
• arh.exe (84.66 KB)
• CRLogTransport.exe (177.91 KB)
• CRWindowsClientService.exe (388.91 KB)
• FullTrustNotifier.exe (213.48 KB)
• LogTransport2.exe (840.95 KB)
• ShowAppPickerForPDF.exe (21.91 KB)
• wow_helper.exe (123.91 KB)
• AcroCEF.exe (2.76 MB)
• AcroServicesUpdater.exe (87.65 MB)
• AcroLayoutRecognizer.exe (14.50 KB)
• WCChromeNativeMessagingHost.exe (183.41 KB)
• Adobe_Acrobat_Diagnostics.exe (340.91 KB)
• AGSService.exe (3.56 MB)
• gccustomhook.exe (3.28 MB)
• AcroLicApp.exe (4.34 MB)
• adobe_licensing_helper.exe (2.46 MB)
• adobe_licutil.exe (2.64 MB)
• adobe_licensing_wf_acro.exe (1.30 MB)
• adobe_licensing_wf_helper_acro.exe (365.77 KB)
• adobe_licensing_wf_acro.exe (2.35 MB)
• adobe_licensing_wf_helper_acro.exe (349.46 KB)
• AdobeFips.exe (3.96 MB)
• 32BitMAPIBroker.exe (108.91 KB)
• 64BitMAPIBroker.exe (272.41 KB)
• MSRMSPIBroker.exe (412.01 KB)
• 7za.exe (810.55 KB)
• AcroScanBroker.exe (1.93 MB)
• PrintInf64.exe (148.91 KB)
• PrintINFArm64.exe (119.72 KB)
• Acrobat Elements.exe (2.43 MB)
• HTML2PDFWrapFor64Bit.exe (141.41 KB)
• Setup.exe (410.66 KB)
• WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe (2.47 MB)

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The current page applies to Adobe Acrobat version 24.002.20965 only. You can find below info on other releases of Adobe Acrobat:

• 24.002.20895
• 23.001.20174
• 24.002.20759
• 24.005.20307
• 24.003.20112
• 24.003.20180
• 24.002.20687
• 22.003.20258
• 25.001.20458
• 25.001.20474
• 24.005.20392
• 24.002.20933
• 23.006.20320
• 23.008.20533
• 24.002.20857
• 22.003.20263
• 23.008.20458
• 23.003.20244
• 24.004.20220
• 22.003.20310
• 24.005.20421
• 23.008.20470
• 24.001.20643
• 23.006.20380
• 24.005.20399
• 23.003.20201
• 23.001.20143
• 22.003.20322
• 24.003.20054
• 25.001.20432
• 23.003.20284
• 24.002.21005
• 24.002.20854
• 24.001.20604
• 24.001.20615
• 24.004.20243
• 23.008.20421
• 23.001.20064
• 24.004.20272
• 23.003.20215
• 23.001.20093
• 23.003.20269
• 24.001.20629
• 23.008.20555
• 25.001.20435
• 22.003.20282
• 25.001.20467
• 24.005.20320
• 24.002.20991
• 25.001.20428
• 22.003.20314
• 24.002.20736
• 24.005.20414
• 23.006.20360

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Adobe Acrobat has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall Adobe Acrobat:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Adobe\Acrobat
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Temp\acrord32_super_sbx\Adobe\Acrobat
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Temp\Adobe\Acrobat

Check for and delete the following files from your disk when you uninstall Adobe Acrobat:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat Elements\Acrobat Elements.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat Elements\agm.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat Elements\BIB.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat Elements\ContextMenu.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat Elements\ContextMenu64.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat Elements\ContextMenuIExplorerCommandShim.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat Elements\ContextMenuShim64.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\1494870C-9912-C184-4CC9-B401-A53F4D8DE290.pdf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\A3DUtils.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acadres\ltypeshp.shx
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acadres\MyriadCAD.otf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\ACE.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acroamt.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\Accessibility.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\Actions.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\AddSignBranding.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\AppCenter.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\Assistant.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\CCXApp.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\Certificates.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\CollectFeedback.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\CollectPayments.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\CollectSignatures.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\Combine.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\Comments.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\compare.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\CompressPDF.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\ConvertPDF_Full.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\CreateCustom.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\CreatePDF.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\CreateWebForm.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\Developer.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\Edit.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\Export.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\FillSign.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\Forms.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\Home.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\HomeWelcome.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\InAppSign.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\Index.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\Measure.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\MoreTools.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\OptimizePDF.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\Pages.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\PaperToPDF.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\PrintProduction.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\Protect.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\Redact.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\Review.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\RichMedia.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\SendInBulk.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\Stamp.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\Standards.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\StylizePDFApp.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\Summary.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\TextToImageApp.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\TrackedSend.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\UnifiedShare.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\UseLegalTemplates.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\Viewer.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Acrobat.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrobat.tlb
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrobat_reader_appicon_16.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrobat_sl.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcrobatInfo.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcrobatMenuCoreApp.msix
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcrobatRes.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroBroker.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\AcroCEF.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\AcroServicesUpdater.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\cef.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\cef_100_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\cef_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\cef_extensions.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\chrome_100_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\chrome_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\chrome_elf.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\COPYING.LGPLv2.1.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\d3dcompiler_43.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\icudt.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\icudtl.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\libcef.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\libEGL.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\LICENSE.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\natives_blob.bin
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\resources.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\snapshot_blob.bin
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\swiftshader\libEGL.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\swiftshader\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\v8_context_snapshot.bin
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\vk_swiftshader.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\vk_swiftshader_icd.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\vulkan-1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\widevinecdmadapter.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\AcroCEF.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\AcroServicesUpdater.exe

Registry that is not cleaned:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Adobe.Acrobat.ContextMenu
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Adobe.Acrobat.HTMLPreview.1
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\Adobe.Acrobat.ContextMenu
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MIME\Database\Content Type\application/vnd.adobe.acrobat.aaui+xml
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MIME\Database\Content Type\application/vnd.adobe.acrobat-security-settings
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Acrobat
• HKEY_CURRENT_UserName\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Distiller
• HKEY_CURRENT_UserName\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Elements
• HKEY_CURRENT_UserName\Software\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Distiller
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Elements
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Adobe\Acrobat PDFMaker
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Pro
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Adobe\Repair\Adobe Acrobat
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\68AB67CA3301FFFF7706C0F070E41400
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{AC76BA86-1033-FFFF-7760-0C0F074E4100}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Mozilla\NativeMessagingHosts\com.adobe.acrobat.firefox_webcapture
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\MozillaPlugins\Adobe Acrobat
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat

Additional values that you should delete:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\68AB67CA3301FFFF7706C0F070E41400\ProductName

How to remove Adobe Acrobat with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Adobe Acrobat is an application by Adobe Systems Incorporated. Frequently, users choose to erase it. Sometimes this can be troublesome because removing this manually requires some skill related to PCs. The best EASY action to erase Adobe Acrobat is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around tool to clean your Windows system.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows tool.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the programs existing on your PC will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find Adobe Acrobat or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Adobe Acrobat". If it exists on your system the Adobe Acrobat application will be found automatically. After you click Adobe Acrobat in the list of applications, some information about the application is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have about Adobe Acrobat, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the program you wish to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Adobe Acrobat:

• The web site of the application is: http://www.adobe.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /I{AC76BA86-1033-FFFF-7760-0C0F074E4100}

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. accept the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Adobe Acrobat.


8. After removing Adobe Acrobat, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong Adobe Acrobat that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Adobe Acrobat using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall Adobe Acrobat by Adobe Systems Incorporated from your computer, we are not saying that Adobe Acrobat by Adobe Systems Incorporated is not a good application for your PC. This text only contains detailed info on how to uninstall Adobe Acrobat in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.