Adobe Acrobat

How to uninstall Adobe Acrobat from your system

Adobe Acrobat is a software application. This page is comprised of details on how to remove it from your PC. The Windows release was created by Adobe Systems Incorporated. More information about Adobe Systems Incorporated can be seen here. You can get more details on Adobe Acrobat at http://www.adobe.com. The application is often found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC directory. Take into account that this path can differ being determined by the user's decision. The full command line for removing Adobe Acrobat is MsiExec.exe /I{AC76BA86-1033-FFFF-7760-0C0F074E4100}. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may be prompted for admin rights. Acrobat.exe is the Adobe Acrobat's primary executable file and it takes around 4.47 MB (4682192 bytes) on disk.

Adobe Acrobat is composed of the following executables which occupy 139.88 MB (146675760 bytes) on disk:

• Acrobat.exe (4.47 MB)
• AcrobatInfo.exe (32.45 KB)
• acrobat_sl.exe (35.95 KB)
• AcroBroker.exe (293.45 KB)
• acrodist.exe (483.45 KB)
• AcroRd32.exe (3.62 MB)
• AcroShareTarget.exe (66.22 KB)
• AcroTextExtractor.exe (49.95 KB)
• acrotray.exe (5.90 MB)
• ADelRCP.exe (282.45 KB)
• AdobeCollabSync.exe (5.30 MB)
• arh.exe (84.66 KB)
• CRLogTransport.exe (204.27 KB)
• CRWindowsClientService.exe (355.95 KB)
• FullTrustNotifier.exe (213.48 KB)
• LogTransport2.exe (840.16 KB)
• ShowAppPickerForPDF.exe (21.45 KB)
• wow_helper.exe (117.95 KB)
• AcroCEF.exe (1.99 MB)
• AcroServicesUpdater.exe (42.01 MB)
• AcroLayoutRecognizer.exe (14.50 KB)
• WCChromeNativeMessagingHost.exe (172.95 KB)
• AGSService.exe (3.41 MB)
• gccustomhook.exe (3.27 MB)
• AcroLicApp.exe (4.33 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 (2.21 MB)
• adobe_licensing_wf_helper_acro.exe (344.95 KB)
• 32BitMAPIBroker.exe (104.95 KB)
• 64BitMAPIBroker.exe (258.45 KB)
• MSRMSPIBroker.exe (361.05 KB)
• 7za.exe (810.55 KB)
• AcroScanBroker.exe (1.92 MB)
• PrintInf64.exe (128.45 KB)
• PrintINFArm64.exe (119.72 KB)
• Acrobat Elements.exe (2.43 MB)
• HTML2PDFWrapFor64Bit.exe (140.95 KB)
• Setup.exe (410.66 KB)
• WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe (2.47 MB)

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The information on this page is only about version 22.003.20314 of Adobe Acrobat. For more Adobe Acrobat versions please click below:

• 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
• 24.002.20965
• 24.002.20736
• 24.005.20414
• 23.006.20360

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Many files, folders and Windows registry data can not be deleted when you remove Adobe Acrobat from your PC.

Directories that were left behind:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Adobe\Acrobat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Adobe\ARM\Acrobat_21.005.20048

The files below were left behind on your disk by Adobe Acrobat's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• 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\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\TrackedSend.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\UnifiedShare.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_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
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\cef.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\cef_100_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\cef_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\cef_extensions.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\chrome_100_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\chrome_200_percent.pak

Usually the following registry keys will not be 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_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Distiller
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Elements
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\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 Reader
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Adobe\Repair\Acrobat Reader
• 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

Open regedit.exe in order to delete the following registry values:

• 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 erase Adobe Acrobat with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Adobe Acrobat is an application released by Adobe Systems Incorporated. Some computer users choose to remove this application. This can be hard because deleting this by hand takes some advanced knowledge related to Windows internal functioning. The best SIMPLE procedure to remove Adobe Acrobat is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general tool to optimize your PC.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire the program's interface and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful PC management program.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


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

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate Adobe Acrobat or simply activate the Search field and type in "Adobe Acrobat". If it exists on your system the Adobe Acrobat program will be found automatically. After you click Adobe Acrobat in the list , some data regarding the application is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other users have regarding Adobe Acrobat, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the application you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Adobe Acrobat:

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

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. Confirm the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Adobe Acrobat.


8. After uninstalling Adobe Acrobat, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong Adobe Acrobat that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Adobe Acrobat with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

Your PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove Adobe Acrobat by Adobe Systems Incorporated from your PC, we are not saying that Adobe Acrobat by Adobe Systems Incorporated is not a good application for your computer. This page simply contains detailed info on how to remove Adobe Acrobat supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.