Adobe Acrobat Reader DC

A guide to uninstall Adobe Acrobat Reader DC from your computer

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC is a software application. This page holds details on how to remove it from your PC. It was coded for Windows by Adobe Systems Incorporated. More information about Adobe Systems Incorporated can be read here. You can see more info about Adobe Acrobat Reader DC at http://www.adobe.com. The application is usually placed in the C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC folder. Take into account that this path can differ depending on the user's preference. You can remove Adobe Acrobat Reader DC by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line MsiExec.exe /I{AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-AC0F074E4100}. Note that you might be prompted for administrator rights. AcroRd32.exe is the Adobe Acrobat Reader DC's main executable file and it occupies close to 2.12 MB (2227696 bytes) on disk.

The following executables are incorporated in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. They occupy 35.50 MB (37228968 bytes) on disk.

• AcroBroker.exe (281.48 KB)
• AcroRd32.exe (2.12 MB)
• AcroRd32Info.exe (28.48 KB)
• AcroTextExtractor.exe (43.98 KB)
• ADelRCP.exe (135.48 KB)
• AdobeCollabSync.exe (865.98 KB)
• arh.exe (84.66 KB)
• Eula.exe (84.08 KB)
• LogTransport2.exe (345.58 KB)
• reader_sl.exe (52.58 KB)
• wow_helper.exe (114.18 KB)
• RdrCEF.exe (12.00 MB)
• RdrServicesUpdater.exe (19.15 MB)
• WCChromeNativeMessagingHost.exe (141.48 KB)
• 32BitMAPIBroker.exe (102.48 KB)

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The current web page applies to Adobe Acrobat Reader DC version 18.009.20044 alone. You can find below info on other application versions of Adobe Acrobat Reader DC:

• 19.010.20064
• 21.005.20060
• 18.011.20036
• 18.011.20063
• 19.010.20099
• 19.010.20098
• 20.012.20043
• 19.021.20058
• 15.009.20071
• 15.010.20060
• 17.012.20093
• 21.001.20142
• 20.009.20065
• 19.021.20049
• 15.009.20077
• 15.020.20042
• 22.001.20117
• 21.007.20095
• 22.002.20191
• 23.001.20174
• 20.012.20048
• 15.023.20070
• 19.008.20080
• 15.010.20059
• 20.009.20074
• 20.012.20041
• 15.010.20056
• 17.012.20095
• 2015.009.20069
• 19.008.20071
• 21.007.20099
• 15.009.20079
• 19.010.20091
• 21.001.20149
• 22.003.20258
• 19.012.20040
• 15.023.20053
• 15.008.20082
• 19.012.20036
• 21.005.20048
• 21.005.20054
• 21.007.20091
• 22.003.20282
• 15.007.20033
• 24.001.20604
• 15.23
• 21.001.20140
• 20.013.20074
• 20.013.20064
• 19.012.20035
• 19.021.20061
• 21.001.20145
• 17.012.20098
• 21.011.20039
• 19.021.20056
• 18.011.20038
• 21.001.20138
• 17.009.20044
• 18.009.20050
• 23.006.20360
• 20.006.20034
• 21.001.20155
• 21.001.20150
• 15.020.20039
• 22.001.20085
• 21.001.20135
• 19.008.20074
• 19.008.20081
• 15.017.20053
• 19.012.20034
• 18.011.20055
• 15.017.20050
• 19.021.20048
• 15.023.20056
• 19.010.20069
• 22.003.20310
• 20.006.20042
• 18.011.20040
• 22.001.20142
• 15.009.20069
• 15.016.20045
• 21.005.20058
• 15.016.20041
• 20.009.20067
• 15.016.20039
• 19.021.20047
• 18.011.20035
• 22.001.20169
• 17.009.20058
• 20.013.20066
• 22.003.20263
• 20.009.20063
• 18.011.20058
• 22.002.20212

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Some files and registry entries are frequently left behind when you uninstall Adobe Acrobat Reader DC.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall Adobe Acrobat Reader DC from your PC:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC

Files remaining:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Esl\AiodLite.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\1494870C-9912-C184-4CC9-B401-A53F4D8DE290.pdf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\A3DUtils.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\ACE.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroApp\ENU\AppCenter_R.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroApp\ENU\Certificates_R.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroApp\ENU\CollectSignatures.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroApp\ENU\Combine_R_RHP.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroApp\ENU\Comments.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroApp\ENU\Compare_R_RHP.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroApp\ENU\CPDF_Full.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroApp\ENU\CPDF_RHP.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroApp\ENU\Edit_R_Exp_RHP.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroApp\ENU\Edit_R_Full.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroApp\ENU\Edit_R_RHP.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroApp\ENU\EPDF_Full.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroApp\ENU\EPDF_RHP.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroApp\ENU\FillSign.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroApp\ENU\Home.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroApp\ENU\Measure.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroApp\ENU\MoreTools.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroApp\ENU\OptimizePDF_R_RHP.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroApp\ENU\Pages_R_RHP.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroApp\ENU\Protect_R_RHP.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroApp\ENU\Redact_R_RHP.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroApp\ENU\Scan_R_RHP.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroApp\ENU\Stamp.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroApp\ENU\TrackedSend.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroApp\ENU\Viewer.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroBroker.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\cef.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\cef_100_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\cef_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\cef_extensions.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\chrome_elf.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\COPYING.LGPLv2.1.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\d3dcompiler_43.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\icudt.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\icudtl.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\libcef.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\libEGL.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\LICENSE.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\natives_blob.bin
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrServicesUpdater.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\snapshot_blob.bin
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\widevinecdmadapter.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Acrofx32.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32Info.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32Res.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroSup64.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroTextExtractor.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\ADelRCP.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Adobe.Reader.Dependencies.manifest
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AdobeCollabSync.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AdobeLinguistic.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\adoberfp.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AdobeXMP.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AGM.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AGMGPUOptIn.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\ahclient.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AIDE.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AIR\nppdf32.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\arh.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AXE8SharedExpat.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AXSLE.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\BIB.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\BIBUtils.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Browser\nppdf32.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Browser\WCChromeExtn\manifest.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Browser\WCChromeExtn\WCChromeNativeMessagingHost.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\ccme_asym.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\ccme_base.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\ccme_base_non_fips.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\ccme_ecc.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Click on 'Change' to select default PDF handler.pdf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\CoolType.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\cryptocme.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\cryptocme.sig
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\DirectInk.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Eula.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\ExtendScript.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\icucnv40.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\icudt40.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\IDTemplates\ENU\AdobeID.pdf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\IDTemplates\ENU\DefaultID.pdf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Javascripts\JSByteCodeWin.bin
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\JP2KLib.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Legal\ENU\eula.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Legal\ENU\license.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Locale\en_US\stopwords.ENU
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\logsession.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\LogTransport2.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Onix32.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\PDFPrevHndlr.dll

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the keys below:

• HKEY_CURRENT_UserName\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\68AB67CA7DA73301B744CAF070E41400
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-AC0F074E4100}

Additional values that you should clean:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\68AB67CA7DA73301B744CAF070E41400\ProductName

How to remove Adobe Acrobat Reader DC from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC is a program marketed by the software company Adobe Systems Incorporated. Sometimes, people try to erase this application. This can be hard because removing this by hand takes some know-how regarding Windows program uninstallation. One of the best QUICK way to erase Adobe Acrobat Reader DC is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on 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 the best uninstaller and all around tool to take care of your Windows computer.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system utility.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the programs existing on your computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Adobe Acrobat Reader DC or simply click the Search feature and type in "Adobe Acrobat Reader DC". If it is installed on your PC the Adobe Acrobat Reader DC program will be found very quickly. When you select Adobe Acrobat Reader DC in the list of apps, the following information about the program is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have about Adobe Acrobat Reader DC, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the app you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Adobe Acrobat Reader DC:

• The web site of the program is: http://www.adobe.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /I{AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-AC0F074E4100}

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Adobe Acrobat Reader DC.


8. After uninstalling Adobe Acrobat Reader DC, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong Adobe Acrobat Reader DC that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Adobe Acrobat Reader DC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall Adobe Acrobat Reader DC by Adobe Systems Incorporated from your computer, nor are we saying that Adobe Acrobat Reader DC by Adobe Systems Incorporated is not a good application. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Adobe Acrobat Reader DC in case you decide this is what you want to do. 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' computers.