Adobe Acrobat Reader DC

A guide to uninstall Adobe Acrobat Reader DC from your computer

This page is about Adobe Acrobat Reader DC for Windows. Here you can find details on how to remove it from your PC. The Windows release was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated. Take a look here for more information on Adobe Systems Incorporated. More information about Adobe Acrobat Reader DC can be seen at http://www.adobe.com. The program is usually placed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC folder (same installation drive as Windows). You can uninstall 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 admin rights. The application's main executable file occupies 3.00 MB (3150048 bytes) on disk and is named AcroRd32.exe.

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 37.48 MB (39298352 bytes) on disk.

• AcroBroker.exe (290.22 KB)
• AcroRd32.exe (3.00 MB)
• AcroRd32Info.exe (29.22 KB)
• AcroTextExtractor.exe (46.22 KB)
• ADelRCP.exe (269.72 KB)
• AdobeCollabSync.exe (5.29 MB)
• AdobeGenuineSlimInstaller.exe (781.05 KB)
• arh.exe (84.66 KB)
• Eula.exe (101.22 KB)
• FullTrustNotifier.exe (213.51 KB)
• LogTransport2.exe (345.58 KB)
• reader_sl.exe (23.66 KB)
• ShowAppPickerForPDF.exe (18.16 KB)
• wow_helper.exe (113.66 KB)
• RdrCEF.exe (6.89 MB)
• RdrServicesUpdater.exe (19.50 MB)
• AcroLayoutRecognizer.exe (11.50 KB)
• WCChromeNativeMessagingHost.exe (167.22 KB)
• 32BitMAPIBroker.exe (102.16 KB)
• 64BitMAPIBroker.exe (253.16 KB)

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The current page applies to Adobe Acrobat Reader DC version 21.005.20054 alone. You can find below a few links to other Adobe Acrobat Reader DC versions:

• 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
• 18.009.20044
• 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
• 21.007.20091
• 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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Numerous files, folders and Windows registry entries will not be uninstalled when you are trying to remove Adobe Acrobat Reader DC from your computer.

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

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

Usually, the following files are left on disk:

• 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\Accessibility_R_RHP.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroApp\ENU\Actions_R_RHP.aapp
• 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\ConvertPDF_Full.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroApp\ENU\ConvertPDF_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\CreateCustom_R_RHP.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroApp\ENU\Developer_R_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_Menu.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\Forms_R_RHP.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\InAppSign.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroApp\ENU\Index_R_RHP.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_CTX.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\PrintProduction_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\Review_RHP.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroApp\ENU\RichMedia_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\Standards_R_RHP.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\UnifiedShare.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\AcroLayoutRecognizer\AcroLayoutRecognizer.exe
• 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\AdobeGenuineSlimInstaller.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

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following keys will not be cleaned; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\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}

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

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\68AB67CA7DA73301B744CAF070E41400\ProductName

How to erase Adobe Acrobat Reader DC from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC is an application by Adobe Systems Incorporated. Sometimes, people try to remove this program. Sometimes this is troublesome because doing this manually takes some knowledge related to removing Windows programs manually. The best QUICK action to remove Adobe Acrobat Reader DC is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





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

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• visit Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire the program's design and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of tools.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool


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

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Adobe Acrobat Reader DC or simply activate the Search field and type in "Adobe Acrobat Reader DC". The Adobe Acrobat Reader DC application will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select Adobe Acrobat Reader DC in the list of apps, the following information regarding the program is available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other users have regarding Adobe Acrobat Reader DC, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the application you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

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

• The software company is: http://www.adobe.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /I{AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-AC0F074E4100}

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. accept the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Adobe Acrobat Reader DC.


8. After uninstalling Adobe Acrobat Reader DC, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong Adobe Acrobat Reader DC which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Adobe Acrobat Reader DC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove Adobe Acrobat Reader DC by Adobe Systems Incorporated from your computer, we are not saying that Adobe Acrobat Reader DC by Adobe Systems Incorporated is not a good application. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to remove Adobe Acrobat Reader DC supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.