Adobe Acrobat

How to uninstall Adobe Acrobat from your computer

You can find on this page details on how to remove Adobe Acrobat for Windows. It was developed for Windows by Adobe Systems Incorporated. Open here where you can get more info on Adobe Systems Incorporated. You can read more about about Adobe Acrobat at http://www.adobe.com. Adobe Acrobat is frequently set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC directory, but this location can vary a lot depending on the user's decision when installing the program. 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 might get a notification for admin rights. The application's main executable file occupies 5.11 MB (5355928 bytes) on disk and is called Acrobat.exe.

Adobe Acrobat installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 694.71 MB (728454472 bytes) on disk.

• Acrobat.exe (5.11 MB)
• AcrobatInfo.exe (32.91 KB)
• acrobat_sl.exe (36.90 KB)
• AcroBroker.exe (2.14 MB)
• acrodist.exe (485.90 KB)
• AcroRd32.exe (3.97 MB)
• AcroShareTarget.exe (69.91 KB)
• AcroTextExtractor.exe (50.90 KB)
• acrotray.exe (8.22 MB)
• ADelRCP.exe (334.91 KB)
• ADNotificationManager.exe (370.90 KB)
• Adobe Crash Processor.exe (934.91 KB)
• AdobeCollabSync.exe (8.82 MB)
• arh.exe (84.66 KB)
• CRLogTransport.exe (188.90 KB)
• CRWindowsClientService.exe (1.21 MB)
• FullTrustNotifier.exe (213.48 KB)
• LogTransport2.exe (840.95 KB)
• ShowAppPickerForPDF.exe (21.91 KB)
• wow_helper.exe (131.40 KB)
• AcroCEF.exe (2.79 MB)
• AcroServicesUpdater.exe (205.78 MB)
• AcroServicesUpdater.exe (205.78 MB)
• AcroLayoutRecognizer.exe (14.50 KB)
• WCChromeNativeMessagingHost.exe (183.40 KB)
• Adobe_Acrobat_Diagnostics.exe (354.40 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 (3.79 MB)
• adobe_licensing_wf_helper_acro.exe (350.91 KB)
• AdobeFips.exe (3.96 MB)
• 32BitMAPIBroker.exe (108.90 KB)
• 64BitMAPIBroker.exe (285.90 KB)
• MSRMSPIBroker.exe (416.01 KB)
• 7za.exe (810.55 KB)
• AcroScanBroker.exe (1.94 MB)
• PrintInf64.exe (150.41 KB)
• PrintINFArm64.exe (119.72 KB)
• Acrobat Elements.exe (2.43 MB)
• HTML2PDFWrapFor64Bit.exe (141.40 KB)
• Setup.exe (449.68 KB)
• WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe (2.47 MB)

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The information on this page is only about version 25.001.20435 of Adobe Acrobat. You can find here a few links to other Adobe Acrobat versions:

• 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
• 22.003.20282
• 25.001.20467
• 24.005.20320
• 24.002.20991
• 25.001.20428
• 24.002.20965
• 22.003.20314
• 24.002.20736
• 24.005.20414
• 23.006.20360

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Some files and registry entries are typically left behind when you remove Adobe Acrobat.

Folders left behind when you uninstall Adobe Acrobat:

• 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_20.006.20042

Files remaining:

• 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\Viewer.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ESP\Accessibility.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ESP\Actions.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ESP\AddSignBranding.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ESP\AppCenter.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ESP\Assistant.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ESP\CCXApp.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ESP\Certificates.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ESP\CollectPayments.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ESP\CollectSignatures.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ESP\Combine.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ESP\Comments.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ESP\compare.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ESP\CompressPDF.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ESP\ConvertPDF_Full.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ESP\CreateCustom.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ESP\CreatePDF.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ESP\CreateWebForm.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ESP\Developer.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ESP\Edit.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ESP\Export.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ESP\FillSign.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ESP\Forms.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ESP\Home.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ESP\InAppSign.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ESP\Index.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ESP\Measure.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ESP\MoreTools.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ESP\OptimizePDF.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ESP\Pages.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ESP\PaperToPDF.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ESP\PrintProduction.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ESP\Protect.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ESP\Redact.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ESP\Review.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ESP\RichMedia.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ESP\SendInBulk.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ESP\Stamp.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ESP\Standards.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ESP\StylizePDFApp.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ESP\Summary.aapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ESP\TextToImageApp.aapp

Frequently the following registry keys will not be removed:

• 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\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\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 clean:

• 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

A way to remove Adobe Acrobat from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Adobe Acrobat is a program offered by Adobe Systems Incorporated. Frequently, computer users choose to erase this program. Sometimes this can be difficult because deleting this manually takes some skill related to Windows internal functioning. The best EASY procedure to erase 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 on your PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and general utility to optimize your PC.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful PC management program.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool


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

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Adobe Acrobat or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Adobe Acrobat". If it is installed on your PC the Adobe Acrobat application will be found very quickly. Notice that when you select Adobe Acrobat in the list of applications, the following information regarding the program is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have regarding Adobe Acrobat, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the app you wish to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Adobe Acrobat:

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

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Adobe Acrobat.


8. After removing Adobe Acrobat, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of Adobe Acrobat that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Adobe Acrobat with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows system 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, nor are we saying that Adobe Acrobat by Adobe Systems Incorporated is not a good application for your computer. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Adobe Acrobat in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.