Adobe Illustrator 2023

A way to uninstall Adobe Illustrator 2023 from your computer

You can find on this page details on how to uninstall Adobe Illustrator 2023 for Windows. It was coded for Windows by Adobe Inc.. More data about Adobe Inc. can be found here. More data about the app Adobe Illustrator 2023 can be seen at https://www.adobe.com/go/ai_support. The application is frequently located in the C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 2023 folder (same installation drive as Windows). You can remove Adobe Illustrator 2023 by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Adobe Desktop Common\HDBox\Uninstaller.exe. Keep in mind that you might get a notification for administrator rights. Illustrator.exe is the programs's main file and it takes circa 36.59 MB (38371312 bytes) on disk.

The executables below are part of Adobe Illustrator 2023. They occupy about 43.55 MB (45668760 bytes) on disk.

• AIRobin.exe (138.99 KB)
• AISafeModeLauncher.exe (907.99 KB)
• AISniffer.exe (185.49 KB)
• CRLogTransport.exe (751.98 KB)
• CRWindowsClientService.exe (385.98 KB)
• Illustrator.exe (36.59 MB)
• LogTransport2.exe (1.03 MB)
• CEPHtmlEngine.exe (3.62 MB)

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The information on this page is only about version 27.3.1 of Adobe Illustrator 2023. For other Adobe Illustrator 2023 versions please click below:

• 27.9.1
• 27.4
• 27.1.1
• 27.9
• 27.9.5
• 27.6
• 27.8.1
• 27.0.1
• 27.4.1
• 27.1
• 27.9.4
• 27.8
• 27.0
• 27.6.1
• 27.7
• 27.2
• 27.9.2
• 27.9.6
• 27.3
• 27.5
• 27.9.3

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When planning to uninstall Adobe Illustrator 2023 you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall Adobe Illustrator 2023:

• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 2023
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\CCX Welcome\illustrator
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Logs\Adobe Illustrator

Check for and delete the following files from your disk when you uninstall Adobe Illustrator 2023:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\Adobe Illustrator Cloud Prefs
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\Adobe Illustrator Prefs
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\Adobe SVG Filters.svg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\AdobeFnt_CMaps.lst
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\AdobeFnt_OSFonts.lst
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\AI Color Settings
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\AIAppResources_427.3.1
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\AISimpleProperty.db
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\AISniffer
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\cmapTemp.lst
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\DB_CrashRecovery.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\DefaultRecentPresetProfileData.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\DVADialogPrefs\DVADialogPrefs.xml
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\FilesLog.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\fontTemp.lst
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\IllustratorFnt.lst
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\Last Used Asset Export Settings
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\Modified Workspaces\Essentials
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\New Document Profiles\Art & Illustration.ai
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\New Document Profiles\Film & Video.ai
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\New Document Profiles\Mobile.ai
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\New Document Profiles\Print.ai
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\New Document Profiles\Web.ai
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\Plug-in Cache.ARTX
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\plugincache.bin
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\PresetDocumentProfileDataV2.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\RecentDataCache.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\Save for Web Settings\Color Tables\Black & White.act
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\Save for Web Settings\Color Tables\Grayscale.act
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\Save for Web Settings\Color Tables\Mac OS.act
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\Save for Web Settings\Color Tables\Windows.act
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\Save for Web Settings\Optimize\GIF 128 Dithered.irs
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\Save for Web Settings\Optimize\GIF 128 No Dither.irs
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\Save for Web Settings\Optimize\GIF 32 Dithered.irs
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\Save for Web Settings\Optimize\GIF 32 No Dither.irs
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\Save for Web Settings\Optimize\GIF 64 Dithered.irs
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\Save for Web Settings\Optimize\GIF 64 No Dither.irs
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\Save for Web Settings\Optimize\GIF Web Palette.irs
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\Save for Web Settings\Optimize\JPEG High.irs
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\Save for Web Settings\Optimize\JPEG Low.irs
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\Save for Web Settings\Optimize\JPEG Medium.irs
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\Save for Web Settings\Optimize\PNG-24.irs
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\Save for Web Settings\Optimize\PNG-8 128 Dithered.irs
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\Tools\Tools Panel Presets
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\TypeSupportCmapTemp.lst
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\WSMgrCfg\WSMgrCfg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator\27.3.1\Debug Database.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator\27.3.1\SCRPriorState.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator\27.3.1\Trace Database.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\CCX Welcome\illustrator\api.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\CCX Welcome\illustrator\map.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Logs\Adobe Illustrator\27.3\Adobe Illustrator\UXPLogs_2025-08-14_21-00-36_407952.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Logs\Adobe Illustrator\27.3\Adobe Illustrator\UXPLogs_2025-08-14_23-05-50_359018.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Logs\Adobe Illustrator\27.3\Adobe Illustrator\UXPLogs_2025-08-15_09-06-23_473354.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\Adobe Illustrator 2023 (v27.3.1) Multilingual.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\Adobe.Illustrator.2023.u4.Multilingual.lnk

Frequently the following registry keys will not be removed:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Adobe.Illustrator
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ILST_27_3_1

How to erase Adobe Illustrator 2023 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Adobe Illustrator 2023 is an application offered by Adobe Inc.. Frequently, people try to erase it. Sometimes this is efortful because removing this manually requires some knowledge related to Windows internal functioning. One of the best EASY action to erase Adobe Illustrator 2023 is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general utility to optimize your PC.

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• download the program by pressing the green 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 design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good program.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the applications installed on your computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find Adobe Illustrator 2023 or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Adobe Illustrator 2023". If it exists on your system the Adobe Illustrator 2023 program will be found automatically. Notice that when you click Adobe Illustrator 2023 in the list of apps, some information about the application is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have about Adobe Illustrator 2023, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the application you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Adobe Illustrator 2023:

• The web site of the application is: https://www.adobe.com/go/ai_support
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Adobe Desktop Common\HDBox\Uninstaller.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. accept the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Adobe Illustrator 2023.


8. After removing Adobe Illustrator 2023, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong Adobe Illustrator 2023 which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Adobe Illustrator 2023 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your system.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove Adobe Illustrator 2023 by Adobe Inc. from your PC, nor are we saying that Adobe Illustrator 2023 by Adobe Inc. is not a good application. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove Adobe Illustrator 2023 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' PCs.