Adobe Illustrator 2023

How to uninstall Adobe Illustrator 2023 from your computer

You can find below details on how to remove Adobe Illustrator 2023 for Windows. It is written by Adobe Inc.. More information on Adobe Inc. can be found here. More information about the app Adobe Illustrator 2023 can be seen at https://www.adobe.com/go/ai_support. The program is usually located in the C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 2023 directory (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 be prompted for administrator rights. The program's main executable file is called Illustrator.exe and occupies 36.21 MB (37971448 bytes).

Adobe Illustrator 2023 contains of the executables below. They take 44.01 MB (46146480 bytes) on disk.

• Adobe Crash Processor.exe (1.03 MB)
• AIMonitor.exe (246.49 KB)
• AIRobin.exe (139.49 KB)
• AISafeModeLauncher.exe (1.03 MB)
• AISniffer.exe (223.49 KB)
• CRLogTransport.exe (151.99 KB)
• CRWindowsClientService.exe (348.99 KB)
• Illustrator.exe (36.21 MB)
• LogTransport2.exe (1.03 MB)
• CEPHtmlEngine.exe (3.62 MB)

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The information on this page is only about version 27.9 of Adobe Illustrator 2023. Click on the links below for other Adobe Illustrator 2023 versions:

• 27.9.1
• 27.4
• 27.1.1
• 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
• 27.3.1
• 27.2
• 27.9.2
• 27.9.6
• 27.3
• 27.5
• 27.9.3

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Some files and registry entries are usually left behind when you uninstall Adobe Illustrator 2023.

Folders that were found:

• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 2023
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA app\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\adobe_illustrator
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA app\NvBackend\Recommendations\adobe_illustrator
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator

Files remaining:

• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA app\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\translations\adobe_illustrator.translation
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA app\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\adobe_illustrator\common.lua
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA app\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\adobe_illustrator\current_game.lua
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA app\NvBackend\Recommendations\adobe_illustrator\8c6754f43fb102a933479a2f05717faa517bf7e6cf6a32bc69a4f97ce87e7ec5\metadata.json
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA app\NvBackend\Recommendations\adobe_illustrator\8c6754f43fb102a933479a2f05717faa517bf7e6cf6a32bc69a4f97ce87e7ec5\regular\metadata.json
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA app\NvBackend\Recommendations\adobe_illustrator\8c6754f43fb102a933479a2f05717faa517bf7e6cf6a32bc69a4f97ce87e7ec5\regular\pops.pub.tsv
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA app\NvBackend\Recommendations\adobe_illustrator\8c6754f43fb102a933479a2f05717faa517bf7e6cf6a32bc69a4f97ce87e7ec5\translations\adobe_illustrator.translation
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA app\NvBackend\Recommendations\adobe_illustrator\8c6754f43fb102a933479a2f05717faa517bf7e6cf6a32bc69a4f97ce87e7ec5\wrappers\common.lua
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA app\NvBackend\Recommendations\adobe_illustrator\8c6754f43fb102a933479a2f05717faa517bf7e6cf6a32bc69a4f97ce87e7ec5\wrappers\current_game.lua
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA app\NvBackend\Recommendations\adobe_illustrator\metadata.json
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\Adobe Illustrator Cloud Prefs
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\Adobe Illustrator Prefs
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\AdobeFnt_CMaps.lst
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\AdobeFnt_OSFonts.lst
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\AI Color Settings
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\AIAppResources_427.9.0
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\AISimpleProperty.db
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\AISniffer
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\cmapTemp.lst
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\DB_CrashRecovery.log
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\DefaultRecentPresetProfileData.json
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\DVADialogPrefs\DVADialogPrefs.xml
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\FilesLog.log
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\fontTemp.lst
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\IllustratorFnt.lst
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\Last Used Asset Export Settings
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\New Document Profiles\Art & Illustration.ai
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\New Document Profiles\Film & Video.ai
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\New Document Profiles\Mobile.ai
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\New Document Profiles\Print.ai
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\New Document Profiles\Web.ai
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\Plug-in Cache.ARTX
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\plugincache.bin
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\PresetDocumentProfileDataV2.json
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\RecentDataCache.log
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\Save for Web Settings\Color Tables\Black & White.act
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\Save for Web Settings\Color Tables\Grayscale.act
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\Save for Web Settings\Color Tables\Mac OS.act
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\Save for Web Settings\Color Tables\Windows.act
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\Save for Web Settings\Optimize\GIF 128 Dithered.irs
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\Save for Web Settings\Optimize\GIF 128 No Dither.irs
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\Save for Web Settings\Optimize\GIF 32 Dithered.irs
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\Save for Web Settings\Optimize\GIF 32 No Dither.irs
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\Save for Web Settings\Optimize\GIF 64 Dithered.irs
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\Save for Web Settings\Optimize\GIF 64 No Dither.irs
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\Save for Web Settings\Optimize\GIF Web Palette.irs
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\Save for Web Settings\Optimize\JPEG High.irs
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\Save for Web Settings\Optimize\JPEG Low.irs
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\Save for Web Settings\Optimize\JPEG Medium.irs
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\Save for Web Settings\Optimize\PNG-24.irs
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\Save for Web Settings\Optimize\PNG-8 128 Dithered.irs
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\Tools\Tools Panel Presets
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\TypeSupportCmapTemp.lst
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 27 Settings\en_US\x64\WSMgrCfg\WSMgrCfg
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator\27.9.0\Debug Database.txt
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator\27.9.0\SCRPriorState.json
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator\27.9.0\Trace Database.txt
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\CCX Welcome\illustrator\api.json
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\CCX Welcome\illustrator\map.json
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Logs\Adobe Illustrator\27.9\Adobe Illustrator\UXPLogs_2025-05-15_23-01-46_837322.log
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Logs\Adobe Illustrator\28.4\Adobe Illustrator Library\AIPerformance.log

Registry keys:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Adobe.Illustrator
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ILST_27_9

Registry values that are not removed from your computer:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Adobe Desktop Common\HDBox\Set-up.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Adobe Desktop Common\HDBox\Set-up.exe.FriendlyAppName

How to uninstall Adobe Illustrator 2023 with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Adobe Illustrator 2023 is an application released by the software company Adobe Inc.. Frequently, users want to erase it. Sometimes this is efortful because uninstalling this manually takes some advanced knowledge regarding PCs. One of the best EASY procedure to erase Adobe Illustrator 2023 is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





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5. A list of the applications existing on your PC will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find Adobe Illustrator 2023 or simply click 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 after you click Adobe Illustrator 2023 in the list of applications, the following data about the application is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have about Adobe Illustrator 2023, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the application you wish to uninstall, by clicking on 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 window asking you to confirm will come up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Adobe Illustrator 2023.


8. After uninstalling Adobe Illustrator 2023, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of Adobe Illustrator 2023 which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing Adobe Illustrator 2023 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall 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 simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Adobe Illustrator 2023 supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.