Adobe Lightroom Classic

How to uninstall Adobe Lightroom Classic from your system

This info is about Adobe Lightroom Classic for Windows. Below you can find details on how to remove it from your PC. It is produced by Adobe Systems Incorporated. Additional info about Adobe Systems Incorporated can be found here. Detailed information about Adobe Lightroom Classic can be seen at https://helpx.adobe.com/support/lightroom.html. Adobe Lightroom Classic is commonly set up in the C:\Program Files\Adobe folder, subject to the user's option. The full command line for uninstalling Adobe Lightroom Classic is C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Adobe Desktop Common\HDBox\Uninstaller.exe. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might get a notification for administrator rights. Adobe Lightroom Classic's primary file takes around 1.07 MB (1126456 bytes) and its name is Adobe Update Helper.exe.

Adobe Lightroom Classic contains of the executables below. They take 8.91 MB (9337720 bytes) on disk.

• Adobe Update Helper.exe (1.07 MB)
• HDHelper.exe (518.05 KB)
• Set-up.exe (4.92 MB)
• Setup.exe (532.05 KB)
• TokenResolverx64.exe (132.05 KB)
• Uninstaller.exe (890.05 KB)
• HDCoreCustomHook.exe (910.55 KB)

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This page is about Adobe Lightroom Classic version 8.4.1 only. You can find below info on other application versions of Adobe Lightroom Classic:

• 12.0.1
• 9.0
• 8.3.1
• 11.1
• 9.3
• 10.2
• 12.2
• 11.2
• 13.5
• 10.1
• 10.3
• 9.1
• 8.3
• 9.2
• 11.4
• 9.4
• 11.3.1
• 10.0
• 12.1
• 11.4.1
• 11.5
• 12.0
• 11.0.1
• 14.2
• 10.4
• 9.2.1
• 11.0
• 8.4
• 11.3

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Some files and registry entries are regularly left behind when you uninstall Adobe Lightroom Classic.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall Adobe Lightroom Classic:

• C:\Program Files\Adobe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\adobe_lightroom_classic
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\VisualOPSData\adobe_lightroom_classic

Files remaining:

• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Adobe After Effects CC 2017.lnk
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Adobe After Effects Render Engine.lnk
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\(AdobePSL plug-ins)\windows\extensions\FastCore.8BX
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\(AdobePSL plug-ins)\windows\extensions\MMXCore.8BX
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\(AdobePSL plug-ins)\windows\extensions\MultiProcessor Support.8BX
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\(Media Core plug-ins)\Common\DVControl.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\(Media Core plug-ins)\Common\DVControl.tlb
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\(Media Core plug-ins)\Common\DvFileWriter.prm
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\(Media Core plug-ins)\Common\DXAVSource.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\(Media Core plug-ins)\Common\DXCaptureSource.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\(Media Core plug-ins)\Common\DxmAVSource.tlb
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\(Media Core plug-ins)\Common\DxmCaptureSource.tlb
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\(Media Core plug-ins)\Common\DxmSampleInterceptor.tlb
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\(Media Core plug-ins)\Common\DxMultiGraphBridge.prm
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\(Media Core plug-ins)\Common\DxMultiGraphBridge.tlb
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\(Media Core plug-ins)\Common\DXSampleInterceptor.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\(Media Core plug-ins)\Common\ExporterAIFF.prm
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\(Media Core plug-ins)\Common\ExporterAVI.prm
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\(Media Core plug-ins)\Common\ExporterMP3.prm
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\(Media Core plug-ins)\Common\ExporterQuickTimeHost.prm
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\(Media Core plug-ins)\Common\ExporterWave.prm
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\(Media Core plug-ins)\Common\ImporterAiff.prm
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\(Media Core plug-ins)\Common\ImporterARRIRAW.prm
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\(Media Core plug-ins)\Common\ImporterASND.prm
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\(Media Core plug-ins)\Common\ImporterAVI.prm
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\(Media Core plug-ins)\Common\ImporterDirectShow.prm
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\(Media Core plug-ins)\Common\ImporterDPX.prm
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\(Media Core plug-ins)\Common\ImporterF65.prm
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\(Media Core plug-ins)\Common\ImporterFastMPEG.prm
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\(Media Core plug-ins)\Common\ImporterFlash.prm
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\(Media Core plug-ins)\Common\ImporterFLV.prm
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\(Media Core plug-ins)\Common\ImporterIllustratorAE.prm
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\(Media Core plug-ins)\Common\ImporterJPEG.prm
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\(Media Core plug-ins)\Common\ImporterMP3.prm
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\(Media Core plug-ins)\Common\ImporterMPEG.prm
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\(Media Core plug-ins)\Common\ImporterMXF.prm
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\(Media Core plug-ins)\Common\ImporterPhotoshopAE.prm
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\(Media Core plug-ins)\Common\ImporterPNG.prm
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\(Media Core plug-ins)\Common\ImporterQuickTime.prm
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\(Media Core plug-ins)\Common\ImporterRED.prm
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\(Media Core plug-ins)\Common\ImporterTarga.prm
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\(Media Core plug-ins)\Common\ImporterTiff.prm
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\(Media Core plug-ins)\Common\ImporterWave.prm
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\(Media Core plug-ins)\Common\ImporterWindowsMedia.prm
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\(Media Core plug-ins)\Common\ImporterXDCAMEX.prm
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\(Media Core plug-ins)\Common\libmmd.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\(Media Core plug-ins)\Common\PlayerMediaCore.prm
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\(Media Core plug-ins)\Common\SMDK-VC120-x64-4_11_0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\(Media Core plug-ins)\Common\svml_dispmd.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\(Media Core plug-ins)\Common\TransmitDesktopAudio.prm
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\(Media Core plug-ins)\Common\TransmitDV.prm
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\(Media Core plug-ins)\Common\TransmitFullScreen.prm
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\32\Adobe QT32 Server.exe
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\32\adobe_caps.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\32\ASLFoundation.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\32\ASLMessaging.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\32\boost_date_time.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\32\boost_filesystem.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\32\boost_system.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\32\boost_threads.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\32\dvacore.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\32\dvamarshal.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\32\dvamediatypes.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\32\dvatransport.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\32\dvaunittesting.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\32\dynamiclink.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\32\dynamiclinkmanager.exe
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\32\ImageRenderer.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\32\libmmd.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\32\mc_enc_dv.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\32\MediaFoundation.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\32\Memory.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\32\msvcp110.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\32\msvcp120.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\32\msvcr110.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\32\msvcr120.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\32\PRM.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\32\svml_dispmd.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\32\VideoFrame.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\ACE.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\adbeape.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\Adobe Analysis Server.exe
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\Adobe Color Themes\css\index.css
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\Adobe Color Themes\CSXS\manifest.xml
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\Adobe Color Themes\icons\kuler_icon_msg_D.png
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\Adobe Color Themes\icons\P_PushButton_D1_D.png
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\Adobe Color Themes\icons\P_PushButton_D1_N.png
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\Adobe Color Themes\icons\P_PushButton_D1_S.png
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\Adobe Color Themes\icons\P_PushButton_D2_D.png
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\Adobe Color Themes\icons\P_PushButton_D2_N.png
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\Adobe Color Themes\icons\P_PushButton_D2_S.png
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\Adobe Color Themes\icons\P_PushButton_L1_D.png
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\Adobe Color Themes\icons\P_PushButton_L1_N.png
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\Adobe Color Themes\icons\P_PushButton_L1_S.png
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\Adobe Color Themes\icons\P_PushButton_L2_D.png
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\Adobe Color Themes\icons\P_PushButton_L2_N.png
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\Adobe Color Themes\icons\P_PushButton_L2_S.png
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\Adobe Color Themes\index.html
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\Adobe Color Themes\js\ext.js
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017\Support Files\Adobe Color Themes\js\lib\CSInterface.js

Registry that is not cleaned:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe Lightroom\Lightroom Classic
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\LTRM_8_4_1

Open regedit.exe to remove the registry values below from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2019\Support Files\AfterFX.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2019\Support Files\AfterFX.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Creative Cloud\ACC\Creative Cloud.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Creative Cloud\ACC\Creative Cloud.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Lightroom Classic CC\Lightroom.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Lightroom Classic CC\Lightroom.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Lightroom Classic\Lightroom.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Lightroom Classic\Lightroom.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Media Encoder CC 2019\Adobe Media Encoder.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Media Encoder CC 2019\Adobe Media Encoder.exe.FriendlyAppName

How to uninstall Adobe Lightroom Classic from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Adobe Lightroom Classic is a program offered by the software company Adobe Systems Incorporated. Some users decide to uninstall it. This can be efortful because deleting this by hand takes some know-how related to Windows internal functioning. One of the best SIMPLE solution to uninstall Adobe Lightroom Classic 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, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general utility to clean your Windows computer.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the programs installed on the PC will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate Adobe Lightroom Classic or simply activate the Search field and type in "Adobe Lightroom Classic". The Adobe Lightroom Classic program will be found automatically. Notice that after you select Adobe Lightroom Classic in the list of apps, the following information about the program is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have about Adobe Lightroom Classic, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the application you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Adobe Lightroom Classic:

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

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. Confirm the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Adobe Lightroom Classic.


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

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall Adobe Lightroom Classic by Adobe Systems Incorporated from your PC, we are not saying that Adobe Lightroom Classic by Adobe Systems Incorporated is not a good software application. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Adobe Lightroom Classic in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.