Adobe Acrobat Reader DC
How to uninstall Adobe Acrobat Reader DC from your system
You can find on this page detailed information on how to remove Adobe Acrobat Reader DC for Windows. It was created for Windows by
Adobe Systems Incorporated. Further information on Adobe Systems Incorporated can be found
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http://www.adobe.com to get more data about Adobe Acrobat Reader DC on Adobe Systems Incorporated's website. Adobe Acrobat Reader DC is usually installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC folder, depending on the user's choice. 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 get a notification for administrator rights. AcroRd32.exe is the Adobe Acrobat Reader DC's primary executable file and it takes circa 2.07 MB (2175160 bytes) on disk.
The following executables are installed along with Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. They take about 23.87 MB (
25031344 bytes) on disk.
- AcroBroker.exe (277.18 KB)
- AcroRd32.exe (2.07 MB)
- AcroRd32Info.exe (27.18 KB)
- AcroTextExtractor.exe (42.68 KB)
- ADelRCP.exe (79.68 KB)
- AdobeCollabSync.exe (864.18 KB)
- arh.exe (84.66 KB)
- Eula.exe (83.18 KB)
- LogTransport2.exe (345.18 KB)
- reader_sl.exe (50.68 KB)
- wow_helper.exe (114.18 KB)
- RdrCEF.exe (1.75 MB)
- RdrServicesUpdater.exe (17.81 MB)
- 32BitMAPIBroker.exe (93.68 KB)
- 64BitMAPIBroker.exe (228.68 KB)
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A considerable amount of files, folders and registry entries can be left behind when you remove Adobe Acrobat Reader DC from your PC.
Folders remaining:- 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\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\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\Edit_R_Full.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\Home.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\Pages_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\TrackedSend.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\COPYING.LGPLv2.1.txt
- 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\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\Acrofx32.dll
- 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\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\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\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\ccme_ecdrbg.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
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\cryptocme.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\cryptocme.sig
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\DirectInk.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Eula.exe
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\ExtendScript.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\icucnv40.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\icudt40.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\IDTemplates\ENU\AdobeID.pdf
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\IDTemplates\ENU\DefaultID.pdf
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Javascripts\JSByteCodeWin.bin
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\JP2KLib.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Legal\ENU\eula.ini
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Legal\ENU\license.html
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Locale\en_US\stopwords.ENU
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\logsession.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\LogTransport2.exe
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Onix32.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\PDFPrevHndlr.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\PDFSigQFormalRep.pdf
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\pe.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\plug_ins\Accessibility.api
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\plug_ins\AcroForm.api
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\plug_ins\AcroForm\adobepdf.xdc
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\plug_ins\AcroForm\PMP\AdobePDF417.pmp
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\plug_ins\AcroForm\PMP\DataMatrix.pmp
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\plug_ins\AcroForm\PMP\QRCode.pmp
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\plug_ins\Annotations\Stamps\ENU\Dynamic.pdf
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\plug_ins\Annotations\Stamps\ENU\SignHere.pdf
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\plug_ins\Annotations\Stamps\ENU\StandardBusiness.pdf
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\plug_ins\Annotations\Stamps\Words.pdf
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\plug_ins\Annots.api
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\plug_ins\Checkers.api
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\plug_ins\DigSig.api
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\plug_ins\DropboxStorage.api
You will find in the Windows Registry that the following data will not be uninstalled; 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 to remove the values below from the Windows Registry:- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe.ApplicationCompany
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe.FriendlyAppName
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\68AB67CA7DA73301B744CAF070E41400\ProductName
How to delete Adobe Acrobat Reader DC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC is an application released by Adobe Systems Incorporated. Frequently, people try to uninstall it. This is easier said than done because deleting this by hand takes some knowledge regarding PCs. The best EASY solution to uninstall 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 Windows PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general utility to maximize the performance of your Windows computer.
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- set up 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 number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good PC management program.
3. Press the General Tools button

4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button

5. A list of the programs installed on the PC will be made available to you
6. Navigate the list of programs until you find Adobe Acrobat Reader DC or simply click the Search feature and type in "Adobe Acrobat Reader DC". If it is installed on your PC the Adobe Acrobat Reader DC application will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select Adobe Acrobat Reader DC in the list , some information regarding the application is shown to you:
- Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other users have regarding Adobe Acrobat Reader DC, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
- Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
- Details regarding the program you are about to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.
For instance you can see that for Adobe Acrobat Reader DC:
- The web site of the program is: http://www.adobe.com
- The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /I{AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-AC0F074E4100}
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Adobe Acrobat Reader DC.

8. After uninstalling Adobe Acrobat Reader DC, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong Adobe Acrobat Reader DC that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Adobe Acrobat Reader DC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your system.
Your computer will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.
Geographical user distribution
- 10.0
- Windows 7 (6.1)
- Windows 8.1 (6.3)
- Windows 8 (6.2)
- Windows XP (5.1)
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Disclaimer
The text above is not a piece of advice to remove Adobe Acrobat Reader DC by Adobe Systems Incorporated from your PC, we are not saying that Adobe Acrobat Reader DC by Adobe Systems Incorporated is not a good software application. This text simply 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 stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.
Last update on: 2016-11-03 10:23:22.533