Adobe Lightroom

How to uninstall Adobe Lightroom from your computer

You can find on this page details on how to remove Adobe Lightroom for Windows. It is produced by Adobe Inc.. More information on Adobe Inc. can be seen here. Click on https://helpx.adobe.com/support/lightroom-cc.html to get more information about Adobe Lightroom on Adobe Inc.'s website. Usually the Adobe Lightroom program is found in the C:\CC Files\Creative Cloud Files folder, depending on the user's option during install. The complete uninstall command line for Adobe Lightroom is C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Adobe Desktop Common\HDBox\Uninstaller.exe. The application's main executable file is named Adobe Update Helper.exe and occupies 1.23 MB (1294904 bytes).

Adobe Lightroom contains of the executables below. They take 10.26 MB (10753512 bytes) on disk.

• Adobe Update Helper.exe (1.23 MB)
• CRLogTransport.exe (204.55 KB)
• CRWindowsClientService.exe (297.05 KB)
• HDHelper.exe (521.55 KB)
• Set-up.exe (5.23 MB)
• Setup.exe (550.55 KB)
• TokenResolverx64.exe (123.55 KB)
• Uninstaller.exe (1.06 MB)
• HDCoreCustomHook.exe (1.07 MB)

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The information on this page is only about version 3.2.1 of Adobe Lightroom. You can find below info on other releases of Adobe Lightroom:

• 8.2
• 5.3
• 6.3.1
• 6.1
• 7.4.1
• 4.0
• 4.4
• 7.0
• 5.0
• 6.3
• 4.3
• 6.5
• 3.1
• 5.1
• 4.1
• 7.2
• 7.1.2
• 7.4
• 6.0
• 6.4
• 5.2
• 7.3
• 3.2
• 3.3
• 5.4
• 3.4
• 8.1
• 5.5
• 8.3
• 6.2
• 8.0
• 2.4.1
• 7.5
• 4.2

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If you're planning to uninstall Adobe Lightroom you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall Adobe Lightroom from your PC:

• C:\Program Files\Adobe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Adobe\Lightroom
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom

The files below remain on your disk when you remove Adobe Lightroom:

• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\ACE.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\adobe_caps.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\AdobeLinguistic.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\AdobeOwl.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\AdobePDFL.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\AdobePIE.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\AdobePIP.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\AdobeSVGAGM.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\AdobeXMP.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\AdobeXMPFiles.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\aflame.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\aflamingo.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\AGM.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\ahclient.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\AIDE.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\aifm.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\AILib.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\AIPort.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\AIPostman.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\AIPSL.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\AMT\application.xml
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\an_cc_folder.ico
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\an_oam.ico
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\Animate.exe
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\Animate.exp
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\Animate.lib
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\ARE.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\AXE8SharedExpat.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\AXEDOMCore.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\BIB.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\BIBUtils.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\boost_date_time.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\boost_filesystem.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\boost_program_options.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\boost_regex.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\boost_system.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\boost_threads.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\brushparser.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\cef.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\cef_100_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\cef_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\cef_extensions.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\CEPHtmlEngine.exe
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\chrome_elf.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\devtools_resources.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\icudtl.dat
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\libcef.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\libEGL.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\locales\am.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\locales\ar.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\locales\bg.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\locales\bn.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\locales\ca.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\locales\cs.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\locales\da.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\locales\de.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\locales\el.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\locales\en-GB.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\locales\es.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\locales\es-419.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\locales\et.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\locales\fa.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\locales\fi.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\locales\fil.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\locales\fr.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\locales\gu.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\locales\he.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\locales\hi.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\locales\hr.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\locales\hu.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\locales\id.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\locales\it.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\locales\ja.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\locales\kn.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\locales\ko.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\locales\lt.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\locales\lv.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\locales\ml.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\locales\mr.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\locales\ms.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\locales\nb.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\locales\nl.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\locales\pl.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\locales\pt-BR.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\locales\pt-PT.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\locales\ro.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\locales\ru.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\locales\sk.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\locales\sl.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\locales\sr.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\locales\sv.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\locales\sw.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\locales\ta.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\locales\te.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\locales\th.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\locales\tr.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2020\CEPHtmlEngine\locales\uk.pak

Registry keys:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe Lightroom
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Lightroom
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\LRCC_3_2_1

A way to erase Adobe Lightroom from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Adobe Lightroom is an application offered by the software company Adobe Inc.. Some users choose to remove it. Sometimes this is easier said than done because removing this manually takes some experience regarding Windows internal functioning. One of the best QUICK procedure to remove Adobe Lightroom is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and all around tool to take care of your PC.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful PC management program.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


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

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find Adobe Lightroom or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Adobe Lightroom". If it is installed on your PC the Adobe Lightroom app will be found automatically. When you select Adobe Lightroom in the list of programs, the following data about the application is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have about Adobe Lightroom, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the program you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Adobe Lightroom:

• The web site of the application is: https://helpx.adobe.com/support/lightroom-cc.html
• 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 appear. accept the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Adobe Lightroom.


8. After uninstalling Adobe Lightroom, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of Adobe Lightroom that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Adobe Lightroom 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

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall Adobe Lightroom by Adobe Inc. from your PC, nor are we saying that Adobe Lightroom by Adobe Inc. is not a good application. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Adobe Lightroom in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.