Adobe Lightroom

How to uninstall Adobe Lightroom from your PC

You can find on this page details on how to remove Adobe Lightroom for Windows. The Windows release was developed by Adobe Inc.. You can find out more on Adobe Inc. or check for application updates here. Further information about Adobe Lightroom can be seen at https://helpx.adobe.com/pl/support/lightroom-cc.html. Usually the Adobe Lightroom application is installed in the C:\Program Files\Adobe directory, depending on the user's option during setup. The entire uninstall command line for Adobe Lightroom is C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Adobe Desktop Common\HDBox\Uninstaller.exe. lightroom.exe is the Adobe Lightroom's primary executable file and it takes circa 29.48 MB (30917048 bytes) on disk.

The executables below are part of Adobe Lightroom. They occupy an average of 1.15 GB (1234967856 bytes) on disk.

• Acrobat.exe (5.60 MB)
• AcrobatInfo.exe (36.41 KB)
• acrobat_sl.exe (42.41 KB)
• AcroBroker.exe (2.94 MB)
• acrodist.exe (541.41 KB)
• AcroShareTarget.exe (69.91 KB)
• AcroTextExtractor.exe (61.91 KB)
• acrotray.exe (9.26 MB)
• ADelRCP.exe (376.91 KB)
• ADNotificationManager.exe (403.41 KB)
• Adobe Crash Processor.exe (1.15 MB)
• AdobeCollabSync.exe (11.72 MB)
• CRLogTransport.exe (198.91 KB)
• CRWindowsClientService.exe (429.41 KB)
• Eula.exe (130.91 KB)
• LogTransport2.exe (1.06 MB)
• ShowAppPickerForPDF.exe (23.91 KB)
• AcroCEF.exe (3.49 MB)
• AcroServicesUpdater.exe (117.75 MB)
• SingleClientServicesUpdater.exe (121.25 MB)
• FullTrustNotifier.exe (213.16 KB)
• WCChromeNativeMessagingHost.exe (207.91 KB)
• Adobe_Acrobat_Diagnostics.exe (347.91 KB)
• AGSService.exe (3.56 MB)
• gccustomhook.exe (3.28 MB)
• adobe_licensing_wf_acro.exe (3.42 MB)
• adobe_licensing_wf_helper_acro.exe (463.41 KB)
• AdobeFips.exe (5.23 MB)
• 32BitMAPIBroker.exe (108.91 KB)
• 64BitMAPIBroker.exe (272.41 KB)
• MSRMSPIBroker.exe (541.41 KB)
• AcroScanBroker.exe (2.44 MB)
• FullTrustNotifier.exe (213.16 KB)
• CreatePDFPrinterUtility64.exe (263.91 KB)
• Acrobat.exe (4.77 MB)
• PrintInf64.exe (148.91 KB)
• Acrobat Elements.exe (2.45 MB)
• HTML2PDFWrapFor64Bit.exe (141.41 KB)
• Adobe Crash Processor.exe (1.15 MB)
• Creative Cloud CustomHook.exe (432.42 KB)
• Creative Cloud Helper.exe (2.14 MB)
• Creative Cloud.exe (1.08 MB)
• CRLogTransport.exe (198.92 KB)
• CRWindowsClientService.exe (429.42 KB)
• Adobe Creative Cloud Diagnostics.exe (1.57 MB)
• CCXProcess.exe (189.51 KB)
• Adobe Crash Processor.exe (1.11 MB)
• CRLogTransport.exe (152.51 KB)
• CRWindowsClientService.exe (366.01 KB)
• node.exe (66.45 MB)
• Adobe Crash Processor.exe (1.14 MB)
• CRLogTransport.exe (200.43 KB)
• CRWindowsClientService.exe (1.46 MB)
• lightroom.exe (29.48 MB)
• LogTransport2.exe (1.03 MB)
• Adobe Crash Processor.exe (1.14 MB)
• convert.exe (13.02 MB)
• CRLogTransport.exe (199.43 KB)
• CRWindowsClientService.exe (1.47 MB)
• flitetranscoder.exe (75.93 KB)
• LogTransport2.exe (1.03 MB)
• node.exe (66.45 MB)
• Photoshop.exe (167.13 MB)
• PhotoshopPrefsManager.exe (952.43 KB)
• pngquant.exe (269.53 KB)
• sniffer.exe (2.12 MB)
• Droplet Template.exe (335.93 KB)
• CEPHtmlEngine.exe (4.64 MB)
• amecommand.exe (224.43 KB)
• dynamiclinkmanager.exe (519.93 KB)
• dynamiclinkmediaserver.exe (1,006.93 KB)
• ImporterREDServer.exe (137.93 KB)
• Adobe Crash Processor.exe (1.14 MB)
• convert.exe (13.02 MB)
• CRLogTransport.exe (199.43 KB)
• CRWindowsClientService.exe (1.47 MB)
• flitetranscoder.exe (75.93 KB)
• LogTransport2.exe (1.03 MB)
• Photoshop.exe (168.11 MB)
• PhotoshopPrefsManager.exe (951.93 KB)
• pngquant.exe (269.53 KB)
• sniffer.exe (2.13 MB)
• Droplet Template.exe (335.93 KB)
• CEPHtmlEngine.exe (4.64 MB)
• amecommand.exe (224.43 KB)
• dynamiclinkmanager.exe (519.93 KB)
• dynamiclinkmediaserver.exe (1,006.93 KB)
• ImporterREDServer.exe (137.93 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 8.0 of Adobe Lightroom. Click on the links below for other Adobe Lightroom versions:

• 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
• 3.2.1
• 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
• 6.2
• 2.4.1
• 7.5
• 4.2

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

Folders remaining:

• C:\Program Files\Adobe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\VisualOPSData\adobe_lightroom_classic
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom CC

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

• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat Elements\Acrobat Elements.exe
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat Elements\ContextMenu64.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat Elements\ContextMenuIExplorerCommandShim.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat Elements\ContextMenuShim64.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\1494870C-9912-C184-4CC9-B401-A53F4D8DE290.pdf
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\A3DUtils.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\ACE.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\Accessibility.aapp
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\Actions.aapp
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\AddSignBranding.aapp
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\AppCenter.aapp
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\CCXApp.aapp
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\Certificates.aapp
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\CollectFeedback.aapp
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\CollectPayments.aapp
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\CollectSignatures.aapp
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\Combine.aapp
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\Comments.aapp
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\compare.aapp
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\CompressPDF.aapp
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\ConvertPDF_Full.aapp
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\CreateCustom.aapp
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\CreatePDF.aapp
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\CreateWebForm.aapp
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\Developer.aapp
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\Edit.aapp
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\Export.aapp
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\FillSign.aapp
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\Forms.aapp
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\Home.aapp
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\HomeWelcome.aapp
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\InAppSign.aapp
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\Index.aapp
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\Measure.aapp
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\MoreTools.aapp
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\OptimizePDF.aapp
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\Pages.aapp
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\PaperToPDF.aapp
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\PrintProduction.aapp
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\Protect.aapp
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\Redact.aapp
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\Review.aapp
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\RichMedia.aapp
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\SendInBulk.aapp
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\Stamp.aapp
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\Standards.aapp
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\StylizePDFApp.aapp
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\TrackedSend.aapp
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\UnifiedShare.aapp
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\UseLegalTemplates.aapp
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroApp\ENU\Viewer.aapp
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Acrobat.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrobat.tlb
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrobat_reader_appicon_16.png
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrobat_sl.exe
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcrobatInfo.exe
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcrobatMenuCoreApp.msix
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcrobatRes.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroBroker.exe
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\AcroCEF.exe
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\AcroServicesUpdater.exe
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\cef.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\cef_100_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\cef_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\cef_extensions.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\chrome_100_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\chrome_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\chrome_elf.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\COPYING.LGPLv2.1.txt
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\icudtl.dat
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\libcef.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\libEGL.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\LICENSE.txt
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\resources.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\SingleClientServicesUpdater.exe
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\snapshot_blob.bin
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\swiftshader\libEGL.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\swiftshader\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\v8_context_snapshot.bin
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\vk_swiftshader.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\vk_swiftshader_icd.json
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\vulkan-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\AcroCEF.exe
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\AcroServicesUpdater.exe
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\cef.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\cef_100_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\cef_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\cef_extensions.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\chrome_100_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\chrome_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\chrome_elf.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\COPYING.LGPLv2.1.txt
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\icudtl.dat
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\libcef.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\libEGL.dll

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\Lightroom

Open regedit.exe in order to delete the following values:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe.FriendlyAppName

A way to erase Adobe Lightroom with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Adobe Lightroom is an application by Adobe Inc.. Frequently, people decide to erase this program. This can be difficult because performing this by hand takes some advanced knowledge regarding Windows program uninstallation. The best EASY approach to erase Adobe Lightroom 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 already installed on your PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around utility to take care of your system.

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• go to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of utilities.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the applications installed on the PC will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Adobe Lightroom or simply click the Search field and type in "Adobe Lightroom". The Adobe Lightroom app will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select Adobe Lightroom in the list of apps, some data regarding the program is available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have regarding Adobe Lightroom, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the program you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Adobe Lightroom:

• The web site of the application is: https://helpx.adobe.com/pl/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. Confirm the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Adobe Lightroom.


8. After uninstalling Adobe Lightroom, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of Adobe Lightroom that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Adobe Lightroom with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall Adobe Lightroom by Adobe Inc. from your computer, we are not saying that Adobe Lightroom by Adobe Inc. is not a good application. This text only contains detailed info on how to uninstall Adobe Lightroom supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.