Adobe Lightroom Classic

How to uninstall Adobe Lightroom Classic from your PC

This web page is about Adobe Lightroom Classic for Windows. Here you can find details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It was coded for Windows by Adobe Inc.. Further information on Adobe Inc. can be found here. Detailed information about Adobe Lightroom Classic can be seen at https://helpx.adobe.com/support/lightroom-classic.html. The program is usually installed in the C:\Program Files\Adobe directory. Take into account that this location can vary depending on the user's decision. C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Adobe Desktop Common\HDBox\Uninstaller.exe is the full command line if you want to uninstall Adobe Lightroom Classic. The program's main executable file has a size of 20.01 MB (20979688 bytes) on disk and is titled Lightroom.exe.

The following executable files are contained in Adobe Lightroom Classic. They occupy 352.22 MB (369327040 bytes) on disk.

• Adobe Crash Processor.exe (1.11 MB)
• Creative Cloud CustomHook.exe (442.97 KB)
• Creative Cloud Helper.exe (1.95 MB)
• Creative Cloud.exe (1.08 MB)
• CRLogTransport.exe (152.47 KB)
• CRWindowsClientService.exe (356.97 KB)
• Adobe Creative Cloud Diagnostics.exe (1.50 MB)
• CCXProcess.exe (189.05 KB)
• node.exe (66.64 MB)
• Adobe Crash Processor.exe (1.11 MB)
• Adobe Lightroom CEF Helper.exe (515.48 KB)
• CRLogTransport.exe (152.48 KB)
• CRWindowsClientService.exe (356.98 KB)
• HD_Deleter.exe (27.98 KB)
• Lightroom.exe (20.01 MB)
• LogTransport2.exe (1.03 MB)
• amecommand.exe (253.48 KB)
• dynamiclinkmanager.exe (534.98 KB)
• dynamiclinkmediaserver.exe (975.98 KB)
• ImporterREDServer.exe (136.48 KB)
• Adobe Crash Processor.exe (1.11 MB)
• CRLogTransport.exe (152.48 KB)
• CRWindowsClientService.exe (356.98 KB)
• tether_nikon.exe (208.48 KB)
• Adobe Crash Processor.exe (1.11 MB)
• convert.exe (13.02 MB)
• CRLogTransport.exe (152.48 KB)
• CRWindowsClientService.exe (356.98 KB)
• flitetranscoder.exe (75.98 KB)
• LogTransport2.exe (1.03 MB)
• node.exe (66.45 MB)
• Photoshop.exe (161.08 MB)
• PhotoshopPrefsManager.exe (952.48 KB)
• pngquant.exe (269.58 KB)
• sniffer.exe (2.12 MB)
• Droplet Template.exe (335.98 KB)
• CEPHtmlEngine.exe (3.62 MB)
• amecommand.exe (226.98 KB)
• dynamiclinkmanager.exe (432.48 KB)
• dynamiclinkmediaserver.exe (730.48 KB)
• ImporterREDServer.exe (110.48 KB)

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The current page applies to Adobe Lightroom Classic version 13.0.2 only. You can find below a few links to other Adobe Lightroom Classic releases:

• 13.5
• 10.0
• 9.1
• 10.4
• 12.5.1
• 9.2.1
• 11.3.1
• 9.4
• 12.4
• 9.0
• 13.1
• 9.3
• 14.0.1
• 12.5
• 12.5.2
• 11.2
• 11.0
• 10.1
• 12.3
• 13.5.1
• 12.0
• 8.3
• 13.4
• 8.4
• 13.2
• 11.4.1
• 11.0.1
• 13.3.1
• 12.2.1
• 13.0
• 13.3
• 9.4.1
• 11.4
• 10.2
• 12.1
• 12.0.1
• 11.1
• 13.0.1
• 14.0
• 12.2
• 9.2
• 8.4.1
• 10.3
• 8.3.1
• 11.3
• 11.5

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After the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the computer. Part_A few of these are listed below.

Folders left behind when 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
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\CameraRaw\GPU\Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic

The files below are left behind on your disk when you remove Adobe Lightroom Classic:

• 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\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\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\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\icudtl.dat
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF\libcef.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\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\icudtl.dat
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\libcef.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\LICENSE.txt
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\resources.pak
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\SingleClientServicesUpdater.exe
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\snapshot_blob.bin
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\swiftshader\libEGL.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\swiftshader\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\v8_context_snapshot.bin
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\vk_swiftshader.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\vk_swiftshader_icd.json
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\vulkan-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroDunamis.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroTextExtractor.exe
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\ADelRCP.exe
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\ADNotificationManager.exe
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Adobe.Acrobat.Dependencies.manifest
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\adobeafp.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AdobeCollabSync.exe
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AdobeLinguistic.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AdobeXMP.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AGM.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AGMGPUOptIn.ini
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\ahclient.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AIDE.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Air\nppdf32.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\ANCUtility.dll
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Assets\ownership-hero-image-d.gif
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Assets\Square150x150Logo.scale-100.png
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Assets\Square150x150Logo.scale-125.png
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Assets\Square150x150Logo.scale-150.png
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Assets\Square150x150Logo.scale-200.png
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Assets\Square150x150Logo.scale-400.png
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Assets\Square310x310Logo.scale-100.png
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Assets\Square310x310Logo.scale-125.png
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Assets\Square310x310Logo.scale-150.png
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Assets\Square310x310Logo.scale-200.png
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Assets\Square310x310Logo.scale-400.png
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Assets\Square44x44Logo.png
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Assets\Square44x44Logo.scale-100.png
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Assets\Square44x44Logo.scale-125.png
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Assets\Square44x44Logo.scale-150.png
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Assets\Square44x44Logo.scale-200.png
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Assets\Square44x44Logo.scale-400.png
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Assets\Square44x44Logo-16.png
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Assets\Square44x44Logo-20.png
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Assets\Square44x44Logo-24.png
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Assets\Square44x44Logo-256.png
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Assets\Square44x44Logo-30.png
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Assets\Square44x44Logo-32.png
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Assets\Square44x44Logo-36.png
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Assets\Square44x44Logo-40.png
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Assets\Square44x44Logo-48.png
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Assets\Square44x44Logo-60.png
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Assets\Square44x44Logo-72.png
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Assets\Square44x44Logo-80.png
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Assets\Square44x44Logo-96.png

Frequently the following registry data will not be uninstalled:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe Lightroom\Lightroom Classic

Additional registry values that you should remove:

• 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
• 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 Photoshop 2023\Photoshop.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2023\Photoshop.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2024\Photoshop.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2024\Photoshop.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2024\PhotoshopPrefsManager.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2024\PhotoshopPrefsManager.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2024\pngquant.exe.FriendlyAppName

A way to uninstall Adobe Lightroom Classic from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Adobe Lightroom Classic is an application offered by the software company Adobe Inc.. Frequently, people decide to uninstall this application. Sometimes this is troublesome because removing this manually requires some experience regarding removing Windows programs manually. The best QUICK solution to uninstall Adobe Lightroom Classic is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general tool to optimize your PC.

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• visit Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system utility.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


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

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate Adobe Lightroom Classic or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Adobe Lightroom Classic". If it exists on your system the Adobe Lightroom Classic app will be found automatically. Notice that after you select Adobe Lightroom Classic in the list of applications, the following data about the program is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about Adobe Lightroom Classic, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the application you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Adobe Lightroom Classic:

• The publisher is: https://helpx.adobe.com/support/lightroom-classic.html
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Adobe Desktop Common\HDBox\Uninstaller.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. accept the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Adobe Lightroom Classic.


8. After removing Adobe Lightroom Classic, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong Adobe Lightroom Classic that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Adobe Lightroom Classic using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall Adobe Lightroom Classic by Adobe Inc. from your computer, we are not saying that Adobe Lightroom Classic by Adobe Inc. is not a good software application. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Adobe Lightroom Classic in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.