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  1. Creative Cloud User Guide
  2. Introduction to Creative Cloud
    1. Common questions | Creative Cloud
    2. Creative Cloud system requirements
    3. Creative Cloud file sync | Known issues
  3. Download, install, set up, and update
    1. Download Creative Cloud apps
    2. Open Creative Cloud apps
    3. Start workspace
    4. Update Creative Cloud apps
    5. Change the language of your Creative Cloud apps
    6. Uninstall the Creative Cloud desktop app
    7. Uninstall or remove Creative Cloud apps
  4. Manage your account
    1. Convert a Creative Cloud trial to a paid membership
    2. Reset your Adobe password
    3. Change your Adobe plan
    4. Update credit card and billing address
    5. View, download, or email your Adobe invoice
    6. Fix a failed or missed payment
    7. Cancel Adobe trial or subscription
  5. Creative services
    1. Using Adobe Stock in Creative Cloud apps
    2. Using Adobe Fonts in Creative Cloud apps
    3. Creative Cloud Market is no longer available
  6. Collaboration and storage services
    1. What are cloud documents
    2. Cloud documents FAQ
    3. Create or convert files to cloud documents
    4. Set up cloud documents to use offline
    5. Revert to an earlier version of a cloud document
    6. Share your work for commenting
    7. Why can't I see my cloud documents offline?
    8. Creative Cloud Libraries
    9. Collaborate on Creative Cloud Libraries and folders
    10. Collaboration FAQ
    11. Sync your files using cloud storage
    12. Find how much cloud storage you have
    13. Set sync options
    14. Discontinuation of Creative Cloud Synced files
    15. Download Synced files and content
  7. Projects
    1. Project overview
    2. Create Projects
    3. Share Projects
    4. Create new folders and libraries
    5. Move folders and libraries
  8. Organize libraries
    1. Create groups in libraries
    2. Delete groups in libraries
    3. Delete elements in libraries
    4. Move elements in libraries
  9. Creative Cloud mobile apps
    1. Common questions | Mobile apps
    2. Adobe Creative Cloud for mobile
  10. Enterprise and teams
    1. Enterprise Learn and Support
    2. Teams Learn and Support
    3. Quick start guide for team members
  11. Adobe Content Authenticity
    1. Adobe Content Authenticity (Beta)
    2. Inspect tool on Adobe Content Authenticity (Beta)
    3. Adobe Content Authenticity Chrome browser extension
    4. Content Credentials Generative AI training and usage preference

Use the Creative Cloud desktop app to uninstall Creative Cloud apps.

How to uninstall Creative Cloud apps

If you no longer want an app, uninstall it using the Creative Cloud desktop app and not the Trash or Recycle bin.

  1. Open the Creative Cloud desktop app.

  2. In Apps > All Apps, select the More actions icon  next to the app you want to uninstall.

    The All apps tab showing all Creative Cloud apps with the three dots button for each app.
    This will open the context menu.

    Note:

    If your screen looks different, follow the instructions for the earlier version of the Creative Cloud desktop app. 

  3. Select Uninstall in the context menu.

    The context menu for a Creative Cloud app including options to open in browser and uninstall.
    The confirmation dialog box opens.

  4. Select Cancel, Remove or Keep, based on your preference.

    • Cancel: Cancels the uninstallation
    • Remove: Removes the app notifications, alerts, interface settings, plugins, and other preferences
    • Keep: Retains the app notifications, alerts, interface settings, plugins, and other preferences
    The preferences dialog box asking if you want to keep or remove notifications, alerts, plugins, and other preferences. You can also cancel the uninstallation process.

    The app begins to uninstall. You can reinstall the app later, as needed.

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